In a classic case of wartime jitters, the U.S. Navy once opened fire on the planet Venus. Discover the history of the Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs and the "battle" that followed.

During World War II, the Japanese aimed thousands of wind-borne explosives at North America. To this day, many have not been accounted for. Those who forget the past are liable to trip over it. Just a ...

November 3, 1944 - The first of 9,000 Japanese balloon bombs was launched on Nov. 3, 1944. The Japanese government was hoping to set fires and cause casualties during World War Two. Parts of five ...

The film will be shown at 7 p.m. as a fundraiser the Coos Historical & Maritime Museum. According to a museum press release, the award-winning documentary is about the lives of Japanese and Americans ...

From where we sit today, it sounds like the craziest, most desperate attempt in wartime history: Japan, locked in battle with the U.S. on various Pacific islands, floats bombs on balloons over the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Tokyo tried to find new weapons as it grew more desperate. Sitting on the far eastern rim of the Pacific, the United States mainland was... Key Point: As Tokyo got ...

Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-altitude hydrogen balloons armed with incendiary and ...

On May 5, 1945, a quiet spring afternoon near Bly, Oregon, became a tragic moment in American history. Six innocent lives were lost when a Japanese balloon bomb (one of the mysterious Fu-Go weapons ...

Account of balloon bomb attacks on the West Coast of the United States during World War II and the role of paleontologists from the United States National Museum and United States Geological Survey in ...

President George W. Bush visited Omaha on Feb. 4, 2005, to speak with people about Social Security and personal retirement accounts.