The Battle of Los Angeles

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024

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  • @LEMMiNO
    @LEMMiNO  3 роки тому +831

    [Credits, References, and More]
    www.lemmi.no/p/the-battle-of-los-angeles

  • @poisonpotato1
    @poisonpotato1 3 роки тому +19963

    False alarm, they weren't weird lights. The blackout just allowed LA to see stars for the first time

    • @jlh012204
      @jlh012204 3 роки тому +755

      lmfaooo

    • @koldavo8866
      @koldavo8866 3 роки тому +728

      okay this is gold

    • @whocares8567
      @whocares8567 3 роки тому +2034

      So, i actually think this was in another lemmino video but this thing happened recently, when they had a blackout in LA people reported strange dots in the sky to the police; it was the first time theyd ever seen the milky way

    • @ClashingWithThunder
      @ClashingWithThunder 3 роки тому +1165

      @@whocares8567 holy shit that's really sad

    • @mijalakis3
      @mijalakis3 3 роки тому +219

      Hahaha, well as a matter fact the blackout was an effort to conceal the city so in case of an invasion that could help protect heavily populated areas or even make the invaders to not know if the hay arrived or not, also the lumminic contamination of a city would make it difficult for the army to know what to shoot at.

  • @plaguemarine8023
    @plaguemarine8023 4 роки тому +7029

    I love that 40’s accent all the people from the recordings have

    • @bobbyg9587
      @bobbyg9587 4 роки тому +869

      They actually gave it a name...the Mid-Atlantic accent.

    • @nfgatorgal
      @nfgatorgal 4 роки тому +35

      Me too!!!

    • @cuac5869
      @cuac5869 4 роки тому +576

      @@bobbyg9587 yes, it was supposed to promote globalization and integration because it used the "best" of both American and British accents.

    • @JustMK_1
      @JustMK_1 4 роки тому +38

      Internet Explorer is just so slow that it's not used to how we talk yet

    • @YeetMcYeetface
      @YeetMcYeetface 4 роки тому +430

      It’s especially funny when you know that they’re all hamming it up for the camera/radio. You can find bloopers from old black and white movies and the actors slip into their regular voices when they laugh at their mistakes.

  • @necwo698
    @necwo698 4 роки тому +25510

    Just imagine a group of scientist made a time travelling machine and decided to go solve this mystery and went back in time only to realize it was them who made the scenario happen.

    • @sportsfanjw559
      @sportsfanjw559 4 роки тому +1285

      Dammmm son.
      That's deep 🤣🤣🤣

    • @fuuoshi8559
      @fuuoshi8559 4 роки тому +468

      Shit, I thought as well. What if? 🤔

    • @bernardoprovenzanno9487
      @bernardoprovenzanno9487 4 роки тому +313

      @@fuuoshi8559 do you like fried pork chops sandwiches...there is someone behind you 😯

    • @fuuoshi8559
      @fuuoshi8559 4 роки тому +407

      @@bernardoprovenzanno9487 yo wtf

    • @jacobnester2162
      @jacobnester2162 4 роки тому +31

      Azelinus wait what

  • @badweetabix
    @badweetabix 3 роки тому +360

    It may seem like an impossibility for balloons to survive the intense AA fire, however there are 2 things to consider:
    1) According to a British research published in 2003, during the Battle of Britain, it took over 20,000 rounds of AA fire to shoot down 1 aircraft. This was because there were only 3 ways to shoot down an aircraft - hitting directly, using a timer fuze to detonate and using a fuze that detonate at a specific altitude. All 3 were very inaccurate (especially at night) such that some claim the actual number of AA rounds to shot down 1 aircraft was more than 100,000 rounds. All this changed when the Allies in 1943 started using...
    2) VT fuze (proximity fuse) which was able to detect (using radio waves reflected from target) its proximity to the target and detonate at the closest range. All this before integrated circuits or digital processors were invented. This device was so secret it was not declassified until 1954. An example of how effective the VT fuze is, when the US first tested the VT fuze they had planned for the test to last 2 days where the new fuze were to be used against 3 radio controlled drones. All 3 drones were destroyed on the first day with only 4 shots.
    During the Battle of Los Angeles, the US had no VT fuze and fired approximately 1,400 AA rounds, so it is well within the realm of possibility for the balloons to escape damage.

    • @sayhallo3769
      @sayhallo3769 Рік тому +27

      But there is also the pressure waves of a shell exploding. You make good points for shooting down an aircraft made of wood or metal but a balloon would likely shatter after an hour of shelling due to the intense pressure forcing the air inside the balloon around.

    • @whyyes6429
      @whyyes6429 Рік тому +8

      @@sayhallo3769 i did not consider that holy shit, you two are smart

    • @burnstick1380
      @burnstick1380 11 місяців тому +13

      @@sayhallo3769 I assume that most of that pressure just pushed the balloon around. Also the pressure from small AA fire is not huge and given that not an awful lot exploded near the balloon (probably) it's quite likely that it didn't have a huge effect

    • @Palgineer
      @Palgineer 9 місяців тому +3

      ⁠@@sayhallo3769True, but it could also be that the composition of shells wasn’t able to cause shockwaves that big. Depending on the AA guns used, these could range anywhere from 20mm Oerlikons and 40mm Bofors to 90mm m1s firing from all around LA. This mix of smaller and large calibers may have simply not caused large enough explosions at a common enough time. Another possibility is mixing AP and HE shells; AP shells don’t have the same explosive filler as HE shells and would cause less destructive explosions as they went off. This would count for the massive quantity of shells as well as the inability to shoot down the balloon.

    • @sayhallo3769
      @sayhallo3769 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Palgineer Standard American AA batteries were before the war ramped up were 40mm "Chicago Pianos", 127mm HE guns, as well as many small arms fire like 20mm oerlikons. Depending on the size of the balloon, a single near miss 40mm or 127mm would likely cause it to rupture and pop.

  • @RainTheMamba
    @RainTheMamba 4 роки тому +2394

    Bruh imagine that one person who just slept through the whole thing and woke up the next day like wtf happened last night?

    • @bsc4344
      @bsc4344 4 роки тому +93

      Kyrie For Mvp I was with hundreds of other disaster recovery guys at an oil camp outside of Ft Mac while the fire was still underway. 2 a.m. The fire turned and came back towards camp apparently and alarms went off to roust ppl to the muster points.
      No one saw me, and I saw no one standing out in underwear, cuz i slept thru it.
      Sure, not booms and all but if you ever heard the muster alarm u would be equally surprised someone sleeping thru it.
      Yup, that was me.
      I would relate to the guy sleeping thru this "battle"...

    • @classydays43
      @classydays43 4 роки тому +8

      And everybody's all, come on man you should have seen it. But they never say what it was, just that it was wild

    • @walter3534
      @walter3534 4 роки тому +3

      @@bsc4344 Guns r a lot louder tho so bruh but u may be deaf or determine sleeper or ur a deep sleeper

    • @ezzeldinmohd6740
      @ezzeldinmohd6740 4 роки тому +1

      @@walter3534 Im that kind lf deep sleeper soo ye I would've slept through it

    • @willowisp415
      @willowisp415 4 роки тому +1

      B Sc but this was...in 1942? how tf are you alive to tell this tale?

  • @xenokio6601
    @xenokio6601 6 років тому +2055

    The quality of this video is honestly in my opinion better than those documentaries on Televison. This proves that
    quality > quantity is true.

