Originally posted by Surtur
What about the "Battle of Los Angeles" ?Whatever the thing was, it endured thousands of rounds of machine gun fire and anti aircraft artillery. The government said it was a weather balloon lol.
Keep in mind nothing was ever recovered, no wreckage of any kind. this wasn't like Roswell.
The picture shows them clearly firing at something. You can see the explosions. I don't know what to make of this. Maybe we just make really really tough weather balloons? Or maybe none of the thousands of thousands of rounds fired hit it. I don't know.
These people weren't f*cking around either. Shell fragments did damage to several buildings and cars and 3 people died as a result of accidents cuz of that.
What about it? Seems like people were nervous (and rightfully so) of another Japanese attack after Pearl Harbor and they imagined shit. War nerves and all.
Wait, you didn't take the ads and trailers from the film Battle: Los Angeles (2011) showing historical content as real did you? Cos that was just a gimmick to sell tickets, it wasn't actual historical content being presented.
Originally posted by Robtard
What about it? Seems like people were nervous (and rightfully so) of another Japanese attack after Pearl Harbor and they imagined shit. War nerves and all.Wait, you didn't take the ads and trailers from the film Battle: Los Angeles (2011) showing historical content as real did you? Cos that was just a gimmick to sell tickets, it wasn't actual historical content being presented.
The movie was partially based on the incident, but the link I provided is a real picture of it.
Originally posted by Surtur
The picture of the searchlights?
Yes
As reported by Los Angeles Times bloggers Scott Harrison and Larry Harnisch, the version of the photo that ran in the paper in 1942 had been retouched in ways that would not be acceptable today. The skyline was darkened with ink; paint (similar to correction fluid) was used to brighten searchlight beams and to turn lens flare dots into antiaircraft bursts. The part of the image identified by UFO experts as an alien spacecraft was shaped by drops of paint on the print. -snip
Originally posted by Robtard
YesAs reported by Los Angeles Times bloggers Scott Harrison and Larry Harnisch, the version of the photo that ran in the paper in 1942 had been retouched in ways that would not be acceptable today. The skyline was darkened with ink; paint (similar to correction fluid) was used to brighten searchlight beams and to turn lens flare dots into antiaircraft bursts. The part of the image identified by UFO experts as an alien spacecraft was shaped by drops of paint on the print. -snip
Or that's what they want you to think. 👆
Originally posted by Robtard
YesAs reported by Los Angeles Times bloggers Scott Harrison and Larry Harnisch, the version of the photo that ran in the paper in 1942 had been retouched in ways that would not be acceptable today. The skyline was darkened with ink; paint (similar to correction fluid) was used to brighten searchlight beams and to turn lens flare dots into antiaircraft bursts. The part of the image identified by UFO experts as an alien spacecraft was shaped by drops of paint on the print. -snip
Okay but this doesn't explain how a weather balloon withstood all that firepower.
I'm willing to believe it wasn't some alien craft, but that the government had no clue what it was and thus made up an excuse so as to not panic people.
Originally posted by Surtur
Okay but this doesn't explain how a weather balloon withstood all that firepower.I'm willing to believe it wasn't some alien craft, but that the government had no clue what it was and thus made up an excuse so as to not panic people.
I believe the "withstood all that firepower" might be another exaggeration that grew along with the "alien ship" conspiracy theory.
They seemingly didn't know what it was, why the initial panic.
Originally posted by Surtur
So do you believe the weather balloon explanation?
Of the two, it's the one which makes the most sense. So yes, I believe that unless some serious proof were to come to light showing otherwise.
Personally, I'd prefer the alien craft version to be true. Cos that would mean there's other sentient life, it's been here before and we shot at it.
Originally posted by Surtur
I don't think it's a question of only either one of those. Keep in mind this was war time, it's conceivable to me we would try to lie and reassure people we knew what this was even if we didn't. It wouldn't mean it's an alien ship, it could be something we just couldn't explain.
If it was a second attack by Japan, I can't see why the US government would keep it secret, we had already been attacked by Japan and had declared war, if anything, a second attack would only serve to consolidate the US' population towards the war effort. ie Superman would have told kids to "slap a Jap" even harder.
Not sure what it could be that couldn't be explained in 1942, if not of alien origin. Any ideas?
Secret government weapon? Maybe an attempt to test some form of nerve gas on humans, that causes hallucination? The Feds have a record of experimenting on the population without their consent, including military and civilians.
It's funny seeing ex-government and military guys talking about this stuff. You can see they know a lot more then the public does, but aren't allowed to really say. One guy with pretty high clearance simply said about UFO's, "I think it's secret government projects", and left it at that.
Originally posted by Robtard
Personally, I'd prefer the alien craft version to be true. Cos that would mean there's other sentient life, it's been here before and we shot at it.
Right, and it would prove Mormons right. And everyone would have to start getting baptized and pay their tithing. Also, we'd all have to stop drinking and doing drugs, get married, etc.