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UFO sightings in the 1940s

Sightings from 1940 to 1949.

12 sightings 🎥 4 videos 🗓️ 1942–1948 📍 Most from Roswell, Los Angeles, Germany

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The sightings (12)

Never forget The Battle of Los Angeles February 25, 1942

Real photograph of a UFO sighting , Los Angeles 1942 - referred to as the “Battle of Los Angeles”

The deciphered letter held in the hands of Gen. Ramey which provides smoking gun proof of a "disk" crash, and the recovery of "the victims of the wreck" (Photo: Roswell, 1947)

First-Hand Roswell Witness Who Saw Non-Human Bodies Only 20ft away on July 7th 1947.

B-17 bomber aircrews first photographed a Tic Tac during combat in 1943 - they are therefore NOT "secret U.S. tech".

The Battle of L.A. and the First Balloon Lie - Feb. 25, 1942

Exploring The 1948 Aztec, New Mexico UFO Crash Retrieval

1948 - A pilot and copilot flying a DC-3 saw a craft shooting a trail of fire about 50 feet to the rear of the object, it had no wings or other protrusion and had two rows of lighted windows

An Unresolved Crash in Mexico, October 1947 — and a Curious Diplomatic Presence

Black Thursday, 14 October 1943: the day UAPs turned up in the middle of one of the bloodiest air battles of World War 2

The UFO Monument in Ängelholm, Southern Sweden. Commemorating an alleged crash landing May 18, 1946.

The Night B-29 Bomber Gunners Shot down 4 UFOs

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