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Silver gelatin halftone dossier illustration of the December 10 1941 Los Angeles wartime blackout showing a completely darkened Los Angeles cityscape silhouette at night as three Army searchlight beams sweep cold white-blue light upward into empty sky 25 miles from the waterfront while a small group of civilians stand in a dark street with hands cupped to ears hearing nothing, and a newspaper boy at the frame's edge holds the December 11 Los Angeles Times front page with the headline City's Black-out Called Success visible.

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California Sightings

1941: City’s Black-Out Called Success

Published: August 8, 2013 | Updated: August 5, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTINGS REPORT 1941: City’s Black-Out Called Success Four days after Pearl Harbor, on the evening of December 10, 1941, a yellow...

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1941: City’s Black-Out Called Success

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