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Sightings of “ghost airplanes” and “ghost fliers” reported over Scandinavia between 1933 and 1937, with sporadic reports in other countries.

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Radio broadcast: Dramatization of H G Wells’ 1898 novel “The War of the Worlds” broadcast by CBS on 30 October 1938.

Performed by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater. Script written by Howard Koch.

"Battle of Los Angeles"

"Impact" Rating = 14

"Credibility" Rating = 14

"Expert" Rating = 7

"Strangeness" Rating = 6

On 25th February 1942,Los Angeles was blacked out whilst U.S. Army gunners fire at a UFO overLos Angeles andBurbank,California,USA (commonly referred to as the “Battle ofLos Angeles").

This incident is Case 95 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 29 of the books covered by that article

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This incident is Case 95 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 29 of the books covered by that article.

Isaac Koi’s “ICES” Rating for this sighting = 8,232 (out of a potential score of 14*14*14*14 i.e. 38,416)

(1) “Impact” Rating of 14 (out of a potential score of 14), because it is Case 95 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article.

(2) “Credibility” Rating of 14 (out of a potential score of 14) because shooting clearly did take place on the relevant night. The debate has centered on what (if anything at all) was actually there to be shot at.

(2) “Expert” Rating of 7 (out of a potential score of 14). It is given this neutral rating because (at the time of writing) it has not been included in any of the short lists of the best cases produced by various UFO researchers that have been compiled by Isaac Koi (see the “Best UFO Cases" article at PART 3: Existing lists by various individuals), but also is not commonly given by UFO researchers as an example of an incident that can be explained by hoax, misperception or other mundane cause.

(4)“Strangeness” Rating of 6 (out of a potential score of 14). The sighting has a relatively low strangeness rating since there is relatively limited evidence to be explained as to the nature of the object (if any at all) in the sky that night.

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Foo fighters reported by Allied pilots during 1943-1945 in the European and Far Eastern theaters, with sporadic earlier reports.