The study, titled "Multi-disciplinary site investigations of WW2 allied aerial bombing ... were designed to look like industrial sites, particularly Starfish sites that simulated bombed urban ...

To trick the WW2 Luftwaffe into bombing open countryside ... By the end of the conflict, there were 237 Starfish sites across Britain protecting 81 target towns, cities and factories.

Officially they were termed 'Special Fire' sites, codenamed Starfish, where fires were deliberately started on the ground to fool the enemy into thinking targets were on fire. According to ...