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In Remembrance: The Battle of Los Angeles

2/24/2020

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In Remembrance: The Battle of Los Angeles
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In the pre-dawn hours of February 25th, 1947, between 3:12 and 4:15 AM, the morning silence was broken by the sound of air raid sirens and artillery fire as the 37th Coast Artillery Brigade in Los Angeles, California, opened fire on an unknown object that was silently floating over the Santa Monica Mountains. By the time the firing stopped, over 1,400 artillery rounds had been fired with seemingly no effect on whatever object was seen in the early morning skies. A now famous photo published the next day in the Los Angeles Times shows the convergence of the air raid searchlights on an apparently disc-shaped object while artillery rounds are exploding around it to no effect. 
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There are many different accounts of what was actually seen in the sky that morning ranging from some witnesses that swear they actually could see airplanes, to some witnesses that say they saw something resembling a balloon, to other witnesses who say they actually saw a disc-shaped craft fly directly over their heads. To properly understand the level of anxiety that permeated this event it is perhaps helpful to look at the preceding days that led up to it.

On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States was thrust wholeheartedly into World War 2. The whole country was on heightened alert and still reeling from the massive attack when another event occurred just two months later. Around 7:00 PM on February 23rd, 1942, a Japanese submarine, I-17 Captained by Commander Kozo Nishino, surfaced just offshore opposite the Ellwood Oil Field near Santa Barbara, California. Fifteen minutes later the crew opened fire using the subs deck gun, aiming for the Richfield Oil storage tanks. The shells missed their intended target and only destroyed an oil derrick and a pump house, while the Ellwood Pier and a catwalk only suffered minor damage.
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​Japanese postcard depicting the shelling of the Ellwood Refinery.

After 20 minutes the sub ceased firing and sailed away. Estimates are that it fired between 12-25 explosive shells. Although only causing light damage, Nishino achieved his goal of spreading fear along the American west coast. Sadly, one result of this attack was the internment of Japanese American citizens. The other obvious result is the fact that all residents of Southern California were now on hyper-vigilant alert for any activity out of the normal. Curfews and blackouts were under order at the time when in the early morning hours of February 25th the mysterious craft was spotted.

According to the History.com website it all started "when naval intelligence instructed units on the California coast to steel themselves for a potential Japanese attack. All remained calm for the next few hours, but shortly after 2 a.m. on February 25, military radar picked up what appeared to be an enemy contact some 120 miles west of Los Angeles. Air raid sirens sounded and a citywide blackout was put into effect. Within minutes, troops had manned anti-aircraft guns and begun sweeping the skies with searchlights."

Although over 1,400 artillery shells and thousands of .50 caliber 
rounds were fired at the object the only known damage was on the ground. As daylight dawned the next day the effects of the barrage became apparent when reports of shrapnel damage came flooding in.
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Despite what many would say one fact remains clear; whatever was seen that night was not identified, making it truly a UFO event!
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Earl Grey Anderson/MUFON Los Angeles Blog #1

3/20/2017

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Full Circle: My Journey As A MUFON Field Guy

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I can't remember a time in my life when I wasn't obsessed by space.
I'm a bit of a Deadhead, and unlike a lot of folks, I always looked forward to that 'free form' part of the show called 'Space'. It was improvisation's little spot, where notes would drift in free fall, and sometimes it would lead into "Dark Star". My favorite. I love space.

When I was 5 years old, I banged a bunch of pieces of scrap wood into what I thought was a really good approximation of what a personal rocket ship might look like. I drew the controls in by crayon.
I might have even used Burnt Sienna.
Anyway, I begged my dad to please haul it up on top of the wooden monkey-bars we had in the backyard. Once secured by my "NASA Specialists" I hoisted myself up the launch platform rigging, and secured my place behind the controls of my first spaceship. I embarked on quite a few adventures in our little square of backyard in Venice CA.
It was my own little quadrant of the universe back then.

Mom shouted out from the window, more than a few times, so I guess I did it a lot...
"Earl! Who are you waving at?"
"The space people mom! I'm waving at the space people!"

And here I am, 53 years later. And I'm still waving at The Space People.

They might've waved back a couple of times too.

I've logged my little handful of Unknowns into The MUFON Files so far.

Full Circle Orbit baby!

Earl Grey Anderson
3/20/17
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October 25th, 2015

10/25/2015

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StarWorks USA

10/25/2015

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Jan Harzan, Executive Director of MUFON will be speaking at this years event.
WWW.STARWORKSUSA.COM
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Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented 'nuclear war' on Earth

8/29/2015

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From “The Day the Earth Stood Still” to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to “E.T.,” pop culture is filled with stories about friendly, curious extraterrestrials visiting Earth to learn more about mankind. For Apollo 14 veteran Edgar Mitchell that plotline is less fiction than it is reality. The sixth man to walk the surface of the moon told Mirror online that he believes peace-keeping aliens visited our planet to prevent a nuclear war between Russia and the United States.

The idea sounds far-fetched, but Mitchell claims that military insiders viewed strange flying crafts cruising over U.S. missile bases and the White Sands facility in New Mexico, the site of the first-ever nuclear bomb detonation in 1945.

“They wanted to know about our military capabilities,” he said. “My own experience talking to people has made it clear the ETs had been attempting to keep us from going to war and help create peace on Earth.”

Mitchell, who grew up near the famous Roswell site in New Mexico, said that he has heard from various Air Force officers who claim UFOs were a regular site during the Cold War.

“They told me UFOs were frequently seen overhead and often disabled their missiles,” he added. “Other officers from bases on the Pacific coast told me their (test) missiles were frequently shot down by alien spacecraft.”

Some are understandably skeptical about this theory that diplomatic aliens have traveled the cosmos to disarm U.S. military weapons.


“Given that the Universe is around 14 billion years old, if we’re being visited, it’s unlikely we’re dealing with a civilization just a few hundred years ahead of us, so stories of aliens managing to disrupt a few of our weapons tests are far-fetched,” Nick Pope, former Ministry of Defense UFO researcher, told Mirror online. “Chances are they’d be millions of years ahead of us and could do anything they wanted to.”


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Homeland Security UFO Video Analyzed! – Open Minds UFO Report

8/28/2015

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Interview with General Gerald W. "Jerry" Johnson

7/12/2015

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Roswell

6/29/2015

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Check Out Paranormal Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Open Minds Production on BlogTalkRadio with Open Minds UFO Radio on BlogTalkRadio
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The Field Investigator's tool box Special Issue #2: Issue #47 Roswell - Interview With Denice Marcel

6/16/2015

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Seti Time Line Photos

6/5/2015

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Europa's Jupiter-Facing Hemisphere (Image) | NASA This 12-frame mosaic provides the highest resolution view ever...

Posted by SETI Institute on Thursday, May 28, 2015
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