The above photos(click them for full-size views) are from the February 26, 1942 edition of the Los Angeles Times, of an amazing event that took place in the overnight/early morning hours of Feb 24-25.
(excerpted from wikipedia, with additional comments by myself)
The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as The Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to the rumored enemy attack and subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late February 24 to early February 25, 1942 over Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred less than three months after America's entry into World War II as a result of the Japanese Imperial Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Initially, the target of the aerial barrage was thought to be an attacking force from Japan, but speaking at a press conference shortly afterward Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called the incident a "false alarm." Newspapers of the time published a number of sensational reports and speculations of a cover-up. A small number of modern-day UFOlogists have suggested the targets were extraterrestrial spacecraft.(the term 'small number' is deliberately misleading, in my opinion ~ Tony) When documenting the incident in 1983, the U.S. Office of Air Force History attributed the event to a case of "war nerves" likely triggered by a lost weather balloon and exacerbated by stray flares and shell bursts from adjoining batteries.
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oh please! yeah, it was uh... swamp gas, yeah, that's it! *facepalm* Also, the farcical 'weather balloon' excuse has been easily disputed by knowledgeable people who were actually there, stating that an errant balloon from the nearest balloon station would have had to come loose from its tether, go around the mountains, then make a left turn and come back down towards L.A.! Gimme a freakin' break! There were balloons that were used as artillery target practice - but the military would NOT do a LIVE FIRE exercise in the middle of the night over the heads of a city of 2 million+ people(at that time), killing 6 and damaging several buildings, only 3 months after the infamous Pearl Harbor attack! Military exercises just don't work that way(I have been a part of many during my time in the Air Force in the 1980s). This was NOT a military exercise and this was NOT a case of 'war nerves'. And records recovered from Japan after the war clearly determine that NO JAPANESE PLANES ever entered US airspace during WWII.
~ Tony
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Air raid sirens were sounded throughout Los Angeles County on the night of 24–25 February 1942. A total blackout was ordered and thousands of air raid wardens were summoned to their positions. At 3:16 a.m. the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade began firing 12.8-pound anti-aircraft shells into the air at reported aircraft; over 1,400 shells would eventually be fired. Pilots of the 4th Interceptor Command were alerted but their aircraft remained grounded. The artillery fire continued sporadically until 4:14 a.m. The "all clear" was sounded and the blackout order lifted at 7:21 a.m.
In addition to several buildings damaged by friendly fire, three civilians were killed by the anti-aircraft fire, and another three died of heart attacks attributed to the stress of the hour-long bombardment. The incident was front-page news along the U.S. Pacific coast, and earned some mass media coverage throughout the nation.
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Every year there are people who meet up to commemorate the event on the date it happened, many of which who were actually there when it happened. Many of them believe that the government/military is NOT telling the whole truth about what happened that night. Gee, where have we heard that before? There is also talk that the craft - whatever it was - crashed into the water offshore and was recovered by the Navy. This was 5 years before the famous Roswell incident.
Do I know what it was? I have no idea - I am simply asking questions... and as an American citizen, I have that right, and it will NOT be infringed.
~ Tony
ATTENTION US GOVERNMENT - THIS IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - WE CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!
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