@wellerstein Interesting! In 1985 interview he said "I cannot find any record of where I noted of when that happened" http://ow.ly/IyFlF
Rare reference to the Japanese "balloon bomb" that landed near Hanford in March 1945, from diary of Col. Matthias.pic.twitter.com/1D8Fc43605
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@AtomicHeritage If he was looking for December '44 records he would have missed it. There is very little mention, and memory is so fickle. -
@wellerstein@AtomicHeritage A great resource: Mikesh "Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America" - http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/AnnalsofFlight/pdf_lo/SAOF-0009.pdf …
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@wellerstein "I think it must have been around Christmas in ’44. I was not on the site when this fire balloon hit our transmission line."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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