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 6 років тому +5

      quantity have it own quality.

    • @drinkwater319
      @drinkwater319 6 років тому +4

      Xenokio ....his editing ability is amazing. He is definitely a pro with the best equipment.

    • @alphacode9102
      @alphacode9102 6 років тому +2

      I do agree, seems he had those senses of a pro Video editor.
      You know, doing such a thing like this with 19min long of videos
      i think i must work harder to reach this level

    • @adrianpale2342
      @adrianpale2342 6 років тому

      whoops Lemmino fanboy alert. can't wait to see Lemmin's next video coming out next december about a trending topic from 2015

    • @yourpalstarch
      @yourpalstarch 6 років тому

      You see the Cicada 3301 video yet?

  • @1Reddd
    @1Reddd 4 роки тому +7627

    Imagine being some dude enjoying a ride in a hot air balloon late at night and suddenly being attacked with AA flak

    • @loveinlatin
      @loveinlatin 4 роки тому +508

      imagine being so dumb to do this in the middle of World War II

    • @stephen7690
      @stephen7690 4 роки тому +312

      @@loveinlatin especially just after pearl harbor flying in the middle of the night

    • @mr.m7791
      @mr.m7791 4 роки тому +30

      @@loveinlatin Good point!

    • @mlg8605
      @mlg8605 4 роки тому +88

      OfficialEpic222
      The guy: Nice time right...?
      The guy: Wait... What’s that sound?
      *Spotlights and AA Flak gun sounds*
      The guy: *Oh no.*

    • @Evan_Cardenas
      @Evan_Cardenas 4 роки тому +5

      That be funny

  • @antonhu2993
    @antonhu2993 3 роки тому +982

    apparently there are 5 deaths. 3 due to panicked car driving, and 2 due to heart attacks.

    • @ActiveChildGunner87
      @ActiveChildGunner87 3 роки тому +62

      Rip

    • @Zycrian
      @Zycrian 2 роки тому +17

      Coffin music starts

    • @jefffinkbonner9551
      @jefffinkbonner9551 2 роки тому +62

      "Panicked car driving."
      What a L.A. way to go...

    • @carlosvalerochavez3045
      @carlosvalerochavez3045 2 роки тому +1

      When people are dying without looking or shoting at them, thats when you know

    • @Augutin-
      @Augutin- 9 місяців тому

      @@carlosvalerochavez3045you know the thing you know, you know?

  • @mrcaboosevg6089
    @mrcaboosevg6089 4 роки тому +6980

    I feel like this is a classic case of pure fear, 3am, soldiers are tired and scared of an attack. If you look up on a dark night with no lighting around it's not hard to see things that aren't there

    • @LPTSBE
      @LPTSBE 4 роки тому +66

      @秘 SYREX 秘 Hey, want to let you know that America isn't the only country that speaks English. Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful day! 🙏😁😁

    • @LBCAndrew
      @LBCAndrew 4 роки тому +125

      With zero city lights, and the moon at waxing gibbous (just over half full) it would have been fairly easy to see that night.

    • @mohamedalhatmi5710
      @mohamedalhatmi5710 4 роки тому +4

      @秘 SYREX 秘 you gotta work on that grammer my man

    • @mjjumps
      @mjjumps 4 роки тому +16

      THAT many soldiers?

    • @damyr
      @damyr 4 роки тому +35

      @MrcabooseVG Geez! You've watched the video and you've decided to make such comment? How people like you don't forget to breathe?
      There WAS something in the sky and there's no doubt in that. It's just no one could conclude what it was.

  • @CoralPolyps
    @CoralPolyps 5 років тому +12438

    Imagine you and a few other guys launch a weather balloon, you're all chillin watching it go up... The all of a sudden the entire city goes dark and the entire coastal AA defense starts lighting up your little weather balloon. lmao

    • @Lucky-sh1dm
      @Lucky-sh1dm 5 років тому +171

      Mobius One nigga your username is the fucking goat

    • @seraph8737
      @seraph8737 5 років тому +111

      this comment deserves more likes

    • @thiccchungo1041
      @thiccchungo1041 5 років тому +45

      Rip chopper

    • @BBaaaaa
      @BBaaaaa 4 роки тому +47

      Yeah, a bullet proof baloon

    • @crf80fdarkdays
      @crf80fdarkdays 4 роки тому +23

      @@Lucky-sh1dm damn that brang me back to the old ps2 days...

  • @timothysstuffintros503
    @timothysstuffintros503 5 років тому +19541

    I do not deserve to watch this for free

    • @BelligerentKnight2481
      @BelligerentKnight2481 5 років тому +772

      Agreed! This content is top notch for sure

    • @krylatich
      @krylatich 5 років тому +202

      @DepressoExpresso aids*

    • @duck3048
      @duck3048 5 років тому +32

      @@krylatich lmao

    • @BlindIRLbtw
      @BlindIRLbtw 5 років тому +206

      Prob using paid WiFi, phone/computer and possibly electricity, trust me not free xD

    • @fiercelypolygons3696
      @fiercelypolygons3696 5 років тому +221

      @DepressoExpresso this dude has NO ADS during his videos, like wth, If he did, I would support him
      This deserves to be a UA-cam Red Show

  • @LordMidichlorian
    @LordMidichlorian 2 роки тому +554

    AA shells had a fuse to explode at set altitudes. It's perfectly possible the direct hits that guy thought he saw were just explosions happening in the same line of sight, but not on the object.

    • @bajszosjozsef4850
      @bajszosjozsef4850 2 роки тому +4

      But proximity fuses were still under development at the time, weren't they?

    • @joshuaa7266
      @joshuaa7266 2 роки тому +51

      @@bajszosjozsef4850 A proximity fuse is designed to explode when it gets close to an aircraft, not when it reaches a certain altitude.

    • @Idontwantahandle6669
      @Idontwantahandle6669 Рік тому +6

      @@bajszosjozsef4850yes, they wouldn’t enter service until the very end of the war.

    • @mw9297
      @mw9297 Рік тому

      Wouldn’t they have known if they hit something or not bc they set them, they know when it supposed to go off. Could’ve seen explosions higher up and some random ones lower with the shadow of the objects being shown in the explosion.

    • @grrfy
      @grrfy Рік тому

      the army said fuses were set to mAX ALTITUDE FOR THE GUNS@@Idontwantahandle6669

  • @scorpdecorp5624
    @scorpdecorp5624 4 роки тому +4574

    Whatever happened, someone definitely got fired.

  • @winteru4159
    @winteru4159 6 років тому +857

    yup he was abducted by aliens. Thats why he wasnt uploading videos latly, but im happy to see new video of his.

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 6 років тому +10

      For it was only hours, for us it was months, this abduction thing is always confusing.

    • @winteru4159
      @winteru4159 6 років тому +1

      @@rafaelalodio5116 agree

    • @watterztrail7870
      @watterztrail7870 6 років тому

      He posts when he feels like it

    • @giancarlo1822
      @giancarlo1822 6 років тому

      One of the highest quality channels you deserve more subs and views tbh

    • @lolno6015
      @lolno6015 6 років тому

      Of course not, the Goverment took him

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna 6 років тому +10966

    See you again next year

    • @bangkokman9327
      @bangkokman9327 6 років тому +256

      Yeah but its worth the wait

    • @TJowls
      @TJowls 6 років тому +79

      You mean in December 2018 because he has to make the top 10 facts 2018 video

    • @goofysad5810
      @goofysad5810 6 років тому +14

      Stop it get some help.

