On January 4, 1945, two men working near Medford, Oregon, heard a blast, saw flames, and found a twelve-inch-deep hole in the ground where the bomb had exploded. This article appears in: Summer 2020 By 1944, the Japanese still had no long-range bombers to match the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. They also found foraminifera (known as forams),
One was found as recently as October 2014 in the The rest are believed to have failed during their journey, falling into the ocean. This balloon now belongs to the National Air and Space Museum. to float 5,000 miles across the north Pacific. WebBetween November 1944 and April 1945, Japan launched more than nine thousand balloon bombsexperimental weapons intended to kill and cause fires. Balloons inflated with hydrogen followed the jet stream at an altitude of 30,000 feet. Screen capture from a U.S. Navy training video from World War II. that probably close to 1,000 made it across the Pacific. Title. The balloon at Hanford never exploded; it just shorted out. Series. Editor's note: The photos used in the body of this story are part of a U.S. Navy training film from World War II, which is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGWvyhYActc. or another, releasing any of the precious hydrogen. From a U.S. Navy training video from World War II. 2. The high-explosive anti-personnel and incendiary devices were rigged to self-destruct and leave no evidence. Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in Geological Engineering
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Questions or comments on this page? WebIn 19441945, during World War II, Japan launched some 9,300 Fu-Go balloon bombs at North America. On Feb. 1, 1945, a balloon was spotted by local resident over the Trinity National Forest in Northern California near the town of Hayfork. Japanese Balloon Attack Almost Interrupted Building First Atomic Bombs, http://www.hanford.gov/c.cfm/photogallery/gal.cfm/BReactor/#, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGWvyhYActc, Ice Holds Evidence of Ancient, Massive Solar Storm, Robot Inspired by Plant Roots Burrows Underground, Smartphones With Thermal Imaging Cameras Might Make Handy Thermometers, If Pilots Took More Control of Traffic Over the North Atlantic, Physicists Unspool What Happens When Fabrics Dry, We're Ending Our Coverage, But Science Goes On, Heated Debate Rises Over Hints of Superconductivity Above Boiling Temperatures, New Analysis of Pigs' Grunts Reveals How They're Feeling, Nicole Yunger Halpern: When Physics Marries the Past to the Future, James Poskett: Science Has Always Been Global, Kristen Nicholson: The Science of Athletes in Motion. Woody | From the time the balloons were launched, it would take 3-4 days to reach the United States. On November 3, 1944, Japan launched its first series of Fu-Go Weapon balloon bombs as a way of "invading" the US from afar and creating havoc among its citizens and government.. balloon re-inflated at NAS Moffett Field, CA following its downing
It landed on a dead fir tree near a road. The engineers who built the plant, and the DuPont company running the facility, had constructed several backups, including a coal-fired generator that kicked in as soon as the power went down, and the processing continued uninterrupted. Located in the high plains of central Washington at the junction of the Columbia and Snake Rivers, the area was sparsely populated and known mostly for vineyards and apple and cherry orchards, Clark said. Starting in 2022, Starbucks is expanding its Veterans Day freebie to include an additional product: iced coffee. WebDiagram of balloon bomb parts: The balloon: Diameter - 33 1/2 feet; volume - approx. 08/03/2007 at 08:08 AM, Smiley Adolf: Use It As The Little Bouncing Ball Over The Lyrics At Your Next Neighborhood Springtime For Hitler Community Sing-Along! Japans latest weapon, the balloon bombs were intended to cause damage and spread panic in the continental United States. In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese devised balloon bombs that could travel more than 5,000 miles via the jet stream to explode on North American soil. Japans latest weapon, the balloon bombs were intended to cause damage and spread panic in the continental United States. On initial examination the MGU quickly
[8] Only 300 bombs have ever been located. Courtesy of The World newspaper, photo by Lou Sennick. About 300 bombs were detected, but most landed in remote areas, and as late as 2014 unexploded bombs were being found in western Canada. The balloon bombs were possibly viewed as a means of exacting some revenge for the extensive US bombing of Japanese cities, which were particularly vulnerable to incendiary attacks. The balloons rose to about 30,000 feet, where winds aloft transported them across the Pacific Ocean. WebJapan's World War II balloon bomb attacks on North America (Smithsonian annals of flight, no. Sketch of incendiary-type bomb found at Medford, Oregon. in the Pacific theater to combating fires at home. of the foram species identified had only been previously described in Japanese
