The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Telegraph, Brisbane, Australia, page 1, on April 16, 1945.
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GUAM, April 16: Large red balls of fire sighted high in the sky over Tokio and other targets in recent raids are puzzling Super Fortress pilots.
It was thought at first these were the first appearance of Japanese jet propelled fighters, but opinion among crews now favours the theory that they are radio controlled bombs.
One gunner saw three of these fire balls in the raid on Saturday.
He said they did not resemble planes but their manoeuvres varied, leading him to believe they were radio controlled bombs of some kind. They seemed to be about 3 ft. or 4 ft in diameter.
