"Jim Wilkins" wrote in
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"Quaalude" wrote in message
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The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as The Great Los Angeles Air
Raid, is the name given to a incident that 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. At that time
Many un identified flying objects entered the skies over Los Angeles
California. These UFOS were seen by millions. These UFOS became the
target of the aerial barrage as they were thought to be an attacking
force from Japan.

What else were they to think ?

The alert was eventually traced to unexpected radar returns from
seagulls over a garbage barge about 50 - 60 miles off shore. See
"Ducting": http://www.radartutorial.eu/07.waves/wa17.en.html

jsw




Also didn,t help that the Japanese submarine I-17 shelled the oil field
just north of Santa Barbara 36 hours or so earlier with her deck gun.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellwood_Oil_Field

http://books.google.com/books?id=ck4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19
&dq=los+angeles+air+raid&hl=en&ei=
8XePTvK3NMnv0gHj8bUt&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result &resnum=4&ved=
0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=los%20angeles%20air%20raid &f=false



All immortalized in the farce john belushi movie "1941"