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	Balloon bomb attacks on the US
		The balloon bombs were basically the Japanese version of the Nazi V-1 and V-2 rockets, but much less technologically advanced and very much less effective.
		Yet the entire balloon bombing program is something that most Americans today are not familiar with (along with the Japanese submarine shellings of Fort Stevens and Santa Barbara, and the plane bombings of Oregon.) It's all a really fascinating historical area of World War II.
		The balloon bombs couldn't really be aimed except for letting them go and figuring the ballast/timing mechanism would get them to drop somewhere over the U.S. Although there are a lot of cities in the U.S., there's also a lot of open space, especially in the western half of the continent.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/balloon.html (2811 words)

	Fire balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"balloon bomb") were hydrogen balloons with one 15 kg antipersonnel bomb and two incendiary devices attached.
		The balloons were intended to make use of a great strong current of winter air that the Japanese had discovered flowing at high altitude and speed over their country, which would later become known as the jet stream.
		Balloon envelopes and apparatus were found in Montana, Arizona, Saskatchewan, in the Northwest Territories, and in the Yukon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balloon_bomb (1973 words)

	Water balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Water balloons are typically used as 'grenades' in water gun fights, and are just as typically used by themselves in water balloon fights.
		Normal balloons (that are typically filled with air) may also be used as water balloons, but are not typically preferred because they are not specially designed for water.
		Another form of the water bomb is a sheet of paper folded to form a roughly spherical container (see Origami) capable of holding water for some time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Water_bomb (331 words)

	General information about balloons from Fiddlers Green
		The mobile balloons were moored to motor vehicles, ships or ligi-iters and were seldom raised to altitudes of more than 1,970 ft. There was no denying that the balloons were vulnerable, but gathered estuary and other waterways of similar importance had to be denied to enemy minelayers as much as possible.
		Balloon Command also toiled during the preparations for the invasion of northern France in 1944 and afterwards had 4,000 men engaged when these bridgeheads on the Channel Coast were established.
		Whenever the balloon sank to a pre-set minimum altitude, either due to loss of gas or because it was cooled down, a fuse was ignited and two of the sandbags were dropped.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Balloon-eagle/info/info.htm (2021 words)

	bomb - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
		A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
		bomblet, cluster bomblet - one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
		cluster bomb - bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area; "cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely"
	www.onpedia.com /dictionary/bomb (937 words)

	Savoir Faire: Bombs from Balloons- -July 1998 - issue 30, 7-8 - National Library News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		These bombs were made with a special type of paper and potato paste, and produced by small cottage enterprises.
		It is reported that many of the workers were unaware of the balloons' intended purposes, which were to start forest fires, divert resources from the war effort and create panic in those being attacked.
		Among the reasons for the poor success rates of the balloon bombs were the use of a weak antifreeze solution that did not prevent their batteries from freezing, and the difficulties of setting ablaze the cold, damp forests of North America.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /bulletin/015017-9807-12-e.html (720 words)

	Fire Balloons - Incendiary Devices Launched by Japan During World War II
		The bombs actually caused little damage, but their potential for destruction and fires was awesome, not to mention their psychological effect on the American people.
		The balloons were intended to make use of a great strong current of winter air that the Japanese had discovered flowing at high altitude and speed over their country, which would someday be known as the jet stream.
		The balloon landed on a power line that fed electricity to the building containing the nuclear reactor producing plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb, and shut the reactor down.
	www.japan-101.com /history/fire_balloons_or_balloon_bombs.htm (2060 words)

	Saw Wife and Five Children Killed by Jap Balloon Bomb
		They covered the bodies, verified that it was a big balloon which had carried the bomb to the isolated spot, and took Mitchell to Bly, the nearest town.
		Undersecretary of War Patterson made the first mention of a balloon bomb causing six deaths and the office of censorship permitted the location and details to be given in this one case only.
		Revealing hitherto undisclosed details of how the balloon bombs are rigged to fly the Pacific and drop their bombs on the U. S., Watts said they made the trip in the stratosphere by means of an ingenious arrangement of weights and barometric pressure switches.
	www.stelzriede.com /ms/html/sub/mshwfug2.htm (959 words)