NEWSdial.com The balloons, each carrying an anti-personnel bomb and two incendary bombs, took about seventy hours to Series. What happened at Hanford was a fluke, Clark said. 08/07/2007 at 06:51 AM. Missouri University of Science & Technology
Balloons. 17), 2003. the war ended (in March 1946). Sketch of incendiary-type bomb found at Medford, Oregon. 2008 - all aritcles and material on this Website are copyright and may not be reused, republished, or rewritten. World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations, Japan. The New Yorker (magazine), v. 71, n. 46, January 29, 1996, p. 52-60. students on a fishing trip were killed by one of the grounded balloons near
The National Register nomination form states: "This particular event and site are the most recognized representation of the use of a Japanese strategic weapon against theUnited States during a major global war and documents the first useof an intercontinental ballistic weapon in history. After the war, intelligence
eastern coasts. Officialsreleased limited information about balloon bombs onMay 22 and onJune 1 lifted the blackout onthe explosion's cause. WebIn 19441945, during World War II, Japan launched some 9,300 Fu-Go balloon bombs at North America. The Japanese had launched more than 9,300 balloon bombs toward the West. And giving them that type of intelligence information could cause them to refine the balloons to be more accurate and deadly. WebDuring World War II the Japanese built some nine thousand hydrogen-filled, paper balloons to carry small bombs to North America, hoping to set fires and inflict casualties. The United States government went to extraordinary measures to keep information on the Japanese balloon bombs out of the media. present). portion of their cargo was a 33-lb anti-personnel fragmentation bomb, attached
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The U.S. government did not warn of balloon bombdangers until a week later. Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering
that they were reaching America and exploding. A front-page story in the May 7,1945, Klamath Falls Herald and News provided no detailsand reported only that the six were killed "by anexplosion of unannounced cause." The Military Geology Unit (MGU) of the U.S. Geological
As many as 9,000 balloons have sent aloft from the Japanese island of Hokkaido beginning in November 1944 to set Map: Where The Japanese Fugo Balloon Bombs Landed During World War II Depending on who you believe, between 300 and 700 of these bombs are still lying around in the remote areas of the USA and Canada, just waiting to be found by some unsuspecting hiker. the Japanese balloon bombs. 2. WebThe Deadly Balloon Bombs of Imperial Japan Japan retaliated for the Doolittle Raid by sending intercontinental balloon bombs to attack the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. WebMap - Plaque: Japanese Balloon Bomb Exploded Here, Omaha, NE. It landed on a dead fir tree near a road. origin, but with an unusual set of trace, or associated, minerals. The American public was made aware of the balloons
Skip to Main Content. Hanford was crucial to the Manhattan Project, because it produced the plutonium needed for the U.S. bombs. World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America: Smithsonian Institute
RoadsideAmerica.com Your Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions. The bombs were intended to ignite large-scale forest fires and spread panic. Federal Tax ID 93-0391599. The Japanese hoped the bombs would start forest fires and create panic, according to documents found after the war. On May 5, 1945,Bly minister Archie Mitchell, his pregnantwife Elsie, and five children fromMitchell's Sunday school class were on a Saturday morning picnic. Between November 1944 and April 1945, Japan launched more than nine thousand balloon bombsexperimental weapons intended to kill and cause fires. opposing sides of the wheel so the balloon would not be tipped to one side
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Six people died: Elsie Mitchell,26; Dick Patzke, 14; Jay Gifford, 13; Edward Engen, 13; Joan Patzke,13; and Sherman Shoemaker, 11. CA on January 10, 1945 (US Army photo A 37180C). It landed on a dead fir tree near a road. Honshu. The other part of this story is that the Fu-Go bombs utterly failed to strike terror into the hearts of American citizens, because it was unclear what they were and where they were coming from. The Japanese had launched more than 9,300 balloon bombs toward the West. The overall effects turned out to be minimal. B-29 bombers based in the Mariannas Islands in April 1945, putting an end
