Amazing and weird fact about USA history:
Months before World War Two culminated in the absolute decimation of Hiroshima, the Japanese found themselves in a bit of a pinch.
Making the most of the strong air current across the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese crafted what was likely the first intercontinental weapon system and attached bombs to hydrogen balloons, in what was known as the Fu-Go campaign.
Depending on weather conditions, it would take each balloon anywhere from 30 to 60 hours to reach the United States. Researchers estimate that the Japanese said sayonara to around 9,000 bombs that were approximately 33 feet in diameter to the United States, with 342 known to have reached the United States.
Many of them landed and exploded, with one even killing a whole family in Oregon in 1944. Rumor has it that there may still be dozens – potentially still active – lying around.
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