	V1 missile Buzz Bomb Doodlebug Vergeltungs Waffen FZG76 German flying bomb
		In conception it is the simplest and smallest structure which the Germans have been able to evolve capable of carrying three-quarter of a ton of high explosive, sufficient fuel to enable the missile to operate over a reasonable range, control apparatus and lifting and stabilising surface to enable it to fly.
		To discover the cause of this weakness, a Flying Bomb was built, in which the warhead was replaced by a similarly shaped fuselage section designated to accommodate a person lying in the prone position.
		Hanna Reich was chosen for this experiment, according to German propaganda reports, because of her diminutive stature and ability to withstand abnormal strains caused by the gyration of the missile.
	www.zenza.se /vw (4378 words)

	History House: Balloons I: The Jet Stream Gets Drafted
		Such balloons were crafted and carried 33 pounds of explosives, set with a half-hour time fuse, and troops scurried around with them to launch them into the proper wind currents.
		Over 60 hours, the balloon vented during the day and dropped sandbags at night to maintain that important 30,000 foot altitude (if it got lower, the winds slowed down and it would likely be stranded over the ocean).
		The balloons themselves were made out of a kind of paper derived from the kozo bush (washi paper) that was produced in little squares and pasted together by schoolchildren.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/balloon_1 (2237 words)

	WWWPubCo (OkieLegacy)- WWII POW camps in Oklahoma
		However, in the winter months when the prevailing winds were best suited to carry the balloons to their destination most of the target area was damp and/or covered with snow.
		A major concern by Intelligence Officers was that the containers of liquid were, in fact, biological bombs that could spread cancer and bubonic plague in humans and foot and mouth disease in animals.
		If the Japanese had known of their success with the balloons it is possible that the greenish liquid found in the celluloid containers may have been replaced with disease causing bacteria.
	okielegacy.org /WWIIpowcamps/balloonbombs.html (882 words)

	Balloon Drop, Balloon Release, Balloon Bomb, Exploding Balloon Held in a Balloon Net!
		A balloon bomb is a 36" latex exploding balloon which is air-filled and consists of 90 x 5" latex and flutter confetti inside.
		Held up by a balloon net, the bomb can be used to effect a balloon drop or balloon release, covering the dance floor or other surface with brightly coloured balloons.
		The balloon bomb can be exploded in two different ways, either manually by using a wand or by pushing a button when the bomb has been wired to a firing box.
	www.balloon.co.uk /drops.htm (241 words)

	Balloon Drop, Balloon Release, Balloon Bomb, Exploding Balloon Held in a Balloon Net!
		A balloon bomb is a 36" latex exploding balloon which is air-filled and consists of 90 x 5" latex and flutter confetti inside.
		Held up by a balloon net, the bomb can be used to effect a balloon drop or balloon release, covering the dance floor or other surface with brightly coloured balloons.
		The balloon bomb can be exploded in two different ways, either manually by using a wand or by pushing a button when the bomb has been wired to a firing box.
	www.balloondrop.net /drops.htm (241 words)

	The Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Through the use of the Pacific wind currents, these air balloon bombs were the Japanese's last hope of changing the side of War to their favor.
		The air balloon mission began sometime in 1944; the first balloon bomb was discovered November 4th, 1944, 66 miles south of San Pedro,California.
		Should the Japanese have had knowledge of their success with the balloons, it is possible that the greenish liquid found in the celluloid containers may have been replaced with disease causing bacteria.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /balloons/mission.htm (1195 words)

	Montana Earth Science Picture of the Week
		During World War II, Japan released 9,300 “balloon bombs” that were intended to be carried to the United States by a high altitude wind known today as the "jet stream".
		The bombing mission, known as the “Doolittle Raid,” was dramatized in the recent hit movie “Pearl Harbor.” In response to the raid, Japan was compelled to strike American soil.
		The specific goal of balloon bomb effort, which ran from November 1944 to April 1945, was not been to kill people but to start forest fires that would destroy property and divert manpower from the war effort.
	formontana.net /balloon.html (578 words)

	Fu-Go
		These balloons were designed to rise to a height between 32,000 and 38,000 feet and stay aloft for some 65 to 70 hours.
		The balloons were found as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico.
		While most of the balloon sightings were concentrated near the Pacific Coast, two balloons found their way to the state of Michigan.
	members.tripod.com /~earthdude1/fugo/fugo.html (1487 words)

	No. 1091: Balloon Bombs
		The bomb was mounted on a horizontal ring below the balloon, along with a complex array of small sandbags.
		The hydrogen expanded by day, and the balloon rose until a sensor detected that it was too high.
		Another balloon bomb ran into an electric line at the Hanford plant in Washington and cut the power.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1091.htm (504 words)

