not as in the band, as in what an actual foo fighter is
2006-12-19 08:27:13 · 19 answers · asked by bakerjaffa 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
The term was used during WWII by Allied pilots to describe unidentified aircraft (i.e. UFOs) or phenomena that they witnessed over the European and Asian theaters.
2006-12-19 08:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by Digital Haruspex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "foo fighter" is an old-school Air Force term for a UFO... back in the early days of the Air Force in World War II (or the Army Air Corps as it was known first) pilots who saw "unidentified flying objects" or "mysterious aerial phenomena" didn't know what to call them so came up with the term "foo fighter" to describe seeing a UFO or something else they couldn't identify.
2006-12-19 16:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by S L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term foo fighter was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over Europe and the Pacific theatre. Contemporary witnesses often assumed that the foo fighters were secret weapons employed by the enemy. Despite these fears, foo fighters (whatever they might have been) were apparently never reported to have harmed or tried to harm anyone.
Though usually thought of as blobs of light or fire, several different types of reported phenomena were classed as "foo fighters".
2006-12-19 16:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by Mazz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi look man it's not all this ww2 crap from aviation pilots
Foo Fighter is a term the Air Force used in Project Blue book in the 1960's labeling UFO's
2006-12-19 22:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by gopher 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yay I found it! Twas a tough one but I got it x
“Foo Fighters” was a nickname that Allied forces gave to basketball sized unidentified glowing spheres they used to see floating in the air over the battlefields during WWII. Both sides thought the globes came from the other side and were some sort of spy device. UFO researchers consider the globes to be of extra terrestrial origin as many “abductees” have reported seeing similar objects.
2006-12-19 16:34:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A fighter of the foo.
2006-12-19 21:17:46 · answer #6 · answered by jcshields74 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Foo Fighter is a simple shoot-em-up for the intent operating system
2006-12-19 16:32:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
UFO is the correct answer.
During WWII the pilots would see strange lights knock German aircraft out of the skies and they started to call them "Foo fighters" as in UFO fighters.
2006-12-19 16:42:02 · answer #8 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the people flying in jets looking for UFO's waaaaaaaaay back
i actually saw it on the history channel
they also call men in the war foo fighters and i dont know why, sorry
2006-12-19 16:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by tabithad13 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was going to say it might come from a miss spelling due to the pronunciation of a foreign word but the aircraft link seems to be getting a lot of hits go with the majority then
2006-12-19 17:13:20 · answer #10 · answered by northcarrlight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