Does anyone has any information about the so called fireballs (I think that is how they are called)?

Question

Those manifestations were seen by U.S. military pilots during WWllin the sky. especially when the ally aircraft was flying over Germany. and supposelly are still seen today all over the world

Answer 1

those are the "foo fighters", they are big, sphere, glowing "something", UFOs (unidentified flying objects).
You may be interested to find out about "ball lightning" - they may be natural phenomena in connection with the thunderstorms. Witnesses described them like 20-30 cm diameter , glowing "plasma like" balls. They tend to hover in the air, sometimes they jump on metallic things, and can burn holes throw glass, plastic. The phenomena is only a few seconds long, but can be dangerous (fires, electrocution).
I think that "Foo Fighters" and the "ball lightning" are two different things

Answer 2

Actually, the phenomenon is called "ball lightning" (which is really a ball of plasma) and starts out, in the awareness of the pilots as a stationary thing which then begins to follow them. That is because the airplane's wake sucks the ball lightning's plasma right after it and keeps doing so until the turbulence in the air wake breaks it up to the point it is not noticeable anymore.

Answer 3

Really bright meteors are sometimes called fireballs. I have seen a couple, but they are rare compared to the regular, rather dim, shooting stars that can be seen on some clear, dark nights.

Answer 4

yeah, theyre called foo fighters. people in the navy/air force would see them and mistake them for aliens. some pilots said that these foo fighters would follow their planes, even when they turned. in the forties, some would say they were aliens, german craft, elves, japanese fighters, or just a plain optical illusion. now, people say theyre really just ball lightning or electro-static from the wingtips.

since these things would follow the planes, i would guess theyre just electro-static because no one was ever harmed from them (except one incident when something struck a mexican commercial airliner and the mexican govt didnt allow any foreign aid...). but who really knows anyways.