"Impact" Rating = 14
"Credibility" Rating = 14
"Expert" Rating = 7
"Strangeness" Rating = 6
On 25th February 1942,Los Angeles was blacked out whilst U.S. Army gunners fire at a UFO overLos Angeles andBurbank,California,USA (commonly referred to as the “Battle ofLos Angeles").
This incident is Case 95 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 29 of the books covered by that article
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This incident is Case 95 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 29 of the books covered by that article.
Isaac Koi’s “ICES” Rating for this sighting = 8,232 (out of a potential score of 14*14*14*14 i.e. 38,416)
(1) “Impact” Rating of 14 (out of a potential score of 14), because it is Case 95 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article.
(2) “Credibility” Rating of 14 (out of a potential score of 14) because shooting clearly did take place on the relevant night. The debate has centered on what (if anything at all) was actually there to be shot at.
(2) “Expert” Rating of 7 (out of a potential score of 14). It is given this neutral rating because (at the time of writing) it has not been included in any of the short lists of the best cases produced by various UFO researchers that have been compiled by Isaac Koi (see the “Best UFO Cases" article at PART 3: Existing lists by various individuals), but also is not commonly given by UFO researchers as an example of an incident that can be explained by hoax, misperception or other mundane cause.
(4)“Strangeness” Rating of 6 (out of a potential score of 14). The sighting has a relatively low strangeness rating since there is relatively limited evidence to be explained as to the nature of the object (if any at all) in the sky that night.
Sections below:
Web Resources
For links to various relevant documents and articles online see:
http://www.nicap.org/losangeldir.htm
Wikipedia article at : "Battle of Los Angeles" (February 1942)
This incident is discussed on the AboveTopSecret.com (“ATS”) internet discussion forums in Thread 118193.
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Book References
The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.
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For discussion of the Battle of Los Angeles see the following:
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 192 (in an entry entitled “Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Blum, Ralph and Blum, Judy in their “Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68-69 (in Chapter 6) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition). |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 33-34 (in Chapter 2) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”). |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13, 14-17, 29 (in Chapter 1) of the Parragon hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 586-588 of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition in an entry entitled “UFOs, 1900-1946”. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 378-379 of the Omnigraphics hardback edition in an entry entitled “UFOs, 1900-1946”. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition : Volume 2:L-Z” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 932-933 (forming part of the entry entitled “UFOs, 1900-1946” at pages 916-938) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 241-242 (in the entry entitled “ ‘Los Angeles Air Raid”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “ ‘Los Angeles Air Raid’ ”. The relevant entry is available online at: “http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/LosAngelesAR.html |
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Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 28 (in Chapter 1) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at page 5 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition. |
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Fawcett, George and Greenwood, Barry in their “Clear Intent” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 238 (in Appendix A) of the Spectrum softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Fireside softcover edition published under the title “The UFO Cover-Up”). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Above Top Secret” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 15-18 (in the Prologue), with the image of a relevant contemporaneous document at page 442 (in the Appendix), of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Guild Publishing hardback edition and the Grafton paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Beyond Top Secret” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages xx-xxiii, xxv (in the Prologue), with the image of a relevant contemporaneous document at page xxiv (in the Prologue), of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pan paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Need To Know : UFOs, the Military and Intelligence” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 17-18, 31 (in Chapter 2) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition. |
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Haines, Richard in his “CE-5 : Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 182-183 (in Chapter 4) of the Sourcebooks softcover edition. |
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 18-19 (in Chapter 1) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Kanon, Gregory M in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 125-129 (in Chapter 9) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Lagrange, Pierre in “Phenomenon“ (1988) (edited by John Spencer and Hilary Evans) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 41 of the MacDonald hardback edition (Part 1, in the unnumbered chapter entitled “ ‘It Seems Impossible, but there it is’ ”). |
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Lore, Gordon and Deneault, Harold in their “Mysteries of the Skies” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-87 (in Chapter 6) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 62-64 (in Chapter 1) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 29 (in Part 1, “A UFO Timeline”) of the Sterling softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFOs and How to See Them” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-11 (in Chapter 1) of the Brockhampton Press hardback edition. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in an entry entitled “Battle of Los Angeles”) of the MJF hardback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 4-5 (in Chapter 1) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 (in the Introduction) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Steiger, Brad and Whritenour, Joan in their “Flying Saucers are Hostile” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 93-95 (in Chapter 6) of the Tandem paperback edition. |
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Stevens, Wendelle and Roberts, August in their “UFO Photographs: Around The World: Vol. 1” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 218-219 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Appendix 1 : Catalogue of UFO Photographic Reports”) of the UFO Photo Archives hardback edition. |
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Stone, Clifford E in Greer, Steven’s “Disclosure : Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 325 (in Section 4) of the Crossing Point softcover edition. |
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VonKeviczky, Kolman S in Michael Hervey’s “UFOs : The American Scene” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 9 (in the Foreword) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Watson, Nigel and Slade, Darren in their “Supernatural Spielberg” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 35-36 (in Chapter 4) of the Valis softcover edition. |
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Watson, Nigel in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 30 of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition (Chapter 2.1.3, entitled “Before the Flying Saucers Came”). |
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Wood, Ryan in his “MAJIC Eyes Only” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 2-3, 36, 46-48 of the Wood Enterprises hardback edition. |
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