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That wasn't the only assault by the Japenese during WWII on the US, they also sent balloons from Japan using the prevailing winds carrying high explosives a number of these balloons made it to the West Coast landing in both Washington and Oregon causing little damage. If memory serves me right there was only one fatality from these balloons, it was a preacher on a boy scout outing in Oregon. These attacks were documented, but not reported until after the war for security purposes as the government didn't want the Japanese to know that balloons had made it US Soil.