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Japanese had.""No wings?" Melissa followed."No wingsan original copy of the LA Evening Herald Examiner account isavailable in our archives. Again, folks, everything I'll talk about this afternoon isdocumented for you, whether it's in the form of newspaper articles, documents obtainablevia the Freedom of Information Act, or declassified military and government memos. Everythingcan be backed up in black and white. We've deliberately framed yourintroduction in this way to demonstrate that we aren't making this up. As I noted before,if you choose, you'll be free to view currently classified material that will supplementwhat we've given you, but only under the conditions mentioned earlier.""Moving on then," he proceeded, "in 1944, reports by Allied military pilots beganoccurring that their fighter planes were being pursued by fiery balls which moved atterrific speed, and which could maneuver in all directions.""The foo-fighters," Father Benedict commented."That's right, Father. You've obviously heard of them." "Yes, I met several pilotswho'd flown combat missions in World War II who actually encountered them.""For the rest of you," the major explained, "the French word for fire is feu, so ourpilots anglicized the term into `foo'—hence `foo-fighters.""So what were they?" asked Malcolm."The U.S. Army's 8th Air Force—remember, the service branches of today werenot separated back then—conducted an extensive inquiry into them, but could come to noconclusion about what they were. Explanations like Saint Elmo's fire or ball lightningdidn't fit the descriptions of the behavior, and so were ruled out. Generals DouglasMacArthur and George Marshal also initiated investigations into the phenomenon byestablishing the Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit, which operated under the aegis of theDirector of Counterintelligence.""Interplanetary?" Melissa repeated in amazement."You heard correctly.""Too bad they couldn't have just asked the Nazis," Brian quipped."So you're familiar with the Nazi Feuerball, Doctor?" asked the Major."Yes, I am," Brian answered. "Actually, this is the part of UFO studies in whichI'm most interested. I think all the sightings that can't be ruled out by weather phenomena,visual inaccuracies, or hoaxes are explainable by our own R & D into OperationPaperclip technology. I've felt for a long time that, rather than visitors from space, UFOswere our own experimental aircraft derived from knowledge gained from OperationPaperclip.""What in the world is `Paperclip?' And what's this crap about Nazis?" askedKevin bluntly."We're getting a little ahead of ourselves to talk about the Nazi angle andPaperclip," the major commented, "but I guess we can do that. It isn't an understatementto say that our own country's involvement with UFOs stems directly from the SecondWorld War," he continued. "It's no secret that the Nazi war machine was quite advancedfor its day, having produced a number of breakthrough military technologies during thecourse of the war. Most people know they perfected the V-I buzz bomb and the V-2rocket, and that one of their leading scientists, Werner von Braun, was an integralcontributor to our rocketry and space programs. Less well known but equally effective113