Great Los Angeles Air Raid

WHEN AND WHERE?
THE FORT MACARTHUR MUSEUM
3601 S GAFFEY ST. SAN PEDRO
CALIFORNIA, 90731

WATCH THE SKIES
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023

SPECIAL EXHIBITS
3 PM – 5 PM

DANCE CLASS
BY RUSTY FRANK
3:30 PM – 4 PM

“COLONEL” MAXWELL DEMILLE
MASTER OF CEREMONIES

DEAN MORA
AND THE
FT. MACARTHUR OFFICERS ORCHESTRA
5 PM – 8 PMFREE PARKING

NOTICE: THE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY IS UNPREDICATABLE…
HOWEVER, THE GREAT LOS ANGELES AIR RAID OF 1942
WILL TAKE PLACE RAIN OR SHINE

The Great Los Angeles Air Raid

On the night and early morning of February 24 and 25, 1942, a singular event unfolded in the skies over Southern California – the continental United States was attacked by an enemy… or was it? The reports of this vary, from a squadron of Japanese bombers, a weather balloon, and even alien spacecraft, and the subsequent government conspiracies that followed. We do know that something happened; too many people witnessed the event to dispute that fact, but what really happened?

The newspaper reports from Wednesday morning of the 25, varied wildly. The Los Angeles Examiner said that civilian witness had put the number of planes at fifty, and that three of them had been shot down over the ocean, although there was no immediate confirmation of this from Army or Navy sources.