a few balloons crashed without exploding and some of the ballast bags were
Throughout the years, Japans balloon bombs have continued to be discovered. 2. those trace minerals were hypersthene, a heavy mineral. allowed them to narrow the source area by 80%. U.S. Air Force photo. RoadsideAmerica.com Your Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions. along the coast of the main island of Honshu as far north as Tokyo Bay, near
Morgan recruits Navy veteran and EOD expert Ed Fritz and drone expert Renaldo Evans to explain how the bombs worked and help devise a strategy to potentially locate a crashed and unexploded Fu-Go. idea of fashioning incendiary bombs and attaching these to balloons which
The individual sand grains were found to be of granitic
Japanese 15KG antipersonnel bomb found at Thermopolis, Wyoming. The first was launched November 3, 1944. This balloon now belongs to the National Air and Space Museum. allied bombers destroyed the hydrogen plants, due to lack of conclusive evidence
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Plutonium processing plant was saved by conservative engineering. Moreover, the attacks were kept from the media to prevent panic so most Americans didn't know about them. The rest are believed to have failed during their journey, falling into the ocean. WebAbout 1,000 of the more than 9,000 balloons actually reached the United States or Canada. The balloons, each carrying an anti-personnel bomb and two incendary bombs, took about seventy hours to Posted by: It is the only known deaths from the attacks. These were the only casualties of the balloon bombs during the war and
tiny skeletons of microscopic organisms that feed on the ocean bottom. from a beach, but where? The program is hosted by Martin K.A. to a 64foot long fuse that was intended to burn for 82 minutes before
and continues to help solve difficult mysteries to the present. WebDiagram of balloon bomb parts: The balloon: Diameter - 33 1/2 feet; volume - approx. Thirteenmiles northeast of Bly, or about sixty miles northeast of Klamath Falls,Mitchell parked the car, and Elsieand the children headed to Leonard Creek. WebBetween November 1944 and April 1945, Japan launched more than nine thousand balloon bombsexperimental weapons intended to kill and cause fires. The balloons rose to about 30,000 feet, where winds aloft transported them across the Pacific Ocean. samples likely came from either of two locations: a northerly site along the
WebA Japanese 10-meter diameter Mulberry paper balloon re-inflated at NAS Moffett Field, CA following its downing by a Navy aircraft about 30 miles west of Alturas, CA on January 10, 1945 (US Army photo A 37180C). The U.S. and Royal Canadian Air Forces shot down several before they exploded, but balloons made it to California, the Canadian Yukon, and as far east as Detroit, where it set fire to a garage, Clark said. There are 25,000 recognized species of diatoms. The Japanese had no idea what was going on at the plant if they even knew it existed, according to Clark. WebDuring World War II the Japanese built some nine thousand hydrogen-filled, paper balloons to carry small bombs to North America, hoping to set fires and inflict casualties. Film. Survey was tasked with investigating the small handfuls of sand occasionally
Mitchell laterremembered: "As I got out of the car to bring the lunch, the otherswere not far away and called to me they had found something thatlooked like a balloon. On November 3, 1944, Japan released fusen bakudan, or balloon bombs, into the Pacific jet stream. Another mineral called
Rolla, MO 65409-0230. Japanese balloon bomb display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. The work of the MGU conclusively identified northeastern
The 10-meter (33 ft) diameter balloons were inflated with hydrogen and typically carried one 15 kilograms (33 lb) bomb, or one 12 kilograms (26 lb) bomb along with four 5 kilograms (11 lb) bombs. World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations, Japan. The Mitchell Monument marks the spot near Bly, Oregon, where six people were killed by a Japanese balloon bomb during World War II. They determined that the sand
TL515.S5no. On Feb. 1, 1945, a balloon was spotted by local resident over the Trinity National Forest in Northern California near the town of Hayfork. 52% of
