The Unidentified WW2 Object Over Los Angeles

[@Limpn00dle84]

Having been in the military for 8 years I did hear from an old veteran of World War II that was stationed around Los Angeles at that time... he told me that it was a very elaborate drill and they wanted to know how the public would react and how the air defense would suffice if indeed an attack did happen. I honestly believe that because he was a very respectable man and I had no reason to believe he would lie. I asked him why it was never publicized he said he had no idea but maybe it had something to do with the deaths that occurred, in which I would also find that feasible. I do know for my service over the years that things like this DO take place. I have actually been a part of them in Fort Knox, Kentucky. So in all honesty that's what I think happened.

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

​@Skater/ Kid - I live in Arizona, right next to Boeing helicopter plant. They're constantly testing different helicopters including Apaches (it's pretty cool to watch.) Well I remember perfectly one night when I was outside walking my dogs really late at night, probably around midnight, when I started to hear a deep humming sound slowly getting louder and louder. I could not find the source of the sound to save my life so I started to freak out. Finally I looked up and I noticed 5 read lights in a single file line slowly moving in the sky, maybe 10-20mph ( 16-32kmh) about 100 ft high off the ground. As they got closer to me I realized they were heading in the direction of the Boeing plant. When they finally were above me I was able to make out that they were indeed helicopters with just a single little red light in the front. They were incredibly quiet! For a second I genuinely thought they were UFOs until I was able to make out the actual shape of the heli. Well, guess what, the next day there were several UFO sightings all around the Phoenix area. Now anytime I see reported sightings of UFOs I immediately think of what kind of next-level tech the military is working on. A good example of another unexplainable phenomena would be the super loud booms people have been reporting world-wide including in rural parts of Alaska and Alabama. No one has been able to give a credible reasoning for this phenomena, but I strongly believe it's US' military next level hyper-sonic plane that Skunkworks has been working on now for about a decade. Just last year these loud booms were reported throughout China, well it turns out that China has been working on their own hyper-sonic plane that is supposedly basically just a knock-off version of the one that US is working on. The point is that the similarities in the reports is almost enough evidence to point towards the secret military tech (it also helps that China is being a little less secretive about their plane.)

[@StufiBuy]

That makes sense. I was also thinking it could’ve been sort of a false flag attack intending to solidify civilian commitment to the war. News of an attack on the mainland in Los Angeles of all places would be sure to get around the country quickly and further shock the public into gearing for war. Enlist, buy bonds, collect scrap, etc. As you said they might’ve considered it harmless until a number of civilians died supposedly as a result.

[@dyveira]

@Skater/ Kid People died as a result of military tests during WWII more often than you think. The numbers may not have been headline grabbers, but it's something conveniently forgotten by history.

[@joabes7710]

Then again, why the f would you waste 9 tons of AA ammo on a 2 hour barrage on nothing?

[@RandomPickles]

A live round exorcise over one of the most populated American cities?

[@krithikvirdikar1601]

Public : *spots UFO US Govt : Nah fam it's just a weather balloon.

[@onlytruevanossfansknows6276]

Krithik Virdikar Government Excuses

[@voughklry8362]

Plot twist it was the nazi secret UFO

[@sebs.3917]

and at end it was german technic usa still dont have today;)

[@honorablechairmanmeow8698]

I think you need to learn what U.F.O means......

[@stevencollins3501]

It was seen travelling at several thousand miles per hour by hundreds of witnesses and making high G force turns. Govt: Yeah thats a weather balloon. Which model weather balloon travels at this speed and makes high G turns then? Govt: Its just a weather balloon.

[@bilbobaggins761]

Been watching dark 5 for years. I absolutely love these dark docs. They deserve way more views!

[@ank_kr]

Bilbo Baggins totally agree. Detailed research and precise narration.

[@bilbobaggins761]

Josh Mkensie what?

[@georgea7336]

Truth! Im a student of History and these shows are gems. Entertainment value -110% not to mention the facts are usually spot on and at the absolute least are always correct if not gleaned from the actual written reports created from and for these events! Highly appreciated, ty Dark Docs!

