Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! — Part 4

  Oct. 29, 1945, Battle of Los Angeles  

  Oct. 29, 1945, Battle of Los Angeles  

Oct. 29, 1945: The Times publishes the searchlight photo to accompany a story about the Air Force account of the incident.


Almost as soon as the shooting stopped, people began arguing over whether the 1942 air raid was a genuine sighting.  Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson insisted that 15 planes had been seen over the city while Secretary of the Navy William Franklin Knox dismissed the incident as a false alarm.

After the war, the military was more forthcoming with information and in preparing its official history, the 4th Air Force stated that there were unidentified airplanes, possibly Japanese, over Los Angeles that night. However, a Japanese Navy official dismissed the account, saying that no Japanese aircraft were involved.

ALSO

Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! – Part 1

Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! — Part 2

Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! – Part 3

Another Good Story Ruined: The Battle of Los Angeles

 

 

  March 1, 1942, Air Raid  
  Oct. 29, 1945, Air Raid  

  Oct. 29, 1945, Air Raid  

  Nov. 1, 1945, Japanese Deny Raid  

  Nov. 1, 1945, Japanese Deny Raid

 
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1 Response to Another Good Story Ruined: Saucers Over L.A.! — Part 4

  1. Stacia's avatar Stacia says:

    The more information released on the incident, the more confused the issue becomes.
    The story about the Harquard family in Ontario is HORRIFYING.

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