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Trivia Quiz # 143
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Posted by: golddust
Clue #1:
I am a phenomenal event.
Posted by: NelsonN
The first Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
Posted by: jojomataketa
First Heart Transplant
On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky.
Posted by: golddust
Sorry NelsonN and Jojo, not the correct answer.
Clue # 2: Most people do not know about it.
Posted by: jmrenterprises
eclipse of the sun
Posted by: golddust
Sorry John, not an eclipse.
Posted by: golddust
Clue #3:
A whole city witnessed this phenomenon.
Posted by: NelsonN
Triangular Hovering Object over Ft. Smith, Arkansas, 1967
Posted by: golddust
Sorry Nelson, not the answer I'm looking for.
Posted by: jojomataketa
The Phoenix Lights
The event which is referred to as "The Phoenix Lights" comprised of a series of incidents, involving a number of different craft and orbs which took place during the evening of March 13th 1997.
At approximately 7-50p.m. a "V-shaped" formation of bright blue/yellow-white orbs were observed leaving the Las Vegas area (Nevada) and flying at speed over the border into Arizona. The object was observed to travel over the Phoenix area and then on to Tucson - via a 300 mile corridor. The "V-shaped" formation was observed by hundreds if not thousands of people - from lorry drivers to physicians and children to lawyers. A whole cross section of society witnessed the object as it made its way across the Arizona skies. The strange craft followed a 300 miles path from Nevada to Tucson
http://www.thewhyfiles.net/images/phoenix8.jpg observed by hundreds if not thousands of people - from lorry drivers to physicians and children to lawyers. A whole cross section of society witnessed the object as it made its way across the Arizona skies.
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Posted by: golddust
No Jojo, not the Phoenix Lights.
Clue #4:
This event triggered a war time blackout.
Posted by: jojomataketa
THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES
In February of 1942, only a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles experienced a visitation by dozens of unknown objects, one large one which hovered over the city for a period of at least six hours. The incident caused an enforced total blackout, and the military was called in to fire upon the strange object. By order of General Marshall, 1430 rounds of ammunition were fired upon the object, which sustained no damage. Numerous searchlights were trained upon the craft, which was also photographed. Six people died of heart attacks, car-accidents or falling debris. The next day, the LA Times printed a now-famous photograph of the object on its front page.
The military attempted to enact a cover-up, stating that no objects were seen. They then said that balloons were responsible. The incident, however, was witnessed by several thousand people, making it the most widely viewed UFO sighting in California history. It eventually caused the first congressional investigation into the subject of UFOs. A later de-classified memorandum from General George Marshall to President Roosevelt says, in part, “…unidentified airplanes, other than American Army or Navy planes, were probably over LA, and were fired on by the elements of the 37th CA Brigade between 3:12 and 4:15 am.”
While the “planes” were suspected to be Japanese, no evidence of this has ever turned up. Nor do the descriptions given by witnesses corroborate with this theory. To this day, the case remains unsolved.
Posted by: golddust
Congrats Jojo, the Battle of Los Angeles is the right answer. Though your facts are a little different than mine, there is no question this is an event that was left to hang on the line, in the midst of WWII.
There was a full on anti aircraft attack against the 'object' and some report it went down in the ocean off San Diego, while others report it moved off to the south east.
"When eyewitness reports from thousands searching the skies with binoculars under the bright lights of the coast artillery verified the presence of one enormous, unidentifiable, indestructible object - but not the presence of large numbers of planes...."
This is a great sci-fi thriller: http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case509.htm
Story written by Jeff Rense, of course of Rense.com
The object was described as "an object big enough to dwarf an apartment house. Experienced lighter-than-air (dirigible) specialists doubted it could be a Japanese blimp because the Japanese had no known source of helium, and hydrogen was much too dangerous to use under combat conditions."
I invision something like the leviathan spacecraft from "Independence Day".
This is the only picture found in any of the articles I read about the Battle of Los Angeles:
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http://brumac.8k.com/BATTLEOFLA/BattleofLAFig1.jpg
Posted by: clifton
Congrats Jojo! Wow, that's a really interesting event and picture
Posted by: forwardone
Well done jojo, you got that in super-quick time. 
Posted by: nunulka
Well done again, Jojo 
Posted by: jojomataketa
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