    • @pogfaceit
      @pogfaceit 6 років тому +140

      Quality > Quantity

    • @DJSbros
      @DJSbros 6 років тому +60

      He doesn't "have" to make anything, it's a gift from a god; consider it a privilege.

  • @Weddit.
    @Weddit. 3 роки тому +6898

    Friendly reminder, a UFO means Unidentified Flying Object, not an alien spaceship.

    • @psyche5893
      @psyche5893 3 роки тому +250

      Yeah, no shit.

    • @eclecticsoffy
      @eclecticsoffy 3 роки тому +296

      Alternatively, use Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) to refer something mysterious flying

    • @drumm4173
      @drumm4173 3 роки тому +295

      thanks so many people think that it does mean alien spaceship

    • @thomasmoser7382
      @thomasmoser7382 3 роки тому +17

      @@drumm4173 and they will continue to do so because these alien fetishists only hear what they want to hear. i recently learned from a video of one of those people, they even think led streetlights which change their color due to failing components in the streetlights indicate that something is coming *smh* and yes i regret checking what they had to say about that in the comments, it might have pushed me to write a comment about their nonsense.

    • @ntvm4749
      @ntvm4749 3 роки тому +3

      @@thomasmoser7382 elaborate

  • @uenoyama4900
    @uenoyama4900 6 років тому +1040

    I love how an amateur channel (Top 10 memes) became a top notch quality channel (Lemmino)

    • @applejuice5635
      @applejuice5635 6 років тому +60

      John Wayne Lee This channel used to be called Top 10 memes?

    • @zenith8417
      @zenith8417 6 років тому +188

      Yep. He even references it when he uses it as an example.
      "Much like my old channel name, it was mistake."

    • @sadmanpranto9026
      @sadmanpranto9026 6 років тому +51

      and unlike other youtubers, the maturity he achieved lowered his upload frequency. He used to upload twice a month once (as I recall). Now we get one in 2 month if we are lucky...

    • @schmacklar28
      @schmacklar28 6 років тому +120

      Sadman Pranto
      Quality over quantity in this case.

    • @PuppeteerXD
      @PuppeteerXD 6 років тому +12

      Wasnt it "Top 10 facts"? And he just made a top 10 video about memes

  • @prasad5703
    @prasad5703 6 років тому +1334

    He uploads 3 months after his latest video but it always is worth the wait :)

    • @jayjaypotato
      @jayjaypotato 6 років тому +8

      it really isnt despite how much I like him its too long

    • @mudedmmuh964
      @mudedmmuh964 6 років тому +3

      still better than Jon Tron

    • @PipoSCK
      @PipoSCK 6 років тому +21

      @@jayjaypotato The longest the time between each video the longest was the research for it. As Prasad said it's worth the wait, Lemmino has done an outstanding job with this videos

    • @adisar2002
      @adisar2002 6 років тому +3

      quality>>>>>quantity

    • @hniku2archive761
      @hniku2archive761 6 років тому

      On Lemminos video on himself he tells us about how long it takes to make a video and it does take a while. So i do agree it's worth the wait.

  • @safin8101
    @safin8101 6 років тому +552

    Top 10 memes to these high quality videos.
    We've come far

    • @ChapuleTaylor
      @ChapuleTaylor 6 років тому +19

      Yeah I remember back in the day it was something like this
      Top TEN memes!!!:
      10 - Derp face (xD)
      9 - Poker face!!! WOW LOL
      8 - ROFLCOPTER WHAAAT?
      7 - FUCK YEAH WOOHOO SO COOL LOL
      6 - LIKE A BOSS!!! LOVE THAT MEME GUYS
      5 - PROBLEM OFFICER???
      4 - Forever Alone (IMPORTANT: don't be a forever alone!)
      3 - Funny cat fales!!! LEL!!!
      2 - Dog (YES I LIKE DOGS MORE THAN CATS COME AT ME LOL XD)
      1 - MICHAEL BAYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
      He's come a pretty long way.

    • @noamias4897
      @noamias4897 6 років тому +9

      “We”

    • @sleystad872
      @sleystad872 6 років тому +1

      Indeed.

  • @AliceSpeltRight
    @AliceSpeltRight 3 роки тому +1458

    This is one of these kinds of scenarios where I actually believe it was entirely a mistake on the military’s part. No cover up, just an oopsie. Someone got scared by a balloon or something

    • @shooterDisease
      @shooterDisease Рік тому +90

      Normally I’d agree with you but that photo of the spotlights all over the city on one spot gives me chills

    • @jacko5451
      @jacko5451 Рік тому +22

      dude predicted the future

    • @LazyUggugg
      @LazyUggugg Рік тому

      Goofy ah mfers shoot empty air

    • @lewistwilcox
      @lewistwilcox Рік тому +52

      I also think that some of the military personnel- such as the air-raid warden- might have been embarrassed that they weren't able to hit a balloon, and lied about hitting it

    • @ichewsawdust
      @ichewsawdust Рік тому +9

      ​​​@@shooterDiseaseunbelievably saddening on how most of the us citizens don't even know that stars exist and that people on other countries can still see them to this day

  • @IIXXXXII
    @IIXXXXII 5 років тому +3378

    *Army open fires at a bird thinking it was an enemy airship*

  • @bena3963
    @bena3963 6 років тому +2648

    Same time next year then lads?

    • @selachimorpha2000
      @selachimorpha2000 6 років тому +32

      Loll yupp pretty much dude. Guess we will see him for the top 10 2019 facts video

    • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
      @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 6 років тому +23

      Dude's the Jontron of educational channels lol

    • @arpangujral3075
      @arpangujral3075 6 років тому +2

      Pigdem why is he going??

    • @skirmsher1486
      @skirmsher1486 6 років тому +3

      Learn math man it wasant 1 year ago it was only 3 months ago when you heard hes voice.

    • @Java337.
      @Java337. 6 років тому +1

      Yep

  • @fatbussy2777
    @fatbussy2777 5 років тому +2810

    Officer-it’s a balloon
    Army man- did you just say enemy zeppelin?
    Officer-no it’s a bal-
    Army man- FIRE!!!

    • @michael2775
      @michael2775 5 років тому +83

      "army man", are we playing with toys

    • @jennyfisher3765
      @jennyfisher3765 5 років тому +1

      Blimps are balloons zeppelins are not the japanese also didn’t use zeppelins the nazis did

    • @fidsvids4610
      @fidsvids4610 5 років тому +7

      @@jennyfisher3765 you mean the Germans? Not every single German in ww2 was a raging Nazi, most weren't.

    • @jennyfisher3765
      @jennyfisher3765 5 років тому

      Fids Vids I’m not stupid. The zeppelin was invented by NAZIS.

    • @fidsvids4610
      @fidsvids4610 5 років тому

      @@jennyfisher3765 ok but you said it was "used by the Nazis".

  • @conall9415
    @conall9415 3 роки тому +532

    Hitting objects with anti-aircraft shells back in the day was extremely hard. Proximity fuses (which would explode on proximity to an object and thus make getting a hit easier) were still in development in this stage and highly classified.

    • @gage2189
      @gage2189 2 роки тому +13

      Still, the sheer amount of daka would’ve definitely destroyed at least a single target. Think of german AA in the late war. With failing equipment, starved and inexperienced soldiers, AA still downed huge numbers of bombers and fighters.

