Foo Fighters were nicknames for the mysterious airplanes seen during World War II that failed to conform to known aerial technology at the time both by the Allies and the Germans/Japanese. These mysterious balls of light were reported by the experienced crews of American warplanes in both the European and Pacific Theatres in 1944-5. These balls of light (flying in V-formations or as a single source) were alleged to follow planes from both sides. There were many theories that tried to explain the cause of these phenomena: the planet Venus, St. Elmo's Fire or new enemy test weapons. It was usually assumed that the other side (the Allies or the Germans/Japanese) had developed a secret weapon; however, after the war ended it soon became clear that these fire balls weren't from either side-that they were possibly extra terrestrial in origin.

The name Foo Fighter is thought to have come from a little remembered cartoon character named Smokey Stover who used to declare, "Where there's foo, there's fire." someone called these balls of light "Foo Fighters" and the name stuck (the Americans airmen also called these balls of light 'Kraut Balls'). In 1996 the grunge music star, David Grohl, was so fascinated with Foo Fighters mystery that he decided to name his band after them.

The following are typical sightings of Foo Fighters:
December, 1942 over France a Royal Air Force pilot in a Hurricane interceptor saw two lights shooting from near the ground toward his 7,000-foot cruising altitude. At first he took the lights to be tracer fire (from enemy positions). But when they ceased ascending and followed him, mimicking every evasive maneuver he made, the pilot realized they were under someone's intelligent control. The lights, which kept an even distance from each other all the while, pursued him for some miles.¹

On September 29, 1944, at 10:45 a.m., a test pilot was trying out a new Messerschmitt jet, ME 262 Schwalbe, when two luminous points situated on his right suddenly caught his attention. He shot at full speed in that direction and found himself face to face with a cylindrical object, more than three hundred feet long with some openings along its side, and fitted with long antennae placed in front up to about halfway along its length. Having approached within about 1,500 feet of the craft the pilot was amazed to see that it was moving at a speed of more than 1,200 m.p.h.²

Related Books
[1] Good, Timothy
Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Cover-Up

[2] Randles & Hough
The Complete Book of UFO's: An Investigation into Alien Contacts

Related Links
[1] CUFON report on Foo Fighters
[2] Foo Fighters of WWII
[3] German Flying Saucers During WWII