[@lukaarizanovic8243]

I see u drive sprint pulser i have one myself but idk where to get parts dm me at insta @doctor_101_

[@slcpunk2740]

They're not always correct and he uses copyright images and video without permission, I'm surprised this channel hasn't been shut down yet. Apparently he only uses copyrighted material from companies who don't know what KZbin is.

[@bleachfamingtoniii7196]

I love watching these as I go to sleep. Doesnt work when I have to read them though! Haha Thanks!

[@bassmith448bassist5]

bleach fam love the new narrated format!!!!! been a Dark5 fan for years!!!! keep it up!!!!!!

[@riverdeep399]

bleach fam Yep!! .....My point too. Good stories though and this lad's voice is cool..

[@danemassie3750]

It’s not that I don’t like reading but I drive a lot and I love dark 5’s so I’m thrilled to have a narrated version of it

[@Wooskii1]

yea same here, I also like to listen while working on things, cooking/cleaning etc. PLEASE NARRATIVE DARK 5's archive! I almost never 'Watch' Dark5,(tiny phone screen), I really would love to. However I've 'Listened' to every Dark Doc!

[@Unb3arablePain]

I agree, but I like dark docs being separate. I watch Dark5 when I can't have audio, and Dark docs when I can.

[@User31129]

Don't change Dark5! It's pretty unique on KZbin and it's not meant to be taken in any other way than to fully immerse yourself in it for 6-10 minutes.

[@bucket_of_truth]

Wait wait wait... are you advocating this narration? Lol.. sounds like a large 12 year old with asthma, inhaling mac n cheese whilst telling a playground story at break neck speed

[@Wooskii1]

+Daniel V I agree, but like I was saying I almost never 'Watch' Dark 5, but I 'Listen' to ALL dark docks- This personally boils down to the fact that if I have 10 minutes I would rather work on some kind of small physical project requiring my hands (I usually don't take time to comment on KZbin). So yea keep D5 the same, but it would be awesome to have a playlist of the narrated Dark5 archive(even the most crappy of the robo voiced auto narrator's work's for me, better than nothing)

[@MaCabaret]

I bet the aliens in the ufo were like “alright, we’ll just skip in nice and quiet, show that we come in peace-“

[@krithikvirdikar1601]

And immediately like an unidentified tribe on a remote island we attacked them with weapons.

[@icejwericytop6969]

Cabaret Macabre those AAs must have damaged their ships.

[@friedbanana69]

icejwer icytop lol nope

[@evanm320]

Krithik Virdikar to be fair we were at war

[@arujofied]

*-wHAT ARE YA DOIN IN ME SWAMP!*

[@NukelearFallout]

Roswell incident by the government: It's a weather balloon The battle of L.A by government: Well it hasn't failed us yet. It's another weather balloon. Who knew weather balloons were such a nuisance.

[@johngalt6929]

Never underestimate the power of mass hysteria.

[@sean_connors]

What is not often mentioned is that witness reports state that the object, untouched by the barrage moved slowly down towards San Pedro where it again paused before moving out to sea and disappearing. It was not tracked on radar during this time either.

[@denniswhite166]

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso was the hero of the battle . He shot down over 7 aircraft thus earning the title Ace.

[@CalToxReaper]

I still think it was some poor Navy test pilot in a Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" doing a test flight somehow made it back to base and reported the friendly fire that's why the Navy has been saying its nothing to worry about. The Vought XF5U is a really cool aircraft to read up on in some ways makeing it related to the V-22 osprey of today.

[@NWOWCW4Life1]

Loving the content. Continue the amazing work dark Docs.

[@GoldsteinsBook]

I really love this series. Keep them coming!

[@kyleeconrad]

I've been subd to Dark5 for years now & I'm still impressed by the top shelf quality and content, but I can't always watch a "readee" and wished those vids were "talkees". This series is just what the doc ordered! Great work! Big fan!

[@metanumia]

Just what the Dark Doc ordered, that is! :)

[@cjshaw1419]

Idk, the music for Dark5 kinda makes up for it. Plus I don't do much reading nowadays so it helps count for something lmao.

[@PatrickC139]

I also love checking this out when im laying in bed before i go to sleep. i dont know why it just seems like the perfect time.

[@MrEnjoivolcom1]

It's amazing just how far and carried away mob, or crowd mentality, can be taken in such a quick amount of time.

