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27 ss that the balls of light were secret German weapons. However, it was later discovered that German and Japanese pilots also encountered the strange balls of light and thought they were American or English se- cret weapons. Neither thought that they were extraterrestrials. Strangely, the foo fighters never attacked the planes, but instead flew behind them or whirled around them in curious patterns. They appeared alone or in groups. The United States military and the Brit- ish military both launched investigations, but were unable to account Only one year later, UFOs came back with a vengeance. Starting in May 1946, Sweden and other northern European countries were plagued by a wave of “ghost rockets.” Described as missiles, spheres, fireballs, cigar-shaped, and football shaped, these objects moved in typical UFO patterns, racing at high speeds, darting at sharp angles, Figure 1.2 During World War II, many airplane pilots saw small balls of light called foo fighters chasing their planes. This photograph shows two foo fighters accompanying a flight of Japanese fighters over the Suzuka Mountains in central Japan. (Mary Evans Picture Library) Ancient Astronauts for the strange sightings.° THE SWEDISH GHOST ROCKETS