GT MINI FAILS: Battle of Los Angeles
Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal
Ghost Town
3.7 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In February 1942, the panic of the second World War turned the United States against itself on the streets and in the skies of Los Angeles.
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| 0:30.3 | LA's World War I'm Rebecca Leib. I'm Jason Horton. And this is Ghost Town. Anti-aircraft guns went into action against unidentified aircraft in the Los Angeles area, |
| 0:58.0 | shortly after 3 a.m. Pacific wartime this morning. |
| 1:02.0 | The anti-aircraft guns began barking during a blackout ordered by the |
| 1:05.8 | fourth interceptor command at 225 a.m. The unidentified object which some sources thought might be a blimp moved slowly down the Pacific coast from Santa Monica and disappeared south of Long Beach. |
| 1:20.0 | Army officials declined to comment on the possibility that the object might have been a blimp. |
| 1:25.0 | However, it required nearly 30 minutes to travel some 25 miles, far slower than an airplane. |
| 1:32.0 | Watchers on the rooftop of the Columbia... far slower than an airplane. |
| 1:37.0 | Watchers on the rooftop of the Columbia Broadcasting Building in the heart of Hollywood could plainly see the flashes of guns and searchlights sweeping the skies in a wide arc along the coastal area. |
| 1:45.0 | In February 1942, Los Angeles was under attack by Los Angeles. |
| 1:55.0 | What? Yeah. |
| 1:57.0 | L. A V. L. A V. L. A. |
| 2:01.0 | who will come out victorious? |
| 2:03.8 | L A. |
| 2:04.8 | No, not L.A. |
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