[@CaseNumber00]

With all this information in the video, I am disappointing that he didnt mention it was mainly Ft. MacArthur, residing about 15 miles SW of Los Angeles touching the water in Redondo Beach, that saw the action. Whats cool is that every February the museum, where Ft. MacArthur once stood, re-enacts the Battle of Los Angeles every February with a whole afternoon where you time travel back to the 1940s and watch them fire some of their vintage WW2 machine guns and artillery.

[@booklover7473]

I was always amazed by the battle of Los Angeles. Thanks for posting!

[@daddy_elmo1431]

It was probably a magical pony flying through the sky

[@LycanSound]

Never get bored of these videos

[@riddlemethis01]

I love listening to these while I fall asleep. Absolutely love them

[@hisgreasiness]

The "Sneak" attack on Pearl Harbor. Never had the entire Pacific fleet been docked in one location before in history.

[@charliecordell4760]

Wait. Wasn't there a part of the fleet in San Diego?

[@risasb]

The carriers, which were the actual target, were at sea.

[@hisgreasiness]

"Almost the entire Pacific Fleet was moored around Ford Island in the harbor, and hundreds of airplanes were squeezed onto adjacent airfields. To the Japanese, Pearl Harbor was an irresistibly easy target." Feb 21, 2020

[@hisgreasiness]

Until May 1940, the Battle Force was stationed on the West Coast of the United States. Headquarters, battleships. aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers, were stationed in Los Angeles Harbor [San Pedro], close to the [Long Beach] Naval Shipyard. Light cruisers, destroyers and submarines were stationed at [San Diego]. During the summer of that year, as part of the U.S. response to Japanese expansionism, it was instructed to take an "advanced" position at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Long term basing at Pearl Harbor was so strongly opposed by the commander, Admiral James O. Richardson, that he personally protested in Washington. Political considerations were thought sufficiently important that he was relieved by Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, who was in command at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

[@hisgreasiness]

Until May 1940, the Battle Force was stationed on the West Coast of the United States. Headquarters, battleships. aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers, were stationed in Los Angeles Harbor [San Pedro], close to the [Long Beach] Naval Shipyard. Light cruisers, destroyers and submarines were stationed at [San Diego]. During the summer of that year, as part of the U.S. response to Japanese expansionism, it was instructed to take an "advanced" position at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Long term basing at Pearl Harbor was so strongly opposed by the commander, Admiral James O. Richardson, that he personally protested in Washington. Political considerations were thought sufficiently important that he was relieved by Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, who was in command at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

[@gjbeaudry1484]

I gotta say the narration is amazing! Not just his voice but the cadence with which he speaks conveys a sense of urgency and anxiety that capture the emotion of the topics very well!!! I'm really enjoying this channel! Thank you!!!

[@dennisvance4004]

My mother lived and worked in LA during World War II but I never heard about this until after her passing. She never mentioned it.

[@MS-37]

I was 32 when this happened. My uncle bobo actually shot at it! Will never forget that night

[@PaulojnPereira]

Some information about this may be incorrect at 5:55: The I-400 class was designed with the range to travel anywhere in the world and return. A fleet of 18 boats was planned in 1942, and work started on the first in January 1943 at the Kure, Hiroshima arsenal. Within a year the plan was scaled back to five, of which only three (I-400 at Kure, and I-401 and I-402 at Sasebo) were completed. Following Yamamoto's death in April 1943, the number of aircraft-carrying submarines to be built was reduced from eighteen to nine, then five and finally three. Only I-400 and I-401 actually entered service; I-402 was completed on 24 July 1945, five weeks before the end of the war, but never made it to sea. They built 42 J2-I6 but none of these were capable as an aircraft carrier. Remaining I-8´s had a large cargo area and were used in milk runs to Germany: I-8 left Brest on 5 October, with a cargo of German equipment, such as: machine guns, bomb sights, a Daimler-Benz torpedo boat engine, marine chronometers, radars, sonar equipment, anti-aircraft gunsights, electric torpedoes, and penicillin. The submarine also transported Rear Admiral Yokoi, naval attaché to Berlin since 1940; Captain Hosoya, naval attaché to France since December 1939; three German officers and four radar and hydrophone technicians.

