The Attack of the Japanese Balloon Bombs
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Picture this: It's late 1944, and you, like thousands of other people on the west coast of North America, have noticed bizarre, jellyfish-like objects floating through the sky. You call the local authorities, maybe even the Air Force, only to be ignored. You don't see anything about this in the papers or on the radio. You are in the midst of a real-world conspiracy of silence -- until, that is, the bombs begin to explode. Listen in to learn more about the attack of the Japanese balloon bombs.
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| 1:48.0 | Welcome to the show Ridiculous Historians, quick peek behind the curtain. It is Friday as we record this and all three of us are really looking forward to the weekend. Hi, I'm Ben. |
| 2:13.0 | Hi, I'm Noel and double peek behind the curtain. This is take two of starting this episode. The first time around I said that my name was Ben and you had said that we were very excited to be here. |
| 2:23.0 | I was going to say I'm very exhausted, but still excited to be here. But then I called myself you. I don't know if that's some kind of like Freudian thing or what, but I am happy to be here and happy to see you. |
| 2:34.0 | I'm happy, I'm happy to be here and I'm happy to see you as well. Noel, the same goes for our super producer, Casey Pegrum. |
| 2:41.0 | Quick question for you, Casey. Have you ever been in a hot air balloon? |
| 2:47.0 | Never. No. |
| 2:48.0 | What about you, Noel? |
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