    • @kristinagraversgaard5328
      @kristinagraversgaard5328 2 роки тому +8

      @@gage2189 late in the war they did have Proximity fuses.

    • @gage2189
      @gage2189 2 роки тому +1

      @@kristinagraversgaard5328 tell that to the original commenter!

    • @mnxs
      @mnxs Рік тому

      @@kristinagraversgaard5328 the Germans didn't.

    • @kristinagraversgaard5328
      @kristinagraversgaard5328 Рік тому +1

      @@mnxs the germans are not Americans, so, what exactly is your point?

  • @datoneslav6902
    @datoneslav6902 5 років тому +2517

    Just to be clear, a UFO could be a damn flying pig.
    Unidentified
    Flying
    Object

    • @jaumegenaro7673
      @jaumegenaro7673 5 років тому +193

      Yeah its always funny to me how everyone associates the abbreviation "UFO" with aliens and it explicitly being a disc shaped object with a transparent dome on top

    • @jflanagan9696
      @jflanagan9696 5 років тому +106

      "I have no idea what that thing is. It must be aliens!!"

    • @positronundervolt4799
      @positronundervolt4799 5 років тому +15

      Ohh here we go, smart arse alert.
      ATTENTION, ATTENTION, DID YOU KNOW THAT RAIN IS WET.
      RESUME POINTING OUT THE OBVIOUS LIKE A 12 YEAR OLD IN 3, 2..

    • @mu5etick919
      @mu5etick919 5 років тому +103

      @@positronundervolt4799 the obvious is not obvious to the ignorant

    • @jaumegenaro7673
      @jaumegenaro7673 5 років тому +54

      @@positronundervolt4799 rain is not wet

  • @svphyav8853
    @svphyav8853 4 роки тому +5759

    *balloon flies over city*
    Army: So, you have chosen death.

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 4 роки тому +70

      Balloon: Your AA fire is nothing! Bow before me mortals!

    • @Red_Lanterns_Rage
      @Red_Lanterns_Rage 4 роки тому +30

      AA guns: we'll turn you into scrap punk!! OPEN FIRE!, ALL WEAPONS, CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR!!!!
      Balloon: jeez, a little hardcore aren't we??

    • @Red_Lanterns_Rage
      @Red_Lanterns_Rage 4 роки тому +9

      @@LalitKumar-cu5iu AA Guns: we counted on balloon to be passive...we counted wrong

    • @amitsherman6823
      @amitsherman6823 4 роки тому +8

      Pillar men theme starts playing

    • @amitsherman6823
      @amitsherman6823 4 роки тому +7

      Biktor V88
      I just imagine the army looking at the “balloon”
      “Sir. They’re here.”
      “I see”
      *looks out the window*
      “So, you have chosen death.
      There’s nothing I can do for you now

  • @antolino11
    @antolino11 5 років тому +6229

    Aliens: *visits earth for the first time during the height of ww2 on accident* “let’s go say hi”
    Aliens 3 hours later: nope nope nope nope nobody go there

    • @jazminearevalo8177
      @jazminearevalo8177 5 років тому +357

      That would be funny if that was all they've been tryna do

    • @tristonmartinez984
      @tristonmartinez984 5 років тому +521

      they prolly been planning how to approach earth safely for so long then finally come and immediately get hit w over 1000 anti aircraft rounds haha. they definitely comin back in the future and fucking our shit up lmao

    • @gusbus8357
      @gusbus8357 5 років тому +59

      Just gonna nope right out of this one

    • @adoctor-0
      @adoctor-0 5 років тому +14

      Ikr

    • @CoTreyLoZ
      @CoTreyLoZ 5 років тому +102

      Do you honestly believe that a race advanced enough to travel the stars are going to be concerned or affected by our triple A fire? Hmmmm...

  • @RobSoRandom
    @RobSoRandom 2 роки тому +41

    My grandfather died telling ppl about this night. Everyone just ignored him. So to see UA-cam videos about this 20 years later is mind blowing to me.

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 6 місяців тому

      What did he think happened?

    • @TheFluffywuffy
      @TheFluffywuffy 3 місяці тому +1

      My grandma too. She was a little girl living in east LA and she told me stories about the night the air raid sirens went off

  • @KoongYe
    @KoongYe 5 років тому +2870

    All these could be avoided if it happened in the morning

    • @rr-dy5ij
      @rr-dy5ij 5 років тому +145

      But of course our mysterious “attackers” had to attack in the cover of night.

    • @L16htW4rr10r
      @L16htW4rr10r 5 років тому +19

      @@rr-dy5ij Sneaky sneaky "attacker" or UFO...

    • @김밥한줄만원
      @김밥한줄만원 5 років тому +2

      관심법으로 보면 되지 않는가?

    • @wheel4155
      @wheel4155 5 років тому +149

      They could have avoided this if they had just used NORD VPN.

    • @wilee4626
      @wilee4626 5 років тому +11

      The alien in your backyard lol you don’t understand the states that people build and different aggressive cultures, you’re comfortable within you tech biased world and forget the whole of human history people were fighting to survive and you think other cultures think like you, idiot

  • @LegoEddy
    @LegoEddy 4 роки тому +3645

    "Nothing was found on ground other than shrapnel"
    Well, after being fired upon by over 1000 rounds of AA, I would consider myself a shrapnel too lol.

  • @getoutside9854
    @getoutside9854 4 роки тому +5399

    The aliens decided to talk to us during our largest war in history, and on one of the most protected city’s on the west coast, at night.

  • @GanzotheSecond
    @GanzotheSecond Рік тому +45

    My grandmother was 2 years old and living in Los Angeles at the time of the “battle”, and although she doesn’t remember it, my great grandmother was always skeptical of it due to her hearing no planes whatsoever. It would have been so cool to talk to her about it and get a first hand account of what happened that strange night

    • @sean.furlong1989
      @sean.furlong1989 4 місяці тому +1

      Did your great grandmother ever say what she thought it was?

  • @DanG-xl5op
    @DanG-xl5op 4 роки тому +2390

    I really appreciate the fact LEMMiNO acknowledges his misinterpretation on a previous episode/channel. I've always appreciated his high degree of research but am now growing to appreciate his transparency and introspection. Kudos LEMMiNO!!!

    • @stevefranks6541
      @stevefranks6541 3 роки тому +23

      Greetings,
      I agree. The report was objective and well reported. Fine presentation. Your acknowledged correction will also keep you in good stead with your public. Keep up the good work LEMMiNO!!!

    • @linusp9316
      @linusp9316 3 роки тому +8

      It's also not true that there was mass panic about a Japanese invasion of the US mainland, so maybe there will be a correction. The Japanese never had anything close to the capabilities of landing troops on the West Coast, and articles from after Pearl Harbor, interviews, vox pops, opinion polls, etc., reflect that very few people were seriously worried about a Japanese invasion (for good reason).

    • @yuri-cruiter9676
      @yuri-cruiter9676 3 роки тому +7

      Unlike infographic show who constantly denies Tankman is government fear propaganda.

    • @BleakwoodProductions
      @BleakwoodProductions 2 роки тому +6

      @@yuri-cruiter9676 Wait.... Tankman from Newgrounds?

