Quote Originally Posted by discovery1
Didn't the Japanese develope some ballons that would be relased, drift across the pacific, and release their bombs based on a timer? I think at least a few were launched, although the winds were wrong and they unloaded their payloads in uninhabited areas.
Correct - the ballon bombs were a bust for the Japanese. Those that did get to the West Coast exploded in un-important and often un-inhabitied areas.