Looking back at Japanese balloon bomb campaign of WWII

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – A high-attitude Chinese language balloon traversed the USA this week, and historical past, in a manner, is repeating itself.

Researcher Michael Unsworth says the primary time this occurred was in 1945, they usually have been despatched by Japan throughout World Warfare II.

“The 2 in North Dakota, they have been discovered by individuals and the authorities collected them and despatched them on to Washington, D.C.,” mentioned Unsworth.

Unsworth says Japan wished to start out fires and explosions with the 9,300 balloons carrying bombs that have been despatched throughout the Pacific.

He says of them, about 285 have been found through the warfare, and there have been solely a number of explosions — the worst being in Oregon.

Unsworth says the current balloon sighting is a reminder of the previous, however we don’t know what precisely is shifting it.

“When you’ve gotten one thing that’s just about on the mercy of the wind, it’s actually exhausting. And till we carry a kind of down and try it, it’s simply hypothesis,” mentioned Unsworth.

Montana Senator Steve Daines believes the Chinese language balloon is an enormous safety concern.

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