12th Naval District

Two-panel 1941 WWII wartime press photography dossier: left panel shows the darkened Golden Gate Bridge silhouette at night as a loose formation of unidentified aerial objects approaching from the Pacific begins wheeling and turning back southwest while Army spotters on the Marin headland watch with binoculars and field telephone and searchlights activate over the city; right panel shows three dark 1941 US Navy destroyer silhouettes departing San Francisco Bay in line at speed toward the Golden Gate as General Ryan stands on the pier with aides watching them go while a journalist writes on a notepad partially reading were not Army were not Navy were not civilian.

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California Sightings

1941: Three Naval Craft Sent Out To Hunt Plane Base

Published: August 8, 2013 | Updated: May 31, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO | UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1941: Three Naval Craft Sent Out To Hunt Plane Base On the evening of December 9, 1941...