Battle of Los Angeles — Show Notes

In February 1942, just weeks after Pearl Harbor and one day after a Japanese submarine shelled the California coast, Los Angeles erupted into panic. Air raid sirens screamed, searchlights crossed the night sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired more than a thousand rounds at something no one could clearly identify. Was it enemy aircraft, weather balloons, wartime nerves, or something stranger? This episode of StrAInge looks at the famous “Battle of Los Angeles,” the overreaction, the legend, and the possibility that something unidentified may have started it all.

Links and Sources

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-battle-la-20170221-gallery-photogallery.html

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-010/h-010-6.html

https://celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/february-24-1942-the-battle-of-los-angeles-2/

https://sfmuseum.org/hist9/aaf2.html

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

https://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi07s.php

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-battle-of-los-ange/119137374/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Los_Angeles_LATimes.jpg

https://www.militarymuseum.org/BattleofLA.html

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0704legend/

https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/26/archives/army-says-alarm-real-roosevelt-calms-coast-blackout-hits-los.html

Keywords

Battle of Los Angeles, Los Angeles air raid, 1942 UFO incident, World War II Los Angeles, California air raid panic, Japanese submarine Ellwood, Fort MacArthur, anti-aircraft fire Los Angeles, UFO history, wartime panic, searchlights over Los Angeles, February 25 1942, StrAInge podcast, paranormal history, unexplained aerial phenomena, military false alarm, Los Angeles Times UFO photo, World War II home front, California World War II, unidentified flying object, UAP history

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