    • @darrentinonzii340
      @darrentinonzii340 2 роки тому +2

      in my country we say "kefes" so kefes to you lummino

  • @ASPVids
    @ASPVids 4 роки тому +9144

    Weather balloon: *exists*
    US military: “So anyway, I started blasting.”

    • @shihabmalik8344
      @shihabmalik8344 4 роки тому +36

      Dude 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @JustinNavarro69
      @JustinNavarro69 4 роки тому +110

      War with weather balloons. Army: get your air soft guns.

    • @DxBlack
      @DxBlack 4 роки тому +54

      MO' DAKA!
      Weather Balloon: "What the fuck did _I_ do?!"

    • @ToastyDoasty
      @ToastyDoasty 4 роки тому +8

      it was probably a test

    • @stephen7690
      @stephen7690 4 роки тому +7

      Honestly its a doomed if you do doomed if you dont situation. If they didnt fire and it was an enemy aircraft than the city would of potentially been bombed.

  • @Kakio
    @Kakio 6 років тому +875

    These videos are so incredible, I wish you got more praise than you do - truly a channel "out of this world" ;) - a Dane

    • @Phulax.
      @Phulax. 6 років тому +17

      Kakio His videos are amongst the the greatest on UA-cam, in my opinion.

    • @varrius53
      @varrius53 6 років тому +4

      Hello there SLAKIO, how's it going

    • @joel7342
      @joel7342 6 років тому +2

      Takes as much time as you but produces much better videos

    • @ばか-t8x
      @ばか-t8x 6 років тому +7

      He doesn't need compliments from a DANE.

    • @ajdhjaoakdn2ndgoogleaccoun929
      @ajdhjaoakdn2ndgoogleaccoun929 6 років тому

      Ur language sucks

  • @IIwII_usxx
    @IIwII_usxx 3 роки тому +74

    old radar systems seem to think everything is bad except the stuff that is actually bad

  • @ariiko2632
    @ariiko2632 6 років тому +949

    why does everyone criticize him for taking so long to make his videos? They are beautifully scripted and edited and i believe they are worth the wait also, he most likely goes to school like college so he has to be very busy
    12/21/18 edit: god dayum thanks to everyone for liking this
    6/13/19 4AM : Time flies dude its crazy; and props to lemmino; still watchin him🃏

    • @Mnyu
      @Mnyu 6 років тому +101

      It's a running joke.

    • @owenowers
      @owenowers 6 років тому +37

      r/wooosh?

    • @Aplesedjr
      @Aplesedjr 6 років тому +12

      They’re good, but they could almost certainly be done in the exact same way in way less time.

    • @onefeather2
      @onefeather2 6 років тому

      Well said. Agree

    • @Boshirou
      @Boshirou 6 років тому +20

      he tries to get 100% fact , plus hes got part time jobs etc because his youtube account is not "mainstream"

  • @mr.nozzles9121
    @mr.nozzles9121 5 років тому +521

    I can just picture Japan hearing about this shortly after and just being like.. wut?

    • @realtsavo
      @realtsavo 5 років тому +53

      NANI?!

    • @dg798
      @dg798 4 роки тому +4

      Poor Japanese

    • @justinkehler4506
      @justinkehler4506 4 роки тому +1

      XD

    • @axelraton5810
      @axelraton5810 4 роки тому +4

      @@dg798 poor?

    • @jeffburnham6611
      @jeffburnham6611 4 роки тому +3

      @Cory L it was a missed opportunity for them if they did hear about it. Imagine the panic in the coastal cities if Japan had announced they had the equivalent of "stealth" planes and had tested them that night.

  • @anticlimbmax
    @anticlimbmax 6 років тому +403

    The man makes 20 minutes feel like 20 seconds.

    • @tommycalzone5739
      @tommycalzone5739 6 років тому

      Deadass

    • @Gassicus
      @Gassicus 6 років тому +3

      Wait this was 20 minutes?

    • @FuzzyLitchi
      @FuzzyLitchi 6 років тому

      I wish it felt like 60 because now I'm sad that it's over

    • @snupers2999
      @snupers2999 6 років тому +1

      @@ChapuleTaylor do u have anger issues?

    • @thatcoolguy1204
      @thatcoolguy1204 6 років тому

      @@WeAMknn y'all needa chill

  • @Vastfill
    @Vastfill 2 роки тому +88

    Imagine wondering the empty space for centuries to finally find a planet with life. You're excited, words can't describe your happiness. Then when you land the ground starts flashing white / yellow and things start zipping by your ship

    • @ALYTALyrics
      @ALYTALyrics 6 місяців тому

      Alien: Finally, a planet with intelligent life, let's go talk to them.
      Planet with intelligent life: starts shooting at them
      Alien: Damn these natives rude asf.

  • @Lewex
    @Lewex 6 років тому +188

    You could be describing a brick wall on a black screen with no music and still make it interesting. But even then the topics you choose are so curious, I love it! Keep up the great work.

    • @lorettabes4553
      @lorettabes4553 6 років тому +1

      Totally agree

    • @janodewald6087
      @janodewald6087 6 років тому +2

      Yeah even though it's kind of exhausting for me to follow a 20 minute video like this, since I am from Germany, you make it worth the effort. Appreciate your well made videos!

  • @calebtsarmiento
    @calebtsarmiento 4 роки тому +3573

    Just remember U.F.O. doesn't mean its an alien spaceship as default.

    • @tbhbananas9922
      @tbhbananas9922 4 роки тому +34

      ok boomer

    • @main8824
      @main8824 4 роки тому +451

      Tbh Bananas dead meme

    • @sebgamingkid
      @sebgamingkid 4 роки тому +236

      @@tbhbananas9922 dead meme x2

    • @tbhbananas9922
      @tbhbananas9922 4 роки тому +7

      OpenCube sorry but memes don’t die bye

    • @sebgamingkid
      @sebgamingkid 4 роки тому +370

      @@tbhbananas9922 They do die, they die when they become unfunny. They may be resurrected but, as of right now, "ok boomer" is extraordinarily dead and decomposed. So yes, it is dead, and memes can die. Uncultured swine.

  • @joyagain8389
    @joyagain8389 6 років тому +279

    Thank you for the awesome content. See you in a few months.

    • @stickmation656
      @stickmation656 6 років тому +7

      Worth the wait

    • @DylanXD-
      @DylanXD- 6 років тому

      your name seems very appropriate to your comment

  • @kirielvids
    @kirielvids 3 роки тому +45

    General: Hold your fire.
    Artillery: SOMEONE SAID FIRE!!!
    *bang boom bang bang pshew takadatakada booom*

  • @therileseffect2833
    @therileseffect2833 4 роки тому +1931

    Soldier: Yo what is that?
    America: Idk, shoot it and see what happens

    • @Ibrahim-lf3ek
      @Ibrahim-lf3ek 4 роки тому +39

      Riley definitely not a world war going on so they definitely wouldn’t be more cautious

    • @alexrowe7063
      @alexrowe7063 4 роки тому +23

      Cmon man those troops were stationed in LA, probably have been waiting for something to light up for months

    • @stephen7690
      @stephen7690 4 роки тому +28

      @American Patriot you truly showed your intelligence.

    • @funninoriginal6054
      @funninoriginal6054 4 роки тому +22

      @American Patriot
      Orange man bad

    • @xptaco2298
      @xptaco2298 4 роки тому +18

      @American Patriot Well your wrong considering this was in the 40s not 2020.

