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frogmarch

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1. An uncle of mine, my dad's brother, was a WWII fighter pilot,

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 12:55 PM

Mar 2015

and he called UFOs foo fighters. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter)

In the early 1950s when I was in the 2nd and 3rd grades, he came to visit us in western Nebraska, and he and I would often sit on the porch looking for foo fighters with his binoculars. We didn't see any, but we kept looking. Around that time, I was still creeped out from seeing Them, a movie about giant ants, and I was relieved I didn't see any of Them up there along with the flying papers and other debris.

Thanks for the video. Informative and fascinating!

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Richard Dolan: Why UFOs Matters [View all] Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 OP

An uncle of mine, my dad's brother, was a WWII fighter pilot, frogmarch Mar 2015 #1

Dolan spent years going through the national archives and FOIA Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #2

He's an interesting speaker. Quantess Mar 2015 #3

and this remarkable lecture/// PCIntern Apr 2015 #4