Balls of Fire

A phosphorescent red ball of fire pacing a B-29 Superfortress's tail during a night raid on Kawasaki and Tokyo, April 3, 1945

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Aircraft Encounters

1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire

Published: August 21, 2026 | Updated: August 21, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTINGS REPORT 1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire B-29 crews returning from the Kawasaki and Tokyo raids in early April 1945...

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Four-panel collage of 1945 UFO cases: the Travel 34 Foofighter over Germany, Kawasaki balls of fire, Fala Island Truk Atoll, and the Hanford intercept

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1900 - 1949 Sightings

1945: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings by Month Hub

Published: September 24, 2025 | Updated: October 20, 2026

1945: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings by Month Hub In 1945, the strangest lights of the Second World War stopped being pilots’ slang and started...

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Four-panel dossier collage: Kawasaki/Tokyo balls of fire, Jeffersontown Kentucky light, 549th Night Fighter Squadron radar chase, and the Rhine River square of lights, all April 1945

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1945 Sightings

1945: April UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: June 22, 2016 | Updated: August 21, 2026

1945: April UFO & Entity Sightings Archive April 1945 is the month the “balls of fire” phenomenon crossed from the European theatre to the...

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Balls of Fire

1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire

1945: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings by Month Hub

1945: April UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

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