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MediaMar 1945
Amazing Stories editor Ray Palmer ran Richard Shaver's 'I Remember Lemuria!' in the March 1945 issue, promoting the tales of an underground race as based on fact. Palmer later founded Fate magazine and became a leading promoter of flying saucer stories.
Photo: Ziff-Davis Publishing / Robert Gibson Jones, Public domain
MilitaryJan 1945
An AP story datelined January 1, 1945 reported that U.S. 415th Night Fighter Squadron crews had for weeks seen balls of light pacing their planes over Germany, which they called 'foo-fighters'. TIME followed on January 15; suggested causes ranged from flares to St. Elmo's fire, and none was settled.
Photo: United States Army Air Forces, Public domain