	Balloon Bomber
		alloon bombs were hot air balloons with one 15 kilogram antipersonnel bomb and two incendiary devices attached.
		On May 5, 1945, a balloon bomb killed five children and a woman near Lakeview, Ore., when it exploded as they dragged it from the woods.
		The bombs actually caused little damage, but their potential for destruction and fires was awesome, not to mention their psychological effect on the American people.
	www.af.mil /news/airman/0298/bombsb.htm (378 words)

	California in World War II: The Japanese Balloon Bomb Attack at Hayfork
		On February 1, 1945 a Japanese bombing balloon was spotted by several local residents drifting over the Trinity National Forest area and slowly decending.
		Meanwhile the balloon came to rest atop a 60 foot dead fir tree in the forest near a local road.
		The balloon's gas bag disappeared in a fireball and the balloon's undercarriage came crashing to the ground.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Hayfork.html (253 words)

	Japanese Balloon Bombs: Project FUGO
		Various sources say the balloon bomb program was initiated in retaliation for the Doolittle raid on Japan proper or the reverses at Midway in 1942.
		The balloons had a scalloped cloth belt with grommets, which held the shrouds for the instruments, ballast and, for the Type “A” balloon, a bomb.
		While the minister was parking his car, one of the boys discovered the balloon and apparently set off the bomb killing the minister’s wife and the five children.
	amh.freehosting.net /japanese.html (864 words)

	Balloons That Bombed
		The first Fugo balloon bomb created a crater in the dry bed of the Santa Clara River near Saticoy.
		Two days later, on Jan. 17, an entire balloon was found in Moorpark, containing unexploded incendiary bombs but missing the 33-pound anti-personnel bomb carried by the balloons.
		The balloons were made of paper and glued with potato paste.
	www.stelzriede.com /ms/html/mshwfug1.htm (684 words)

	Fugos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The reports of all balloon bombs were censored so as not to give anything away to Japan.
		The balloon bombs were released from Japan in the winter months when the jet stream is the strongest.
		Thermite bombs were armed and dropped in the last positions on the ring.
	www.seanet.com /~johnco/fugo.htm (1017 words)

	Historian's Corner: Fu-go War Surplus Hazzard for Hunters - 39th BG Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The balloon's envelope or gasbag, crafted from glued 4-ply paper panels, was 10 meters in diameter with capacity of 19,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas.
		While balloons were found scattered from Alaska to northern Mexico and as far east as Michigan, most balloon incidents occurred in Pacific Northwest states and British Columbia.
		Had the balloons been deployed in summer when forests are flammable, and had the Japanese learned significant numbers were actually reaching America, history might have unfolded differently.
	39th.org /39th/hc/fugowarhazzard.htm (1014 words)

	JAPANESE ATTACK MAINLAND AMERICA WITH BALLOON BOMBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The balloons were launched from three sites on the island of Honshu, chosen because of nearby rail lines and favorable terrain.
		The first balloon bomb was spotted by a Navy plane on 4/11/44 near San Pedro, California.
		The first balloon to land on the continent was discovered near Thermopolis, Wyoming on 12/6/44.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/bombs.htm (1265 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Let Slip the Bats and Balloons of War…
		The ordnance they carried suggested the balloon bombs’ primary strategic mission was to wage an incendiary war against the rich forests of the American Northwest.
		One military historian, who believes the primary purpose of the balloon bombs was to spread fire, describes their “second most logical purpose” as the introduction of biological warfare.
		In fact, on a weight-to-weight basis, the tiny bat incendiary was more effective than any other such bomb in our arsenal; one estimate had it that a typical planeload of bat bombs would set anywhere from 3,625 to 4,748 fires, as opposed to from 167 to 400 with a planeload of regulation incendiaries.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1982/3/1982_3_88.shtml (3762 words)

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		Because of their unenviable ability to explode, these mosnters are all named after explosives (except the balloon, but the reference is still the same).
		Balloon -- Bomb -- Dark Grenade -- Grenade -- Mine -- Mother Bomb -- Pain Bomb -- Remedy Bomb
		The mother bomb turns into a group of smaller bombs after exploding, the pain bomb causes pain, the remedy bomb...
	members.lycos.co.uk /aspara/explo.htm (227 words)

	Mail Tribune News
		The balloon bomb landed on property at 1702 S. Peach St., owned by orchardist Oliver Tice, according to an Aug. 16, 1945 article in the Mail Tribune.
		The bomb landed early in January of that year, but the news was voluntarily censored by the newspaper until the end of the war.
		Additional bomb fragments were found in the vicinity three days later, but the fragments were part of the Peach Street incident, Webber says.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/98/mar98/31798n7.htm (326 words)

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