August 22, 2026

Truk Atoll

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Two color-changing spherical objects pacing a B-24 Liberator off Fala Island, Truk Atoll, May 2, 1945
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1945: The Fala Island Mission Report — Truk Atoll

Published: August 22, 2026 | Updated: August 22, 2026 0
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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1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire

Published: August 21, 2026 | Updated: August 21, 2026 0
A large dark sphere rising from the Pacific Ocean near the USAT Delarof, watched by fourteen crewmen off the Aleutian Islands, 1945
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1945: The USAT Delarof Sphere — Aleutian Islands

Published: August 21, 2026 | Updated: August 21, 2026 0
Four F6F Hellcats climbing at full power over the Ulithi Atoll fleet anchorage, chasing an unidentified radar contact that outran them, February 7, 1945
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1945: The Ulithi Bogie — Norman Stark’s Outrun Intercept

Published: August 21, 2026 | Updated: August 21, 2026 0