  • @johndemesa5196
    @johndemesa5196 6 років тому +241

    Lemino your research is always in-depth when it comes to documentings things like this. Keep up the good work bro

  • @SideNote233
    @SideNote233 6 років тому +401

    Quality >>>>>> Quantity
    EVERY.SINGLE.TIME.
    LEMMiNO is my inspiration behind creating infotainment videos as good as I can.

    • @rallo9635
      @rallo9635 6 років тому +2

      SideNote ay I like yo vids

    • @alexandergilles8583
      @alexandergilles8583 6 років тому +2

      Your videos are really interesting. I like them a lot

    • @SideNote233
      @SideNote233 6 років тому +1

      Thanks man!

    • @rallo9635
      @rallo9635 6 років тому

      SideNote :D congrats on 1k btw

  • @AcidGlow
    @AcidGlow 3 роки тому +387

    Fantastic video. Love this stuff 🧐

  • @fratsyke
    @fratsyke 6 років тому +231

    Every time Lemmino uploads its like a christmas present

    • @pyrofestimo
      @pyrofestimo 6 років тому

      Facts.

    • @LetsGZ
      @LetsGZ 6 років тому +2

      Nah man it's much better than that!

    • @TheZod00
      @TheZod00 6 років тому

      Literally

  • @machoman8779
    @machoman8779 6 років тому +340

    When i saw my notification say lemmino posted i screamed, YES YES YES!!!!!

    • @thatguy2185
      @thatguy2185 6 років тому

      I was yelling at my phone because it froze when I got the lemmino notification

    • @AlejandroSilva-mr7yy
      @AlejandroSilva-mr7yy 6 років тому +1

      A-are you going to do the ORA ORA thing?

    • @69Phuket
      @69Phuket 6 років тому

      Me neither...But it's a common practice at the time.

    • @pphaguss
      @pphaguss 6 років тому

      yes yes yes daddy likes

    • @YurNinJa
      @YurNinJa 6 років тому

      Bruh me too 😅😅😅

  • @agentm-8389
    @agentm-8389 6 років тому +3593

    It is a known fact that all the dislikes on LEMMINOS videos are from bots, no human being can dislike such great content.

    • @goosechase1822
      @goosechase1822 6 років тому +114

      Agent M-838 a small percentage of that is actually correct, as its UA-cam trying to balance out the dislike like ratio.

    • @rallo9635
      @rallo9635 6 років тому +9

      Dog In A Aeroplane i actually believe that , haha

    • @jekim1865
      @jekim1865 6 років тому +163

      its actually austrailians liking the video upside down

    • @yeagmatic
      @yeagmatic 6 років тому +70

      Its probably all the danish people he offended

    • @agentm-8389
      @agentm-8389 6 років тому +4

      @@jekim1865 Probably

  • @stevefranks6541
    @stevefranks6541 2 роки тому +8

    Lemmino Greetings,
    Its been a couple years since I have watched your video - Battle of L.A. Well, I am still blown away by your fine report, narration, high production values, etc., etc. &etc. I just sent it off to some friends in my email group. Its just too good to keep it secret. :-)
    Don't stop doing what you do best! Videos.

  • @SideNote233
    @SideNote233 6 років тому +193

    I love the animations he makes to make you understand the story better. Such animations take lots of time to make and they're not really essential to the video. But he does this anyway because he loves what he does...

  • @dtinagliastudios
    @dtinagliastudios 6 років тому +271

    I look up Lemmino on UA-cam at least once a week to see if he uploaded and UA-cam just “forgot” to give me a notification again... but here we are. It’s been too long, bro!

    • @iliftthingsupandputthemdow4364
      @iliftthingsupandputthemdow4364 6 років тому +4

      Yesterday before the upload I literally said the same and came to the page and nothing. Then later that day we have a new lemmino video.

    • @gatto3030
      @gatto3030 6 років тому +1

      You have the same actions as I lol
      Sometimes even checking the subreddit for that matter.

    • @nikolazdr
      @nikolazdr 6 років тому +1

      Lemmino is the only youtuber I turned my notifications on for.

    • @aryahrao8461
      @aryahrao8461 6 років тому

      I Lift Things Up And Put Them D

  • @fratsyke
    @fratsyke 6 років тому +177

    Quality, not quantity.

  • @Mainsail76
    @Mainsail76 3 роки тому +62

    The photographs of the event are night photos, which means that they were long exposure pictures. So, the "object" that people see in the spotlights, was just a blob of distorted light from a long film exposure that is needed to capture night photography. This is a fun mystery that I've been interested in for years, but the reality is, that if an object of any kind was truly lit up with those large lights, many more people would have clearly seen it, and there would've been far more certain reports than the vague reports that actually came in. Some saw planes, some balloons, others a blimp, some more saw bag shaped objects, but most saw nothing. This event is lost to time, and the true series of events that created it will never be known, but it was most likely misunderstandings, miscommunications, misidentifying, and fear. And, once the first shells were fired, it exasperated the entire situation.

  • @liminalb1rds158
    @liminalb1rds158 4 роки тому +3435

    Alien : I COME IN PEACE
    Goverment : light em up bois

    • @rocketraccoon1976
      @rocketraccoon1976 4 роки тому +123

      Earthlings: You leave in pieces

    • @jamesomalley3237
      @jamesomalley3237 4 роки тому +30

      We had just been thru Pearl Harbor so...

    • @midobruh2096
      @midobruh2096 4 роки тому +48

      UFO: imma fly over Los Angeles
      US army: GET THE F*** OFF MY PROPERTY >:(

    • @crimsonlanceman7882
      @crimsonlanceman7882 4 роки тому +31

      YOU PICKED THE WRONG EARTH FOOL!

    • @ez_company9325
      @ez_company9325 4 роки тому +3

      Me: Using what is currently the most tired joke on youtube.
      Everyone else on the internet: Suicide.

  • @jurajbalaz4163
    @jurajbalaz4163 6 років тому +504

    I missed your voice

  • @creamytaco4439
    @creamytaco4439 6 років тому +243

    *he is alive*

    • @ayylmaotv
      @ayylmaotv 6 років тому +2

      gnome child

    • @bug.
      @bug. 6 років тому +3

      @@ayylmaotv how are you verified what the fuck

    • @69Phuket
      @69Phuket 6 років тому

      How do you edit ''he is alive'' ? I only subscribed today. I guess it's long and far between!?

    • @primtve_dope9568
      @primtve_dope9568 6 років тому

      @@ayylmaotv what verified or wtf?

  • @GlitchedBlox
    @GlitchedBlox 3 роки тому +47

    Imagine you making your first Weather Balloon, you're proud. And then a whole city blacks out and Flak guns fired at your Balloon.

    • @Zycrian
      @Zycrian 2 роки тому +1

      I would curse at the sky

    • @Zycrian
      @Zycrian 2 роки тому

      And hoping to be stricken by zeus

  • @cameronbosworth2349
    @cameronbosworth2349 6 років тому +201

    Dad, are you coming back for real this time?

  • @osmium6832
    @osmium6832 6 років тому +485

    7:15 That is the most upbeat musical accompaniment to a mushroom cloud I've ever heard.

    • @julzyboy8960
      @julzyboy8960 5 років тому +2

      That's what happens when someone is a soulless ignorant apathetic fuck. What can you do?

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 5 років тому +46

      @@julzyboy8960 Lol, who are you even talking about?

