From 3:06 AM to 4:14 AM, the U.S. Army’s 37th Coast Artillery Brigade fired over of 3-inch and 37mm anti-aircraft shells into the night sky. Searchlights crisscrossed the clouds, converging on the mysterious target.
In the annals of military history and UFO lore, few events blur the line between wartime hysteria and unexplained aerial phenomena quite like the Battle of Los Angeles . Occurring in the dark early morning hours of February 25, 1942—just 11 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor—this incident saw the U.S. military unleash a massive anti-aircraft barrage against an unidentified object (or objects) over the skies of Southern California. Invasion Del Mundo-Batalla Los Angeles.-Battle-...
Today, the event is studied not just by UFO enthusiasts, but by military historians as a case study in . For residents of Los Angeles on that February morning in 1942, the invasion was real—regardless of what actually floated above their heads. From 3:06 AM to 4:14 AM, the U