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Description A Japanese 10-meter diameter Mulberry paper balloon re-inflated at NAS Moffett Field, CA following its downing by a Navy aircraft about 30 miles west of Alturas, CA on January 10, 1945 (US Army photo A 37180C). This balloon now belongs to the National Air and Space Museum.
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Source How Geologists Unraveled the Mystery of Japanese Vengeance Balloon Bombs in World War II, J. David Rogers, also attested as "Smithsonian Institution Neg. 2003-6574" at [1]
Author U.S. Army
Other versions Lta-balloons-japan-wwii-balloon-bombs-(Fu-Go).jpg

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current23:53, 3 February 2023Thumbnail for version as of 23:53, 3 February 20231,377 × 1,800 (671 KB)GoszeiHigher quality
07:09, 18 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 07:09, 18 April 2006588 × 1,224 (222 KB)BkwillwmImage: http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/image011-r.jpg Site: http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/Japenese%20vengenance%20bombs%20new.htm Japanese fire balloon of mulberry paper reinflated at Moffett Field, CA after it had been shot

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