The Japanese, with their characteristic sense of style, invented some balloons -- some 30 feet in diameter -- made out of paper from mulberry trees and they attached a bomb, Clark said. Each of the more than 9,000 balloon bombs launched towards the United States, over the course of several months, carried a 15 kilogram bomb that would detach from the balloon and explode on impact with the ground. That's where a large percentage of the identified FuGo bombs landed, and there was an exhibit at the Klamath County Museum in 2018. Press, National Air and Space Museum, Wash., D.C., 85 pages. The balloons weren't designed to navigate themselves and that's part of the wonder of this Japans offensive. Sol, Ilana. It had been created as an adjunct to the Chicago laboratory built for Enrico Fermi, who produced the first chain reaction. Share. In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese devised balloon bombs that could travel more than 5,000 miles via the jet stream to explode on North American soil. In the 1940s, the Japanese were mapping out air currents by launching balloons attached with measuring instruments from the western side of Japan and picking them up on the eastern side. 9 [D792.J31 613.13'08s [940.54'49'52] 72-8325 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office, The bombs were intended to ignite large-scale forest fires and spread panic. Service & Sacrifice: Klamath Basin Life Through Two World Wars (Journal of theShaw Historical Library, Vol. The first balloons were launched on November 3, 1944
During the Second World War the Japanese conceived the
Only 284 were found in North America, though researchers believe perhaps 1,000 made it across the Pacific. ", Gun camera photo sequence of Japanese balloon bomb being shot down in the Aleutian Islands, April 1945. TL515.S5no. Because Japanese men had already been overwhelmingly pressed into military service as their country struggled to slow Allied advances, the military was forced to recruit schoolchildren to build the balloon bombs. augite was also found in abundance, but was known to be of volcanic origin. One of these bombs killed six Americans in rural Oregon in 1945. The gasbag disappeared, and the undercarriage, including four incendiary bombs and one high explosive, fell to the ground. The Japanese government
WebIn 19441945, during World War II, Japan launched some 9,300 Fu-Go balloon bombs at North America. Emergency workers and local residents battled to clear debris and extinguish fires in the Ukrainian city of Uman after Two U.S. army helicopters collided and crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers 89-year-old Max Hancock was an U.S. airman stationed outside of Oxford, England, in 1953. From a U.S. Navy training video from World War II. The new discount program will be accessed through the exchange stores or websites, not Home Depot locations. II. found to be of Pliocene age, between 5.3 and 1.6 Ma (million years before
"Blast Kills 6, Five Children, Pastor's Wife in Explosion: Fishing Jaunt Proves Fatal to Bly Residents," Klamath Falls Herald and News, 7 May 1945, page 1. About 1,000 of the more than 9,000 balloons actually reached the United States or Canada. recovered. Share. The first was launched November 3, 1944. On November 3, 1944, Japan released fusen bakudan, or balloon bombs, into the Pacific jet stream. in vicinity of Ichinomiya. because the only sand samples they were provided with had come from Ichinomiya. In the closing months of World War II, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded in the quiet of the evening sky in the Dundee neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. and by the following day (November 6th) were landing as far away as Thermopolis,
ascended to over 38,000 feet and to drop pairs of sand filled ballast bags
On May 5, 1945, Elsie Mitchell and five children were killed when they discovered a large balloon on the ground near Bly, Oregon. A crowd gathered to see it and shortly after sundown, it exploded. The explosion created a foot deep, 3-foot-wide hole. It was one of the few balloon payloads recovered. Inside Science is an editorially independent news service of the American Institute of Physics, About Inside Science | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Reprint Rights. Mitchell was the wife of pastor Archie Mitchell, who was parking the car when the bomb exploded. 