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They were known to fighter pilots as “foo fighters” in WWII
by tomcam 4y ago
They were known to fighter pilots as “foo fighters” in WWII
- DabbyDabberson 4y agoMy assumption is that foo fighters are a different but related phenomena. Foo fighters were likely not weather, but a product of the aircraft themselves. The most likely theory I've seen for foo fighters, is that the massive propellers on WWII era aircraft , spinning at high altitude in super dry air, collected a ton of static electricity, which caused a phenomena similar to ball lightning.
- tomcam 4y agoQuite possibly right. Hard to reproduce in either case.