Comments on: What About Those… SECRET WEAPONS? (Mar, 1951)

By: Emcha

Emcha — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:30:10 +0000

“Was this a reference to the WWII Foo-Fighters?”

Most likely not. Jerries were actually testing Gero II type aerial flamethrower and apparently other countries were investigating this concept too.

By: Baron Waste

Baron Waste — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:45:53 +0000

Interestingly, according to Snopes, a real secret weapon has left an unusual footprint:

While carrots are a good source of vitamin A (which is important for healthy eyesight, skin, growth, and resisting infection), eating them won't improve vision. The purported link between carrots and markedly acute vision is a matter of lore, not of science. And it's lore of the deliberately manufactured type. In World War II, Britain's air ministry spread the word that a diet of these vegetables helped pilots see Nazi bombers attacking at night. That was a lie intended to cover the real matter of what was underpinning the Royal Air Force's successes: Airborne Interception Radar, also known as AI. The secret new system pinpointed some enemy bombers before they reached the English Channel. British Intelligence didn't want the Germans to find out about the superior new technology helping protect the nation, so they created a rumor to afford a somewhat plausible-sounding explanation for the sudden increase in bombers being shot downâ€¦

By: Benzene

Benzene — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:35:22 +0000

Do secret weapon researchers read a lot of comic books or do comic book authors research articles like these?

By: Baron Waste

Baron Waste — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:58:15 +0000

This very same magazine ran an article in March '47, giving a glowing description (no pun intnded) of the very â€œcosmic ray gunâ€ at which this illustrator sneers! Sic transit, gloria cosmi.

By: Absolutejagauar

Absolutejagauar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:53:02 +0000

Geiger-radar-rocket-fire control unit, these did become a reality, the Americans used hundreds of anti missile batteries during the Gulf wars and even want to set up a world wide shield of such devices.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:33:51 +0000

The other was an airborne flamethrower that would roast a pilot in his cockpit.

Was this a reference to the WWII Foo-Fighters?
(No, not the band! Get off my lawn!)