Posted On: September 28, 2021

The year is 1942, the place, Los Angeles, California. Unidentified flying aircraft appeared over the city of Los Angeles and caused wide spread panic. The aircraft were thought to be Japanese planes and numerous anti-aircraft shells were fired in attempt to bring them down.

On February 25^th, 1942 at about 2:25 AM, local residents awoke to air raid sirens.

On February 25^th, 1942 between 3:18 AM and 4:14 AM, anti-aircraft guns fired more than 1400 rounds using search lights. No aircraft were taken down by any shells. Six people died related to the shelling and there was serious property damage as well.

On February 25^th, 1942 at about 7:21 AM, the all clear siren was sounded.

Numerous witnesses stated that there were no Japanese planes that night.

They did state that there was a large stationary flying object hovering over the city. Numerous anti-aircraft shells struck the object with no apparent effect.

The unknown object eventually proceeded to fly over the coastal cities of Santa Monica and Long Beach until it disappeared from view.

One eye witness, Paul T. Collins of the Douglas Aircraft Company, stated:

“They seemed to be functioning or navigating mostly on a level plane at that moment – that is, not rising up from the ground in an arc, or trajectory, or in a straight line and then falling back to earth, but appearing from nowhere and then zigzagging from side to side. Some disappeared, not diminishing in brilliance at all, but just vanishing into the night. Taking into account our distance from Long Beach, the extensive pattern of firing from widely separated anti-aircraft batteries, and the movement of the unidentified red objects among and around the bursting shells in wide orbits, we estimated their top speed concretively to be five miles per second.”

At that time the official military response from US Navy Secretary Knox was that, there had been no airplanes over Las Angeles and the barrage of anti-aircraft firing had been a result of a false alarm jittery war nerves.

In 1974 a secret memorandum was released though the freedom of information act.

February 26^th, 1942

Author: General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff.

Sent to: President Franklin Roosevelt.

The following is the information we have from GHQ at this moment regarding the air alarm over Los Angeles of yesterday morning:

From details available this hour:

1. Unidentified airplanes, other than American Army or Navy planes, were probably over Los Angeles. And were fired on by elements of the 37^th CA Brigade (AA) between 3:12 and 4:15 a.m. These units expended 1430 rounds of ammunition.
2. As many as fifteen airplanes may have been involved, flying at various speeds from what is officially reported as being “very slow” to as much as 200 mph and at elevations from 9000 to 18000 feet.
3. No bombs were dropped.
4. No casualties among our troops.
5. No planes were shot down.
6. No American Army or Navy planes were in action.

Investigation continuing. It seems reasonable to conclude that if unidentified airplanes were involved they may have been from commercial sources, operated by enemy agents for purposes of spreading alarm, disclosing locations of antiaircraft positions, and slowing production through blackout. Such conclusion is supported by varying speed of operation and the fact that no bombs were dropped.

Prior to the release of the Marshall Memorandum, the Department of Defense stated that they had no record of the event.

You will see that there is a pattern of this type of official lies and cover ups that repeats over and over again.

Resources: Summary from Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988, Prologue.

Posted On: September 28, 2021

The year is 1942, the place, Los Angeles, California. Unidentified flying aircraft appeared over the city of Los Angeles and caused wide spread panic. The aircraft were thought to be Japanese planes and numerous anti-aircraft shells were fired in attempt to bring them down.

On February 25^th, 1942 at about 2:25 AM, local residents awoke to air raid sirens.

On February 25^th, 1942 between 3:18 AM and 4:14 AM, anti-aircraft guns fired more than 1400 rounds using search lights. No aircraft were taken down by any shells. Six people died related to the shelling and there was serious property damage as well.

On February 25^th, 1942 at about 7:21 AM, the all clear siren was sounded.

Numerous witnesses stated that there were no Japanese planes that night.

They did state that there was a large stationary flying object hovering over the city. Numerous anti-aircraft shells struck the object with no apparent effect.

The unknown object eventually proceeded to fly over the coastal cities of Santa Monica and Long Beach until it disappeared from view.

One eye witness, Paul T. Collins of the Douglas Aircraft Company, stated:

“They seemed to be functioning or navigating mostly on a level plane at that moment – that is, not rising up from the ground in an arc, or trajectory, or in a straight line and then falling back to earth, but appearing from nowhere and then zigzagging from side to side. Some disappeared, not diminishing in brilliance at all, but just vanishing into the night. Taking into account our distance from Long Beach, the extensive pattern of firing from widely separated anti-aircraft batteries, and the movement of the unidentified red objects among and around the bursting shells in wide orbits, we estimated their top speed concretively to be five miles per second.”

At that time the official military response from US Navy Secretary Knox was that, there had been no airplanes over Las Angeles and the barrage of anti-aircraft firing had been a result of a false alarm jittery war nerves.

In 1974 a secret memorandum was released though the freedom of information act.

February 26^th, 1942

Author: General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff.

Sent to: President Franklin Roosevelt.

The following is the information we have from GHQ at this moment regarding the air alarm over Los Angeles of yesterday morning:

From details available this hour:

1. Unidentified airplanes, other than American Army or Navy planes, were probably over Los Angeles. And were fired on by elements of the 37^th CA Brigade (AA) between 3:12 and 4:15 a.m. These units expended 1430 rounds of ammunition.
2. As many as fifteen airplanes may have been involved, flying at various speeds from what is officially reported as being “very slow” to as much as 200 mph and at elevations from 9000 to 18000 feet.
3. No bombs were dropped.
4. No casualties among our troops.
5. No planes were shot down.
6. No American Army or Navy planes were in action.

Investigation continuing. It seems reasonable to conclude that if unidentified airplanes were involved they may have been from commercial sources, operated by enemy agents for purposes of spreading alarm, disclosing locations of antiaircraft positions, and slowing production through blackout. Such conclusion is supported by varying speed of operation and the fact that no bombs were dropped.

Prior to the release of the Marshall Memorandum, the Department of Defense stated that they had no record of the event.

You will see that there is a pattern of this type of official lies and cover ups that repeats over and over again.

Resources: Summary from Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988, Prologue.