CaseCircle1945

Germany or Holland (from bomber), Germany

A witness reported a circular object seen during a bombing run over Germany or the Netherlands in 1945, observed briefly.

Report quality: Moderate43/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (121 characters)
  • Location could not be geocoded
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1945-06-01
Where
Germany or Holland (from bomber), Germany
Shape
Circle
Duration
Short
Geo
Slug
circle-over-germany-or-holland-from-bomber-1945-774542
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1944–1945

    The Foo Fighters

    European and Pacific theaters of WWII

    Allied (and, files later showed, Axis) aircrews reported glowing balls of light pacing their aircraft through evasive maneuvers. Each side suspected the other's secret weapon. The name came from the Smokey Stover comic…

In context

  • Germany or Holland (from bomber), Germany shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 1 reports came from Germany in 1945.
  • In the 1940s, 12.3% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.

Report

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