Many alien stories tell of beings coming from the sky 4
45 Alien Spacecraft Cause Panic in Los Angeles In February 1942 people in America were on edge Just months earlier Pearl Harbor Hawaii had been attacked It led to the United States entering World War 2 1939 On high alert Americans wondered if another attack would come They wondered what city would be next And then on February 25 at 2 a.m air-raid sirens went off in Los Angeles California Military radar had picked up an unknown aircraft A few minutes later the city entered a total blackout Its citizens huddled in fear as spotlights swept the skies Soon unidentified aircraft were sighted There were as many as 25 planes That's when the shooting began Military members fired anti-aircraft guns into the sky The sounds were deafening The chaos was constant 1 5
As the sun came up the shooting stopped But enemy aircraft were nowhere to be seen Many soldiers were certain they'd hit something Nothing had fallen to the earth to prove it though Some people began to think the aircraft weren't enemy planes They had been alien spacecraft That would explain why they never attacked the city It would also explain why none had been shot down Some people say aliens are gray and have large black eyes
7 JUST NERVES Many people blame this early US alien encounter on jittery nerves They say there was never any aircraft at all The alleged sighting just set off a chain reaction of fear and overreaction As soon as one person started firing others joined in Sirens alerted people during the air attacks at Pearl Harbor 1,400 fired that night About how many rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition were Some people say the unknown aircraft could have been a weather balloon The incident is called the Battle of Los Angeles Five people lost their lives Several had heart attacks Others were in car accidents caused by the panic
