Battle of Los Angeles

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On the night of February 25, 1942, less than three months after
Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles was gripped by fear as air raid sirens
wailed and a total blackout stretched to the Mexican border.
Powerful arc lamps lit up the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired
wildly as reports of enemy aircraft flooded in — some claiming
planes crashed down across the city, though no wreckage was
found. Even military leaders couldn’t agree on what had happened.
Some dismissing it as a false alarm, while others insisted
non-U.S. aircraft were present. Eyewitnesses, including trained
military observers, described seeing strange, slow-moving objects
— one even shaped like a butterfly — and estimating anywhere from
1 to 25 of these aircraft. Decades later, declassified documents
suggested the military misled the public, with one army chief
allegedly reporting to President Roosevelt that the craft were
likely of interplanetary origin. This week, we travel back to
1942 to sift through the conflicting reports, from that night and
beyond, to help theorize the true nature of the so-called "Battle
of Los Angeles."

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