[@jessicalypsojessicakyliemc9879]

5:55 I thought I was seeing things when the sub slowly faded to the plane.. Totally tripped me out, man! 🥺

[@forensicdar]

Damn.. my new FAVORITE channel.

[@dimitrisanchez2438]

When they realized that they just shot at aliens, the gov and officials must have shat their pants.

[@araso9859]

This would fit well in a Doctor Who episode

[@avocadoflight]

Doctor who?

[@dyveira]

Steven Spielberg made a film years ago loosely based on the Battle of Los Angeles called "1941".

[@WTH1812]

The Battle of Los Angelos is recounted in Steven Spielberg's movie "1941".

[@JMFuller]

Thank you. This was the first thing I thought of.

[@Ryanbmc4]

I wrong an entire essay about the Japanese fire balloons being a possible culprit waiting for this to end and you made me delete it. Good work.

[@billycollins1757]

Witnesses have said the sound of the shells hitting the object could be heard and it was completely different in sound than the blast from the weapons.

[@scottieman2]

Thanks for the videos. Always interested in this stuff.

[@Boristherapist]

I love this channel, so unique, lots of other channels cover the same thing, you don't!

[@drunksailor5176]

Oook given the fact we humans already possess stealth technology just 60-70 years since radar was invented, one can very hardly "swallow" that an extraterrestrial vehicle that can transcend unimaginable space distances would be caught from an 1940 radar... even for a moment

[@ralphhicks2712]

People probably do not realize the movie 1941 was loosely based on this event great movie Belushi ,Akroyd ,Treat Williams ,Ned Beatty,Amy Sperber, Slim Pickens. Robert Stack.A Spielberg forgotten masterpiece.

[@Overitall805]

Love how Morse code SOS is being broadcast in the layered audio

[@ErectedGasCan]

Tunguska Event next! Great video! Again! :P

[@_-.-_-_.._--.-_-_----_-.--_._-]

Would be an interesting video. I recommend the ghost-rockets of post-ww2 Sweden.

[@ErectedGasCan]

कालीतनय バッファロー ᛒᚠᚠᛖᛚ ADZIBALYQSHBVY буффало എരുമ That is a great topic also, my grandfather once told me about when he saw strange lights or "tubes" flying in the sky when he was in the army as a night scout, his superior had told him not to mention it to "civilians", but that he was to write down time and date whenever he saw something unorthodox. Grandfather said it was usual to see strange things, and even after the army he was "rocket-spotting" at nighttime.

[@happyknappy14]

I was hoping you would cover this event. I hope you consider making a video on the Hessdalen lights too. Great channel by the way.

[@bruhmageddon5129]

I'm from L.A. so this really peaks my interest

[@erikhertzer8434]

DEJA VU.MP3 :piques your interest

[@bruhmageddon5129]

Erik Hertzer 👌

[@LoneWolf051]

you should attend the Great LA Air Raid every February in San Pedro, amazing period reenactment of this event

[@moogybannahilstopaflingon6803]

Superb presentations! This Chanel is very well done!

[@icejwericytop6969]

I guess those AAs are what really keeping US safe like:THIS IS MURICA!!!!!

[@lonnywuestewald8033]

Entertaining as always. But the Japanese actually built only two aircraft carrier submarines. I-400 and I-401 entered service so late in the war, that their war time service was ineffective. There was an option by Admiral Yamamoto to build 40, but following his death, that number was cut to 20...then only the two that were completed. Then information about the I-400 series is readily available right here on KZbin under Submarine warfare in the Pacific during WW2.

[@savmitch1798]

Great documentary on a topic / story I have heard about since I was a child in the 1970's.

[@chazmanchazman3927]

Love your work Work guys 👍 Keep it up

[@immts6475]

Love the narration!

[@jaylloyds3071]

Absolutely appreciate all the good docs, great narration yet slightly cryptic voice. Please do a an investigation into Ayrton Senna's death at Imola in 1994. I believe they are still hiding information in regards to this tragedy. Maybe concentrate on the whole week-end as it turned out to be a total disaster. Many thanks. JL.

[@nevasoba5953]

Like grandma's cookies, ALWAYS GOOD!