9) Bibliography: p. 1. March 10, 2015. http://www.radiolab.org/story/fu-go/. Rope arrangement of skirt section (enlarged). US Army Those who forget the past are liable to trip over it. The United States government went to extraordinary measures to keep information on the Japanese balloon bombs out of the media. This is a nice map for reference the next time someone says that the U.S. was evil for killing Japanese citizens in their country. Skip to Navigation Bar | Jump to Sidebar. On Feb. 1, 1945, a balloon was spotted by local resident over the Trinity National Forest in Northern California near the town of Hayfork. It is believed the Japanese launched more than 9,000 hydrogen-filled balloons, starting Nov. 3, 1944, of which only a small percentage actually made it to land. Fascinating Tom. 9 [D792.J31 613.13'08s [940.54'49'52] 72-8325 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office, together with potato flour and filled with expansive hydrogen. Elsie was pregnant when she was killed. This article appears in: Summer 2020 By 1944, the Japanese still had no long-range bombers to match the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. From a U.S. Navy training video from World War II. on North America in World War II: Webb Research Group, Medford, 398 p. There are dozens of interesting websites describing
and began landing in the United States on November 5th (off San Pedro, California)
On February 12, 1945, the first of 28 incendiary balloons launched from Japan and known to land in Washington are discovered seven miles north of Spokane. That was the headline all over the world, and news of the Japanese bombs just couldn't match the news from Germany. This balloon now belongs to the National Air and Space Museum. Main Now decommissioned, the Hanford site is one of the largest nuclear waste facilities in the world and a major Superfund site, containing large amounts of liquid and solid radioactive waste, in addition to contaminated groundwater. There's plenty of drama in "Great Balloon Bomb Invasion," since all the serious history is there to support a story about the quest to find an unexploded FuGo bomb. It was meant to be "revenge" for the Doolittle raids on Japan. U.S. Department of Energy, http://www.hanford.gov/c.cfm/photogallery/gal.cfm/BReactor/#. eliminated North America as a source of the sand. A Japanese 10-meter diameter Mulberry paper
Balloons. coastal Japan as the source area for the sand ballast, and the likely point
. TL515.S5no. The balloons, each carrying an anti-personnel bomb and two incendary bombs, took about seventy hours to Balloons. The sand contain over 100
, Map: Where The Japanese Fugo Balloon Bombs Landed During World War II. Japanese launched were documented to have reach North America, experts believe
Bly, Oregon while attempting to pull it through the forest, back to their
This Website has been designed to provide you with more information and insight into the Japanese balloon bomb attacks. The goal of the attack was to create panic, forest fires, and show the United States that it could be attacked from afar. They each carried four incendiaries and one thirty-pound high-explosive bomb. The U.S. Office of Censorship asked thenews media not to publish reports forfearit might cause panic. Online Dating Magazine, On a Wind and a Prayer Subscribe to the Military.com newsletter to have military news, updates and resources delivered straight to your inbox. WebAbout 1,000 of the more than 9,000 balloons actually reached the United States or Canada. Although only 285 of the 9,000 bomb-laden balloons the
Rope arrangement of skirt section (enlarged). Skip to Main Content. would rise in the daylight heat each day of the crossing and fall each evening,
Portland, Ore.: Ilana Sol, 2008. Otherwise, few people outside of the most devoted World War II buffs have even heard about these Japanese attacks. II. Juillerat, Lee. A Japanese Fu-Go balloon with bombs attached near Bigelow, Kansas, on February 23, 1945. Maven | On March 5, 1945 a ministers wife and five Sunday School
You'll have to watch to find out, but it truly doesn't really matter. No one completely understood what was going on until after it was apparent that Japan would lose the war. withdrew further funding for the project around the same time (April 1945)
WebThe balloons were carried over the Pacific Ocean from Japan to North America on strong, high-altitude air currents, today known as the jet stream, and used a sophisticated sandbag ballast system to maintain their altitude. Only 284 were found in North America, though researchers believe perhaps 1,000 made it across the Pacific. Had the backup not been there, it would have been fire city at the reactor site, Clark said. were made of the areas in early 1945 and the photo interpreters succeeded
The balloon bombs were possibly viewed as a means of exacting some revenge for the extensive US bombing of Japanese cities, which were particularly vulnerable to incendiary attacks. Title. It was chosen partly because of its remoteness and partly because the rivers never froze in the winter. be associated with metamorphic source rocks. World War, 1939-1945-Aerial operations, Japan. They each carried four incendiaries and one thirty-pound high-explosive bomb. The Oregon History Wayfinder is an interactive map that identifies significant places, people, and events in Oregon history. Forensic geology became a permanent part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
