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Battle of Los Angeles

DATE24 Feb 1942
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONLos Angeles, California, United States
COORDINATES34.10°N, 118.18°W

Just months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. radar stations picked up an unidentified aerial object in the early morning. For several hours, anti-aircraft artillery fired thousands of rounds, and the LA Times reported that “the air over Los Angeles erupted like a volcano."

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SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Ground / airborne radar track
Archived investigative case file