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Categories Science Fiction Robots & AI
"To Catch a Foo Fighter" introduces us to Lieutenant Jimmy "Wraith" Rigg, a mute pilot chosen to fly the experimental X-73 jet. Tasked with capturing a foo fighter, a type of UFO that has intrigued the U.S. Navy since World War II, Rigg's mission takes unexpected turns, leading to first contact with an intelligent alien presence. David's story explores themes of communication, technological integration, and the challenges of human-alien interaction.
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David Hankins is the award-winning author of Death and the Taxman. He writes from the thriving cornfields of Iowa where he lives with his wife, daughter, and two dragons disguised as cats. His short stories have graced the pages of Writers of the Future Volume 39, DreamForge Magazine, Unidentified Funny Objects 9, Third Flatiron Anthologies, and others. David devotes his time to his passions of writing, traveling, and finding new ways to pay his mortgage. You can find him at https://davidhankins.com STORY NOTES FOR “TO CATCH A FOO FIGHTER” “To Catch a Foo Fighter” is a tale that has percolated in the back of author David Hankins’s mind for decades, ever since he played with an exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle that let him move an object on the screen simply by touching a sensor and moving his eyes. Twenty years and a military career later, David decided to combine that brain-to-computer technology with a US Navy hunt for the original UFOs, and “To Catch a Foo Fighter” was born.
To Catch a Foo Fighter, by David Hankins
Author Details
David Hankins is the award-winning author of Death and the Taxman. He writes from the thriving cornfields of Iowa where he lives with his wife, daughter, and two dragons disguised as cats. His short stories have graced the pages of Writers of the Future Volume 39, DreamForge Magazine, Unidentified Funny Objects 9, Third Flatiron Anthologies, and others. David devotes his time to his passions of writing, traveling, and finding new ways to pay his mortgage. You can find him at https://davidhankins.com STORY NOTES FOR “TO CATCH A FOO FIGHTER” “To Catch a Foo Fighter” is a tale that has percolated in the back of author David Hankins’s mind for decades, ever since he played with an exhibit at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle that let him move an object on the screen simply by touching a sensor and moving his eyes. Twenty years and a military career later, David decided to combine that brain-to-computer technology with a US Navy hunt for the original UFOs, and “To Catch a Foo Fighter” was born.
