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NEWS"FOO FIGHTER" FILMING
Oxford Film & TV Co. are the first film company to use Dave Hall's Kemble Mossie Project as a prop. To be broadcast in April '05, the programme is a documentary about the subject of the WWII "Foo FIghter" phenomena. One of the uses always envisaged for Dave Hall's de Havilland Mosquito re-creation project was for "live" aircraft filming for organizations wishing to make use of such a facility.
Denonair Aviation Services and home to the Mossie Project, kindly provided use of their hangar - and what a superb facility it is for filming. Sue Jones, Producer at Oxford Film & TV said: "It was so nice to meet you all and a lovely final days shoot." They really appreciated the space in which to work undisturbed. The actors, suitably attired for their rôles, were themselves quite freaked by the realism of sitting in the cockpit of such a realistic re-creation.
The WWII "Foo Fighter" phenomena was basically experienced by both
sides. The strange sightings of mysterious flying objects at the
time were attributed to "enemy technology." The British, Americans,
and Nazi's each fearful of what each other was doing. Many sightings
of such objects occurred, particularly around experimental
facilities, which re-enforced this fear of enemy technology spying
on new developments. Camera footage taken during V2 launches, Test
Pilot reports during jet test flights, all gave credence to the
phenomena. This pre-dated the UFO stories of the Cold War period.
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