[Fedora]

I thought we already knew it was a weather balloon.

There was a report issued a few years ago claiming that, but it doesn't really fit the initial descriptions of the crash as published in the papers back then, IMO. Interestingly, though, there had been a prior media blackout on balloon bombs during the war:

Japanese Balloon Bombs

Pre-1942 'Battle Of LA' WWII Blackout

The Battle Of Los Angeles

[Quix]

In terms of UFO's I consider ALL the balloon stuff 110% bogus.

[Young Werther]

Good Post.

Did you know of the "bat bomb" system developed by the Army Air Corp?