UFO Battle Of Los Angeles Original Footage Broadcast February 26, 1942

. The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as The Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to the rumored enemy attack and subsequent antiaircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942 over Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred less than three months after the United States entered World War II as a result of the Japanese Imperial Navy s attack on Pearl Harbor, and one day after the Bombardment of Ellwood on 23 February. Initially, the target of the aerial barrage was thought to be an attacking force from Japan, but speaking at a press conference shortly afterward, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called the incident a false Newspapers of the time published a number of reports and speculations of a coverup. Some modernday UFOlogists have suggested the targets were extraterrestrial spacecraft. When documenting the incident in 1983, the U. S. Office of Air Force History attributed the event to a case of q