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

The paranoid part of my brain sometimes wonders if movies like "Battle of Los Angeles" are named intentionally so that people trying to look up strange incidents like this are inundated with meaningless media unrelated to what they want to find. Same thing with "Operation Fast and Furious."

[@WootTootZoot]

Eyewitness testimony, or "I saw it", is the last thing you want to use as proof of anything.

[@bipolarspock6145]

WootTootZoot will work to put you in prison on any crime

[@JavierCR25]

What’s better than Dark5? DarkDocs! Well, except Dark5’s soundtracks, those rule.

[@Qodesh00]

you should do a dark doc about the voynich manuscript and the new research from that turkish family it's really interesting

[@thecivilengineeringdj657]

Great video...

[@PhunkBustA]

imagine if it was just aliens coming back from a previous visit "jeeze didnt expect them to be this spooked"

[@BramSLI1]

No, no, no! It was just John Belushi and Tim Matheson. Oh, and who can forget Nancy Allen.

[@arsenalxa4421]

Thank you! Man, that movie was a classic.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Or maybe it was Kirk Douglas on the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Nimitz ;)

[@Kod044rybnik]

KRAFTWERK2K6 The Final Countdown? That was a good 👍 movie.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@ Michal Szymula: you know it! ;)

[@BramSLI1]

As played by John Belushi, obviously.

[@VPXM2012]

Really... such a big incident, and only one picture remains. Good luck with the truth.

[@jimdieseldawg3435]

Excellent, as usual! I've been intrigued by this particular mass sighting for some time. War jitters perhaps, particularly after the attack on the Cali refineries the previous day, but for several trained searchlight units at considerable ground separation and hence with numerous viewing angles, to simultaneously converge on a single target... it is obtuse to claim that nothing was overflying that night.

[@seananderson8976]

There was another sub attack on the west coast. Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, British Columbia was shelled by a Japanese sub. They were aiming at a lighthouse.

[@jimashdown2887]

This is hypothetical but what if the Japanese sent more balloons that released radar chaff streamers. People after may have assumed that the chaff they found were shell fragments and not reported. I’m not sure of Japan’s knowledge of radar at the time. Just a thought.

[@memphispatriot]

Japenese attacked the coasts of Oregon in two separate attacks. These people have the right to be afraid and these military members did the right thing considering its' place in time.

[@anarchyzed1591]

gangsters in LA fire off more rounds than that by 7pm.

[@VPXM2012]

Battle of Los Angeles. Ah yes, Townsen Brown would have been mad about it lol

[@petermiller2196]

Hey Dark Docs, I've been hearing about this odd lighthouse mystery for a long time now. Matthew Santoro covered it. A couple others have as well.

[@Drumma516]

This is fantastic. I’m a huge fan of Dark5 and I just want to let you know that I’m very glad to see your success over the past few years.

[@hardcoreholman303]

Damn poor weather balloons are always in the wrong place at the wrong time.😂

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Gotta say, Dark5 is cool but it's much better when read aloud by this fine gentleman.

[@yousnortthedsnotofdirtyric3382]

This is way better than your dark5 channel

[@panoguy1]

I hate to nick pick but the Airforce was not formed till 1947. At the time it still part of the Army and called the Army Air Core. Also could somebody check if the Regular Army or the Air Core had control of ground based early warning and ground base defenses at the time.

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

1.) then don’t nit pick 2.) you’re capable of using google

[@jmcclain8237]

My question is...where are the spent munitions? 1400 shells is a hell of a lot. Did they strike a target or did they miss and fall to the ocean and ground?

[@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et]

J McClain AA of the time tends to use height activated fuses. For any AA shell of any size to achieve a direct hit on a plane is borderline impossible, they were set to explode at a certain altitude, to send shrapnel into aircraft, which I imagine would cause little harm on the ground.

[@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et]

William Wykoff No, but if they thought they saw something at say 10,000ft, they set the fuse at 10,000ft. They didn't have proximity fuzes at the time, so it would explode due to human control.

[@voughklry8362]

They explode mid air So that the shrapnel hits a plane

[@tomhenry897]

Theses this thing called gravity

[@barrydysert2974]

i don't know what was on that radar, but the rest sounds like mass hysteria to me. The sirens told them, see the enemy. So, some of them did. 🖖

[@antz350]

It's insane they fired on what most likely was a ufo in my opinion. Craziness.

