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weapons that never quite got into the mass production stage included guns that could firelethal `bullets' of air or beams of sound and a host of strange flying machines. One suchmodel was the unmanned Feuerball—the `Fireball,' which was guided by remote controland designed to interfere with the ignition and radar systems of Allied bombers. It wasflat, circular, armored, and jet-powered. In flight it gave off a good deal of flame.""So that's what the foo-fighters were?" asked Father Benedict."Most likely. Our military didn't know anything about them until after the adventand successful implementation of Operation Paperclip. But even after we learned of theirexistence, there was no evidence of any connection between them and the event I just toldyou about in Los Angeles—or, I might add, other similar stateside events.""Sounds to me like you aren't helping your case, Major," Melissa challenged. "Tothis point, I'd say that there were very human technological explanations to UFOs.""We've barely started, Dr. Kelley," the major reminded her. "You must rememberthat, while it is true that many UFOs were or are experimental aircraft, the actualpercentage is lower than Dr. Scott's wishful estimation. We know the secrets guarded soclosely by the Nazis at the time, and, clever as they might have been, they don't answerall the cases—neither then nor now.""And none of this addresses where the Nazis got the technology, either," offeredNeil, glancing at Brian."Back to our subject," the major said, guiding the discussion. "Feuerballtechnology was eventually applied to another larger, circular aircraft, the Kugelblitz, or`ball lightning'—not to be confused with the meteorological phenomenon of the samename. The Kugelblitz eventually became the V-7. The British actually stumbled onto theplans for this craft, the prototype having been destroyed by the SS when it becameapparent that the war was lost. This and other versions of flat, round craft were developedand tested by the Nazis during the 1940s. In case any of you are interested in thetechnical aspects, our library has a copy of an important work by a British military officerentitled, German Secret Weapons of the Second World War.""Were any of the `foo-fighters' ever shot down?" Deidre asked. The major shookhis head."Where do we get the name `flying saucer' anyway?" asked Malcolm. "Is thatwhat the Germans called their machines?""No, Dr. Bradley. As far as the term goes, it's an invention of the Americanmedia. An American pilot named Kenneth Arnold reported seeing an object in June of1947 that flew, in his words, `like a saucer would if you skipped it across the water.' Themedia picked up on the description, and the term stuck.""If all this is true, why weren't the more famous German engineers in on thesecraft—I mean, we've never heard any of this from guys like von Braun," noted Kevinskeptically."They were all privy to these craft," countered the Major. "Just because theydidn't publicly acknowledge their existence when UFO reports started increasing doesn'tmean they were ignorant. Besides, these were highly guarded secrets, the divulgence ofwhich would provide a catalyst for people to start digging into the pasts of many of thescientists here in the U.S. working in our military industrial complex whose identities hadbeen changed as part of Paperclip.""Again with this `Paperclip' thing. Could you tell us what this project was before114