Anonymous ID: 44544c Feb. 11, 2023, 7:37 p.m. No.18329514   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9596

>>18329355

 

>> Japan launched over 9,000 balloon bombs resulting in over 342 incidents registered throughout western United States and Canada. Oregon alone counted 45 balloon incidents.

 

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/threats-bombs.aspx

Anonymous ID: 44544c Feb. 11, 2023, 7:48 p.m. No.18329596   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>18329514

>>18329355

 

Neither diagram of balloons nor map where recovered in U.S. would upload here. They are at the links below.

 

Anatomy of a Balloon Bomb

 

[A diagram of balloon bomb parts (Image courtesy Canada's Digital Collections)]

 

Description of balloon bomb parts in diagram:

 

The balloon: Diameter - 33 1/2 feet; volume - approx. 19,000 cubic feet; material - paraffin treated paper.

Rubber shock cord or bungee.

Sketch of incendiary-type bomb found at Medford, Oregon.

Japanese 15KG antipersonnel bomb found at Thermopolis, Wyoming.

Rope arrangement of skirt section (enlarged).

Battery unit of balloon. Includes: metal poles, bakelite plate, aluminum ring, squib fuse, and aneroid barometer.

Release arrangement.

Fuse housing bolted beneath the center of the cross-beams.

 

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/threats-bombs.aspx

 

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Map showing balloon recoveries or sighting in North America (courtesy National Geographic

 

https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/PublishingImages/threats-bombs-map.jpg