[@littielesbians]

antz350 What if they had come here to contact us and got fired on? Lmao. We're screwed on that now.

[@antz350]

Panda Nuke agreed, if they are advanced enough that they can travel thru space, we are at there mercy regardless lol

[@psyoperator58]

Humanity won't go quietly, the aliens can count on that.

[@I_am_not_a_dog]

Why is it crazy? This was mere months after Pearl Harbor - and the US fully expected the Japanese to at least attempt an air raid on the west coast. Hence why there were AA batteries, spotlights, and air wardens in the city in the first place. It’s nice to be able to question things in hindsight, but one needs to keep things in perspective. We were literally in the midst of a world war.

[@thepowerfulkiller8474]

If that’s a UFO we are sure lucky that the aliens didn’t take it as a hostile contact and didn’t attempt to retaliate with reinforcements from their home planet

[@morelenmir]

Dude, if you were worried about people being hit by spent rounds and shrapnel you should have experienced the Sheffield Blitz about two and a half miles downrange from a AAA battery. It genuinely looked like a jagged steel snow had fallen each morning.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

"Dude", I'm pretty certain that you weren't there during the Sheffield Blitz, considering that it was 77 years ago (December 1940), unless you're a social media savvy 90 year old, who uses the term "dude". Besides, Sheffield was far from the only British city to have copped it during WW2, as I'm sure the residents of London, Coventry, Clydebank and others will testify. Let's not forget about the dozens of cities in mainland Europe who experienced the horror of aerial bombardment between 1936 (Guernica 1937) and 1945 Dresden. It's sad to think that bombing of civilian populations is still happening today.

[@morelenmir]

Dude!!! Did I say I was? I do however have an album full of photographs--many in colour--and my father's collection of shrapnel to illustrate those days to me very clearly. 'Iron snow' are exactly the words they used to describe it. He and my uncle would walk around their council-house garden as soon as all-clear was sounded, with torches despite the blackout and collect it up, trading their day's haul for more interesting pieces with their friends at school the next morning. On a shelf in front of me right now I have my father's favourite that he kept his entire life; an almost complete tail section of a shell with all the driving bands complete and only the nose section missing. He reckoned it had been a dud whose bursting charge fizzled that was fired form the big AAA piece that was mounted onto a railway carriage and only trundled out of hiding within a tunnel when the German raids came over. Both told me about their experiences in depth. Both soon afterwards joined the RAF after lying about their ages and did their bit, giving back every bit as much as they received. I would _very_ happily have him come and reminisces with you about all this first hand. I would be ecstatic for him to do this right now. You see he was a *totally* media-savvy 87 year old gentleman who used all the modern methods of communication to remain in contact with his family and friends, using both facebook and Twiter; latterly watching more on KZbin than he ever did on television. Unfortunately he died riddled with cancer after only 13 days of knowing he suffered the disease. One of the last things we ever discussed were his memories of the war years around the pit villages of South Yorkshire--villages I know as well as he did having lived my entire life here.

[@cliffordkeeling9280]

MIB: just look into this light PEEPUL: OK

[@MrEnjoivolcom1]

Could you please do an episode detailing how the president and a handful of higher ups knew an attack on Pearl Harbor was imminent and how they used it as a means to enter the War in Europe?!

[@itsjohndell]

If you research this the LA Times picture was highly doctored. It was a non-event caused by War Jitters.

[@einienj3281]

I loveeee this channel!! Great video, Thank You! :)

[@Informationbok]

We will experiment you if you open your mouth

[@blacklooneybird1828]

Dark5 hasnt talked about something like this in years...5 to be approximate

[@likearockcm]

Don't know what was up there,but I think it was a practice operation because of pearl harbor.If you think about it why would any craft alien or otherwise just sit there in the sky while the gunners were just blasting away.

[@digilyd]

The video is well made and well narrated, thank you!

