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From: Tom Benson <sparkle@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 15:22:16 -0500
Fwd Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 17:36:36 -0500
Subject: Re: The Battle of Los Angeles

> From: Brian Straight <brians@mdbs.com>
> To: "'updates@globalserve.net'" <updates@globalserve.net>
> Subject: The Battle of Los Angeles
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:55:42 -0500

> Some time ago, on his 'Sightings on the Radio" show, Jeff Rense
> referred to the so-called Battle of Los Angeles, chronicled in
> the LA TImes, in which fighter planes 'skirmished' with a large
> globe shaped (?) UFO over LA in, I believe, 1941 or 1942.  Jeff
> was considering posting more info on his web site, but pointed
> out this was quite an undertaking (the article was long, and
> would have to be hand-typed).  So far, the article has not
> appeared.

> Does anyone out there have any info on this incident, or a
> reference to the LA Times edition in which the sighting was
> originally reported?  Apparently, a rather spectacular photograph
> accompanies the article.

> Any help appreciated,

> Brian


According to Jerome Clark's  The UFO Encyclopedia, Vol.2,
pgs.378-379, the battle took place on February 25, 1942 between
2:25 a.m. to 4:14 a.m. The Los Angeles Times wrote articles on
Feb. 26 & 27, and the San Francisco Chronicle on Feb 26. Clark
also quotes other sources.