    • @laffettenotlafayette
      @laffettenotlafayette 5 років тому +44

      @@julzyboy8960 wait, ya lost me. Adding upbeat music to a nuclear detonation makes them a, and I quote: "Soulless ignorant apathetic fuck." What?
      This itself requires a Lemmino documentary.

    • @Hanlb
      @Hanlb 5 років тому +13

      @@laffettenotlafayette he's probably a Japanese facist that is salty that Japan lost WWII.

    • @julzyboy8960
      @julzyboy8960 5 років тому +10

      @@laffettenotlafayette A nuclear detonation on top of a populated city is pretty much hell on Earth and yet some people feel the need to play such cute music with it, it's just disgusting but even more so confusing to me.

  • @byronlee3679
    @byronlee3679 5 років тому +468

    Oh! Those poor,poor birds.....this changed the migration route For Sure

    • @Jerrycourtney
      @Jerrycourtney 5 років тому +1

      Byron Lee 🤣

    • @exeuroweenie
      @exeuroweenie 5 років тому +1

      Yep,flying isn't the pleasure it used to be.

    • @phuphu1867
      @phuphu1867 5 років тому +4

      Damn this is probabaly why man

    • @Risk978
      @Risk978 5 років тому +1

      😂😂 Their like: Heck no we are taking that route ever again.

    • @zyslug7503
      @zyslug7503 5 років тому +1

      I thought you were dead Byron 😱

  • @LoafyNeverClear
    @LoafyNeverClear 26 днів тому +1

    LEMMiNO is hella underrated for the quality content he releases, this man needs a diamond play button.

  • @davis4555
    @davis4555 3 роки тому +1099

    It is known that the Japanese had a better understanding of air currents than the US did, and used balloons with timer-released bombs released from Japan to attack the US mainland. Most just floated over forests on the west coast and did no damage. Some downed balloons were recovered in Oregon.

    • @OGPatriot03
      @OGPatriot03 3 роки тому +172

      True, but the first flight of such a weapon was in 1944, this incident above LA happened in early 1942.

    • @apple-de8tx
      @apple-de8tx 3 роки тому +21

      @@OGPatriot03 that's just a gap of 2 years, countries have concealed secret technology before

    • @hanhphuc166
      @hanhphuc166 3 роки тому +15

      One exploded onto a group of students tho

    • @Eireann.
      @Eireann. 3 роки тому +6

      They where planning on dropping balloons with the plague also. Operation cherry blossom

    • @javaguru7141
      @javaguru7141 3 роки тому +1

      @@Eireann. Wow, that is *quite* a choice of name.

  • @SuperPogonyutero
    @SuperPogonyutero 6 років тому +113

    Never stop doing this man I love your channel soo much

  • @infasis
    @infasis 4 роки тому +2264

    Me: "That was a good video. I wonder what the comments say"
    Everyone: "I'm gonna format my comment like this and make a joke slightly different than the last guys!"
    Every single time

    • @RawUndergroundMusic
      @RawUndergroundMusic 4 роки тому +92

      This is what social media has become... brainwashed trolls with no originality. The internet was supposed to make us more informed. I feel bad for this generation, no wonder they are so depressed.

    • @PsicoPanda
      @PsicoPanda 4 роки тому +85

      So fucking tired of this unoriginal and pathetic type of joke god damn it

    • @Kaiwala
      @Kaiwala 4 роки тому +19

      You realise that you are part of the problem now right?

    • @Romulus_aint_shyt
      @Romulus_aint_shyt 4 роки тому +18

      A. Yuuki it’s always the same fucking same template with a twist of the “joke”

    • @GameoftheYear-fx4mq
      @GameoftheYear-fx4mq 4 роки тому +11

      @@RawUndergroundMusic Ok Boomer

  • @JasperNLxD
    @JasperNLxD 2 роки тому +11

    Weather balloons are often made of synthetic material, and the air inside can wobble along with the wind around it, so it is well possible that this isn't picked up by the radar at all (especially with older, less-precise radar technology). Also, the metal equipment is much more likely to be a bright spot on the radar, but is probably too small to be distinguished from noise, or existing debris of things that are being shot at it. I think whatever the radar reading are, they would be worthless.

  • @x3wildcard
    @x3wildcard 6 років тому +383

    I'm new here but judging by the comments you don't upload often. That's okay with me. I'll happily wait for this level of quality.

    • @hiimapop7755
      @hiimapop7755 5 років тому +1

      For you to realize the extent he goes to confirm a fact, his video "Eight Spiders" is a good representation of it. :)

  • @bpgpw
    @bpgpw 5 років тому +1087

    why the hell they release balloon on emergency times when enemy planes might fly over the city?

    • @Inexpressable
      @Inexpressable 5 років тому +224

      they wanted meteoroloical data that could in any way benefit them in case of an attack. dumb, yeah, but they guys doing were probably innocent of the idea of it causing a false alarm. I only learned that by pausing and reading at 13:38, it seems like an important detail he left out.

    • @saengraveepapan4120
      @saengraveepapan4120 5 років тому +60

      @@Inexpressable Thanks for pointing that out. I love how they even mentioned that the AA gunners were happy to get to fire some rounds.

    • @BennyFadez
      @BennyFadez 5 років тому +9

      To start shit

    • @Mephitinae
      @Mephitinae 5 років тому +16

      A weather balloon moving 25 miles in 30 minutes, meaning 50 miles per hour? Calling BS on that one.

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 5 років тому +2

      Prank gone wrong. Just like the gas balloons that start forestall fires.

  • @Hitchariide
    @Hitchariide 6 років тому +1411

    You're such an inspiration

    • @Mr3344555
      @Mr3344555 6 років тому +4

      Recycling wiki articles? Yeah that's inspiring

    • @cqproton
      @cqproton 6 років тому +66

      Mr3344555 and breathing life into it by adding professional animation and editing while properly and clearly narrating? Recycling doesn’t justify your saltiness.

    • @matthewpowell1429
      @matthewpowell1429 6 років тому

      DAVIS

    • @islandcreepergameztf2andot771
      @islandcreepergameztf2andot771 6 років тому +2

      MarTin Shorlux what are you, 4?

    • @hmd3278
      @hmd3278 6 років тому

      ay nice profile pic

  • @sdaniels1749
    @sdaniels1749 Рік тому +9

    In 1944, Japan did release balloons armed with bombs into natural wind currents. A small number successfully made it to the West Coast. The attack killed a group of children in Oregon who were on a church picnic and were curious about the strange object that had landed in woods. Some of these balloons could still be in the backcountry of the West Coast, still able to detonate.

  • @ulriktrillana9521
    @ulriktrillana9521 4 роки тому +582

    Anyone else binging lemmino cuz they have nothing else to do?

  • @abuzzedwhaler7949
    @abuzzedwhaler7949 6 років тому +275

    Knowing your upload schedule, the next video is going to be Top Ten Facts: 2018

    • @zell3332
      @zell3332 6 років тому +12

      In 2019

    • @zell3332
      @zell3332 6 років тому +16

      Literally my fav youtuber and also the definition of quality over quantity

    • @dastomde1529
      @dastomde1529 6 років тому +1

      @@zell3332 along with kurzgesagt

  • @Mirandorl
    @Mirandorl 3 роки тому +174

    I've always thought it was obvious that the photo just shows the confluence of multiple searchlights. You can see that when just two beams cross, the diamond shaped part where they intersect is brighter. Now make six or seven from lights arranged in a circle, and you end up with a single super bright blob with multiple angular edges.

