Ever wonder where the Foo Fighters got their name?

[captain queeg]

I was just reading a book about nazi secret weapons. There was a phenomena, mostly seen in W Europe, by allied airmen. Strange lights or globes/disks etc would show up and follow the planes. They never acted in an aggressive manner though sometimes their appearance would mess up radar or other instruments. The airman came to refer to these as foo fighters. How that name arose is not known for sure, but there are a couple theories. The lights quit appearing once the allies had crossed the Rhine which supported the idea that they were some Nazi tech.

[Croney]

1. Oh. I just figured they liked Chinese art.

[mitch96]

2. silly me, I thought it was from that dumb joke punchline.." If the Foo shits wear it.."

I remember reading about the WW2 Foo fighters.. Ironically lots of Foo fighters have been seen in recent years.. One just last month flew (floo?) right over a commercial jet at high speed. Military just released transcripts and vid's of strange lights and radar intercepts going at speeds and doing things no jet can do... aka... Foo Fighters!!!
As Mulder and Scully would say...The truth is out there... YMMV

que the spooky music...
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[Hangingon]

3. I thought it came from Flash Gordon comic books from the WW2 period

[Cartoonist]

4. Wrong strip

[Throckmorton]

5. Ah, the Foomobile,

I classic of 20th century design.