Ep.16 The Battle of Los Angeles 1942
UFO Chronicles Podcast
Nik Hunter
4.6 • 843 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Brief Encounters is a tightly produced, narrative podcast that dives headfirst into the world of UFO sightings, the paranormal, cryptids, myths, and unexplained legends. From ancient sky wars to modern close encounters, each episode takes listeners on a journey through some of the most mysterious and compelling cases in human history. Whether it's a well-documented military sighting or an eerie village legend whispered across generations, Brief Encounters delivers each story with atmosphere, depth, and cinematic storytelling. Episodes are short and binge-worthy perfect for curious minds on the go. In just 5 to 10 minutes, listeners are pulled into carefully researched accounts that blend historical context, eyewitness testimony, and chilling details. The series moves between eras and continents, uncovering not only the famous cases you've heard of, but also the forgotten incidents that deserve a closer look. Each story is treated with respect, skepticism, and wonder offering both seasoned enthusiasts and casual listeners something fresh to consider. Whether it’s a 15th-century sky battle over Europe, a cryptid sighting in a remote forest, or a modern-day abduction report from rural America, Brief Encounters is your guide through the shadows of our world and the stories that refuse to be explained.
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| 0:00.0 | Brief Encounters Episode 16 |
| 0:14.0 | The Battle of Los Angeles. |
| 0:16.0 | In the early morning hours of February 25th, |
| 0:20.0 | 1942, the city of Los Angeles woke up to air-rate sirens. |
| 0:24.6 | Just after 2 a.m., spotlights pierced the sky. |
| 0:28.6 | Anti-aircraft guns roared to life across the coastline. |
| 0:32.6 | For nearly an hour, gunners along the California coast fired shell after shell into the dark. |
| 0:40.0 | Tracer fire lit up the night like fireworks. |
| 0:43.9 | Explosions echoed through the streets and tens of thousands of residents took cover, |
| 0:50.0 | believing their city was under attack. |
| 0:52.5 | But when dawn came, there was nothing to see. |
| 0:56.3 | No wreckage. |
| 0:57.2 | No downed planes. |
| 0:59.1 | No confirmed enemy aircraft. |
| 1:01.4 | Just a memory of gunfire and a single haunting question. |
| 1:06.0 | What exactly were they shooting at? |
| 1:08.2 | This is brief encounters. |
| 1:10.8 | And this is episode 16, the Battle of Los Angeles. |
| 1:15.3 | A city on edge. To understand how the people of Los Angeles found themselves firing into the sky at |
| 1:21.9 | nothing, you have to go back a few months. The attack on Pearl Harbor had occurred less than 90 days earlier. |
| 1:29.8 | The United States was fresh into World War II and fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast |
| 1:35.5 | was very real. In fact, just two days before the Los Angeles incident, a Japanese submarine |
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