August 20, 2026

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A Bristol Beaufighter night fighter crew over the Rhine Valley watching a red light close on their aircraft before trailing away, November 27, 1944
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1944: The First Foo Fighter — Strasbourg, November 27

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Small luminous discs among a B-17 bomber formation over Germany during the September 6, 1943 Stuttgart raid, one making contact with an aircraft's tail with no damage
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1943: The Stuttgart Disc Collision

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Silvery domed disc banking away from U.S. Navy anti-aircraft fire above a destroyer during the Guadalcanal campaign, October 1942
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1942: Guadalcanal Fleet Disc

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NKVD soldiers recovering radioactive disc wreckage at night on Zelyenyi Island, River Don, Russia, April 1941
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1941: Zelyenyi Island, River Don, Russia

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