The Darvaza gas crater, also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, is a natural gas field collapsed into a cavern located in Derweze, Turkmenistan. Geologists intentionally set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas, and it is thought to have been burning continuously since 1971.
Basically the same comment at the same minute! What are the odds?
The British had an operating decryption system (Enigma) and they had been eavesdropping Japanese Diplomatic signals. A warning was passed to the highest levels of the US Government who chose to ignore them.
Enigma was the German encryption apparatus.
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It´s actually because of "project paperclip" and the Horten Ho229 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229