Also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, the event took place in the early hours of Feb. 25, 1942, about three months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Air raid sirens began going off as anti-aircraft guns and searchlights began combing the skies over L.A. as they hunted for rumored enemy aircraft, but none were spotted or shot down. The incident was covered extensively by local and national press, but no one could give an explanation of what caused the alarm.
Many eyewitnesses reported seeing a single, large unidentified object over L.A., a number of others also reported spotting anywhere from 25 to 200 planes "swarming" over the metropolitan area. Nothing was ever recovered. No real answers to what or who started the Battle of Los Angeles has ever been found.
What do you think? Were alien checking us out? Watch the 1942 news reel.
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