The Battle of Los Angeles, February 25, 1942

I found this story on a blog named Matt's Today In History.

Were they ufos or weather balloons? Interesting.

In the pre-dawn hours of February 25, 1942, anti-aircraft artillery and giant spotlights lit up the night sky over Southern California. The soldiers manning those anti-aircraft batteries were shooting at an object none of them could identify; thus began the Battle of Los Angeles. To this day, no solid evidence has arisen so as to explain what so many people claimed they saw that night.

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