[@MACE_HINDU]

Love you content

[@renehasselmeier9866]

Dark5, was it 9 tons or 90 Tons of Ammo? As i calculated 9 Tons through 9 Kilograms (weight from a German 8,8cm Grenade), it would have been only 1000 shots. Wich makes 50 Minutes of Sustained Fire for one Gun. A coastal defense scheme would have several Batteries, each Battery with 16 Guns (German 8,8 Employment again. So a Battery alone would consume 9 Tons in 3 Minutes. As for a Town like LA one Battery would not be enough, there might have been (as i do not know right now) 4. With 4 Gun Batterys firing, this would have only lasted 45 Seconds?? (Shooting down a B17 in WW2 took several thousand shells in firing Barrages).Sorry when this sounds that im trolling around here, but this might have been a rather fast UFO, or somebody accidentally ringed the Alarm Bell, or you forgot 81 Tons ;). However, nice narrated as ever, interesting Story.Thank you for sharing this Story.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

From what I can gather (in ten minutes) the AA guns would probably have been 3" M3 Guns which were used in an anti-aircraft and coastal defence role at the time - the projectile is listed variously at being 12lbs to 15lbs in different sources (maybe different projectiles). Nevertheless, it does seem that the US did use a 12.8lbs gun in an anti-aircraft role at the time. (Alongside M2 Browning .50 càl) It would seem likely that the 9tons is accurate as there was no mention of "sustained fire" in any report that I've seen.

[@SP-qo3pd]

All the legit UFO video I've seen clearly shows intelligence and awareness. They tend to didi mau before anything gets too close or just a bit before and after a targeting computer gets a lock. Radar picked something up that night, and if it were a plane it would've been blasted to bits.

[@OldSethOnetooth]

Do one on The Zoot Suit Riots.

[@Chris-uh5zm]

I fucking love this channel.

[@moonuni]

Howard Hughes may of had something to do with it.

[@Chief81]

Dark Docs, good quality content but like the somerton man this (if you’re a ufo fan) is quite well known. How about a vid on Tunguska?

[@SosoTheCircusBear]

Okay so I've never shot anti aircraft guns but I believe if it was a weather balloon than it's either 1. This soldiers were recruits 2. This soldiers had shit aim I understand it was night time but I think they had a lot of searchlights pointing at the object so missing would be pretty hard. But once again I've never fired anti aircraft guns so yeah

[@voughklry8362]

To because fire arms were in accurate at the time and gravity take a heavy affect

[@Idahoguy10157]

A searchlight doesn’t provide an altitude or range

[@PMW3]

they must have launched a shit load of weather balloons back then. Every time someone sees something weird, it's a weather balloon.

[@Delta6ICU]

The radars used were first generation, not very efficient, and notoriously unreliable. Compared to today's versions, radar at that time were virtually worthless

[@DinoNucci]

I appreciate that you present contradictions

[@cjmcpherson7877]

Well it was Amelia Earhart, who after crashing into the Pacific managed to rig up the decomposing corpses of dolphins into a ballon to float home to safety but........

[@chrismitchell4010]

Given what we now know from piles of studies into the veracity of "eye witness" accounts, plus the panic factor, we can safely put this one in the false alarm basket. Weather balloon for sure.

[@no2party]

And now I'm off to watch 1941

[@thegreatmechanizedape8262]

LOL at all the plebs complaining about having to read.. I'm sad for future generations.

[@ipainthouses3084]

ben hansen showed that the photo is showing grenade shells.. in an episode of ufo's declasiffied you see that.. he went to the archive of that newspaper and got a look at n original copy of the negative.. and on that you see it much more clear

[@fromulus]

The reason I don't buy the weather balloon excuse is easy, there were way more than one weather balloon at that time, how is this the only instance of the military mistaking one for a craft and firing 1400 rounds in an hour at it? Should've happened more than once during that time, if it were a viable explanation, which it isn't.

[@atarian345]

I recommend watching the National Lampoon film, "1941"

[@genghispecan]

PurityofEssence "Hollywood!"

[@jeffnelson2197]

Take a screen shot of the photograph and adjust the lighting. There it is, a classic ufo...

[@Robert-xp4ii]

It's embarrassing how so many people love to jump on the "alien aircraft" bandwagon. Flocks of birds and even insects show up on radar and, after Pearl Harbor, it wouldn't have taken anything more than that to have people freaking out.

[@jamescarter3196]

It's even more-embarrassing that you're pretending somebody else is wrong for not-knowing when you don't either. There's more of a chance of aliens flying around our planet right now than you actually knowing what happened that night.