1942

The Battle of Los Angeles, 1942: 1,400 Rounds Fired at Nothing — or Something?

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The famous 1942 photograph of searchlight beams converging in the night sky over Los Angeles during the anti-aircraft barrage of 25 February 1942

About 6 min readEleven weeks after Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles opened fire on its own sky. For over an hour, anti-aircraft guns poured more than 1,400 rounds into the darkness at an enemy that was never found — and the photograph of the night became one of the most famous UFO images ever printed.