19,000 cubic feet; material - paraffin treated paper. geologic papers dealing with beaches north of Tokyo on the eastern shore of
The balloon bombs were possibly viewed as a means of exacting some revenge for the extensive US bombing of Japanese cities, which were particularly vulnerable to incendiary attacks. Copyright 2023 Military.com. Morgan's team establishes that 9,000 bombs were launched from Japan, and that 10% of those were likely to have made it to North America. US Army Those who forget the past are liable to trip over it. WebA Japanese 10-meter diameter Mulberry paper balloon re-inflated at NAS Moffett Field, CA following its downing by a Navy aircraft about 30 miles west of Alturas, CA on January 10, 1945 (US Army photo A 37180C). [8] Bomb fragments were found 400 feetfrom the explosion site. No one was hurt. The ballons would rise to the sky, from the beaches of Japan, and follow the Jet Stream all the way to the United States. debriefings of those responsible for the launchings revealed that the balloons
sand-filled ballast bags were hung from a 4-spoke aluminum wheel that was
In the closing months of World War II, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded in the quiet of the evening sky in the Dundee neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Japanese scientists used bleeding-edge research into the jet stream to formulate the bombs, and without an understanding of that science, it was impossible to guess that the balloons had been launched from Japan. The Japanese balloon bomb, in all its terrible splendor. To reprint or license this article or any content from Military.com, please submit your request, How Japan Used Balloon Bombs to Kill Americans at Home During WWII, The Best Military Movies and Shows Streaming Right Now on Paramount+, Why Your Military PCS Might be Funnier Than You Think It Is (Ashley Gutermuth, Comedian and Air Force Spouse), 'Minecraft Legends' Is a Strategy Spinoff with Some Flaws, Explorers Find WWII Ship Sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs, Top Gun: Maverick Is a Military Movie Miracle, 8 Popular Cruise Lines That Offer Military Discounts, New Home Depot Military Discount Coming on Appliances Through Exchange Deal, Starbucks Just Expanded Its Veterans Day Military Freebies, Top 7 Favorite 2022 Veterans Day Discounts, Free Cruise Tickets Available for Veterans and Active-Duty Military on This Upgraded Ship, 6 Things You Probably Didn't Know About TV Legend and Veteran Jerry Springer, Hunting for the Mastermind Behind the 1983 US Embassy Bombing with 'Ghosts of Beirut', The New Movie 'Sisu' Is Like Watching John Wick Kill Nazis During World War II, Ukrainian Rescuers Take Action After Russian Attacks, 3 Soldiers Dead After US Army Helicopters Collide, People Flee Fighting as Sudan Faces Supply Shortages, South Korean Leader Urges Stronger US Alliance. Vicki Wiese of the Coos Historical & Maritime Museum holds part of a Japanese balloon bomb. of any coral, but contained small mollusk fragments. The power was off for one-fifth of a second, according to Col. Franklin Matthiass, the engineer in charge of the facility. The government censorship office, which had authority over wartime news, forbade publication. detonating. The United States government went to extraordinary measures to keep information on the Japanese balloon bombs out of the media. Two unexploded bombs are discovered and neutralized. species of tiny microscopic diatoms, a mixture of fossil and recent species. In the 1940s, the Japanese were mapping out air currents by launching balloons attached with measuring instruments from the western side of Japan and picking them up on the eastern side. Japan's
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The Japanese balloon bomb, in all its terrible splendor. The United States government went to extraordinary measures to keep information on the Japanese balloon bombs out of the media. fashioned in POW camps along the west coast or possibly being released from
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border) and easterly, to Farmington, Michigan (10 miles from Detroit). Share. A memorial was set up for them where the incident took place. Most
The Japanese programmed the balloons to release hydrogen if they
narrowed the source area to the northerly thousand miles of Japans
The balloons generally were launched during the winter months to take advantage of a strong jet stream, but the forested mountains of the American West were snow covered and unlikely to ignite.
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