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In late 1944, the Japanese military began launching 9,000 unmanned bomb-carrying balloon across the Pacific to bombard the West Coast.

In late 1944, the Japanese military began launching 9,000 unmanned bomb-carrying balloons across the Pacific to bombard the West Coast. Most of the balloon bombs fell harmlessly in the ocean. About 300 balloon bombs landed in the U.S. Canada, and Mexico.