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Focus: Project X-ray, scrapped WWII super weapon using weaponized bats

These are some examples. See also the History Guide.

Kris Abery has a list of resources

These are some examples.

Bat Bombs and Balloons on Fire: Bizarre Occurrences in WWII National Parks
National Park Service (NPS) article
Bats and Balloon Bombs: The Weird Weapons That Could Have Won WWII
By Danny Lewis, smithsonian.com, August 10, 2015
From Smithsonian Magazine's Smart News
The Other Secret Weapon - Snap Judgement
Snap Judgement show (audio only) with member of the Bat Bomb project telling his story.

Dr. Lytle Adams' incendiary "bat bomb" of World War II. by Christen AG, Christen JA.
This is ONLY AN ABSTRACT. You would need to get the actual article through your local library's ILL (Inter-Library Loan).
J Hist Dent. 2004 Nov;52(3):109-15.
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Abstract - a summary of the article and/or research.
Weird World War II Bat Bomb
Not famiar with this site, but video appears to be from History.com
The Bat Bomb | Top Secret Weapons Revealed
Old, Weird Tech: The Bat Bombs of World War II
From The Atlantic.com by Alexis C. Madrigal, Apr 14, 2011
The Bat Bombers By C. V. Glines ; Illustrations by Chris Fauver
Article archived in Internet Archive's WayBack Machine.
Journal of the Air Force Association, October 1990, Vol. 73, No. 10
A Batman to the Rescue
Article By Dr. Patrick Drumm and Christopher Ovre ; Monitor on Psychology April 2011, Vol 42, No. 4 Print version: page 24
The Almost Perfect World War II Plot To Bomb Japan With Bats
by Cara Giaimo August 05, 2015, In Atlas Obscura