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Originally posted by thereaintnospoon
Great thread, lots of info.
There's just one minor detail that bothers me a little bit:
Why weren't any agencies set up back in 1942 during the Battle of Los Angeles? (for those of you unfamiliar with that incident, simply google battle of los angeles).
This happened even before the Roswell in 47 and millions of americans actually saw a fleet of UFO's hovering over L.A. and an all out assault was ordered, more than 10000 shells were fired by our national guard. It would have made sense at that time to set up committees or agencies to counter any alien threats. I guess they were more worried about carrying their planned world war than deal with an extraterrestrial existance. Wow.
Originally posted by cautiouslypessimistic
Originally posted by thereaintnospoon
Honestly, I don't believe that Battle of Los Angeles was an extra-terrestrial event. I believe it was one of more than a few attacks on america by foreign powers that was conveniently swept under the rug. Here's a great example:
gesswhoto.com...
www.portorfordlifeboatstation.org...
Heard about that one?
The Ellwood Shelling (www.militarymuseum.org...) set off a panic that the west coast would be invaded. Can't continue to report things like:
en.wikipedia.org...
and
en.wikipedia.org...
and the Fort Stevens attack:
www.bookmice.net...
and the various battles off the east coast with U-boatsquoted from wiki)
"Several ships were torpedoed within sight of East Coast cities such as New York and Boston; indeed, some civilians sat on beaches and watched battles between U.S. and German ships. The only documented World War II sinking of a U-boat close to New England shores occurred on May 5, 1945, when the U-853 torpedoed and sank the collier Black Point off Newport, Rhode Island. When the Black Point was hit, the U.S. Navy immediately chased down the sub and began dropping depth charges. The next day, when an oil slick and floating debris appeared, they confirmed that the U-853 and its entire crew had been destroyed. "
if the people are going to run for the hills every time, can we?
Sorry to get so off topic....
anyway, on topic, thanks for posting the links. Good info, and often things like these get passed by for fear of what someone might think
edit for spelling
[edit on 8/31/2009 by cautiouslypessimistic]
[edit on 8/31/2009 by cautiouslypessimistic]
Originally posted by cautiouslypessimistic
reply to post by thereaintnospoon
I'm not sure I get where you are coming from in your argument against me....I'm thinking maybe you didn't read the links. These were ALL actual events. They were not reported very widely to avoid a panic. Go back and look at the timeline.
The Ellwood Shelling was on February 23rd, 1942.
The Battle of Los Angeles was on February 24th-25th 1942.
The Dutch Harbor Air Raid was on June 3rd-4th 1942.
The Battle of Aleutian Islands was on June 3rd, 1942
The Estevan Point Lighthouse Attack was on June 20th, 1942.
The Fort Stevens attack was on June 21st and 22nd, 1942
Notice a pattern here? The attacks were all two fold (if you count the BofLA). All were more or less ignored by national media. That any enemy could get that close to a major city like LA was a MAJOR deal. It would have severely hurt the countries morale.
If you'd like to keep debating this, perhaps we should make another thread, as to not derail this one.