Mysterious murals of creepy green creatures at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Growing up near Dayton, Ohio, I was always intrigued by rumors that extraterrestrials were stored on ice at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Turns out, the closest thing may be these surreal murals painted by German prisoners-of-war held in the base's dining hall during World War II. What inspired them? From Dayton Daily News:

The existing mural in Building 280, built in the 1943, was restored in the 1980s, he said. Dayton Art Institute experts have cleaned the painting as part of the preservation.

A lot of people have conjecture on what this means, (Wright-Patterson cultural resources manager Paul) Woodruff said. Some people think this is where the alien conspiracy theories began with the little green men at Wright-Patt. Thats one story that likes to be told.

Another theory: Green goblin-like characters out of German folklore. And theres another for the wall of flame.

One of the conjectures is possibly its German culture up in flames a statement of how they felt what was going on in the world at that point, he said.