    • @guillaumelalonde7945
      @guillaumelalonde7945 11 місяців тому +2

      Indeed, I've dome exactly this with modern lights for concerts

  • @HardRockMiner
    @HardRockMiner 3 роки тому +62

    Your channel is a breath of fresh air in a world with "ancient aliens" in it.

  • @eevieee
    @eevieee 6 років тому +515

    Saying "may never be truly resolved" as opposed to "unsolved" because we all know who takes that cake

  • @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
    @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 3 роки тому +1250

    If it was a slow-moving target visible to the naked eye, hours of anti-aircraft shells would have definitely landed solid hits, especially with the increased armament due to wartime concerns. As such, either it was somethings that could withstand such hits, or, as occum's razor would suggest, it was nothing.

    • @fart63
      @fart63 3 роки тому +28

      If it was visible to the naked eye they would’ve seen it was a balloon and not fired at it

    • @jameswhite153
      @jameswhite153 3 роки тому +54

      or they were crap shots.

    • @37thousand
      @37thousand 3 роки тому +18

      They said it was going 200 MPH first... this whole thing seems strange. Idiots hadn’t invented cell phones yet! if this happened in 2021 with different technology, we’d know what happened

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 3 роки тому +18

      @@37thousand Yeah, those idiots like you and me. Because YOU didn't invent the cellphone either, unless you are an old ex-Soviet scientist or some shit.

    • @samcarson420
      @samcarson420 3 роки тому +5

      If it was nothing, why did the Army say that it was a balloon? Why wouldn't they say it was nothing?

  • @justnoah2073
    @justnoah2073 4 роки тому +3398

    this is why the aliens never talk to us.

    • @MasterOfViewership
      @MasterOfViewership 4 роки тому +113

      There's a lot of reasons for aliens not to talk to us

    • @jackspedicy1904
      @jackspedicy1904 4 роки тому +181

      One of which is cause by ice age baby

    • @PuineaGip
      @PuineaGip 4 роки тому +63

      @@jackspedicy1904 the damn ice age baby

    • @HastelloyC276
      @HastelloyC276 4 роки тому +14

      Not yet at least, we are still to animalistic and primal to them

    • @justnoah2073
      @justnoah2073 4 роки тому +13

      I can do math.

  • @oscarcavallo7157
    @oscarcavallo7157 2 роки тому +7

    Imagine chilling in your blimp then you get shot down by 50 artillery cannons

  • @arileypdx3193
    @arileypdx3193 6 років тому +164

    This man should have his own show

    • @Odience101
      @Odience101 6 років тому +17

      Aren't we watching it right now?

    • @mrpringlehead
      @mrpringlehead 6 років тому

      Yeah, he does.

    • @MrEpicFlair
      @MrEpicFlair 6 років тому

      own show which has 1 ep per year? lol

  • @AbuHagag1
    @AbuHagag1 6 років тому +193

    It's like Christmas when lemmino uploads

    • @tokleb
      @tokleb 6 років тому +4

      Equally good and equally rare

    • @redmolina9781
      @redmolina9781 6 років тому

      AbuHagag that’s probably the next time he’ll upload hehe

  • @billybatson8657
    @billybatson8657 4 роки тому +882

    "Shells could be seen bursting near the object, but none seemed to hit it". Doesn't sound like any balloon I'm familiar with.

    • @BBaaaaa
      @BBaaaaa 4 роки тому +16

      Exactly

    • @true7285
      @true7285 4 роки тому +57

      The balloon could have had a bulletproof exterior.

    • @2ndskinshannonhulllmt259
      @2ndskinshannonhulllmt259 4 роки тому +61

      Didnt four military pilots, radar just recently catch a tic tac ufo off the coast of California?

    • @steventipton7369
      @steventipton7369 4 роки тому +16

      Lmao, it should take one anti aircraft missile to take it out.

    • @darklordojeda
      @darklordojeda 4 роки тому +32

      @@steventipton7369 There weren't any anti aircraft missiles in service at that time.

  • @BlackSalamander439
    @BlackSalamander439 3 роки тому +24

    “Much like much channel name at the time […] was a mistake”
    Lmao, who remembers Lemmino’s channel being named “Top 10 memes”

  • @nitoritou
    @nitoritou 6 років тому +590

    Top10Memes was the best mistake ever

    • @ariezon
      @ariezon 6 років тому +52

      hahahaha, it was a bridge to an amazing content creator.

    • @godalmighty3855
      @godalmighty3855 6 років тому +88

      Only OGs remember that

    • @Maxthekillbot
      @Maxthekillbot 6 років тому +32

      Ahh, the good old days.

    • @hossiny13
      @hossiny13 6 років тому

      Yeah...
      I Remember Those Days

    • @jameszhang7780
      @jameszhang7780 6 років тому +2

      Peakay The channel name was originally called Top ten memes

  • @BarsatKarki
    @BarsatKarki 6 років тому +437

    Who would win?
    US Army
    Or
    One Shiny Ballon

    • @fus5363
      @fus5363 6 років тому +14

      Ballon

    • @timothy10583
      @timothy10583 6 років тому +13

      One shiny boi

    • @darthrevan2410
      @darthrevan2410 6 років тому +2

      Sorry my money on the ballon.lmao

    • @coryfice1881
      @coryfice1881 6 років тому +12

      Well the Australian army lost to Emus.

    • @newspacecowboy
      @newspacecowboy 6 років тому +4

      O N E F L O A T Y R O U N D B O I

  • @crazybrickstudios7482
    @crazybrickstudios7482 4 роки тому +185

    Imagine being an alien and learning about how humanity made so many things like music and art stuff, then going to visit them but getting shot at

    • @squeak5242
      @squeak5242 2 роки тому

      I mean think of any aggressive lower intelligent animals there first thing to do is to fight something that makes them feel threatened so of course we would shoot at them who knows it really doesn’t matter because we wouldn’t be able to do anything to aliens

    • @xyz7572
      @xyz7572 Рік тому +2

      “These people are craycray, I’m never going back there!”

    • @3picZombieN1nja
      @3picZombieN1nja Рік тому +1

      "these people are crazy, guess we can't play checkers we gotta play chess"

  • @dukeepitaph7140
    @dukeepitaph7140 3 роки тому +14

    This would make a great historical fiction novel from the point of some mysterious protagonists doing protagonist things

  • @nesirsitsir
    @nesirsitsir 6 років тому +252

    The king is back.

  • @joumbay3321
    @joumbay3321 4 роки тому +1131

    Alien: "I come in PEACE"
    US Army: "PEACE was never an OPTION"

    • @ufotv-viral
      @ufotv-viral 4 роки тому +7

      👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👽

    • @summerghost6551
      @summerghost6551 4 роки тому +14

      ✨this sent me to orbit ✨

    • @nguxurr9667
      @nguxurr9667 3 роки тому

      @@ghosthound17 If i had the Chance to meet you right now u wouldn't see the Next morning

    • @Momo9563
      @Momo9563 3 роки тому +14

      US Army: You come in peace, you'll leave in pieces.

    • @punkrock1989
      @punkrock1989 3 роки тому +4

      OPEN FIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRREEEE!!!🤣🤣

  • @Luna-iu1dr
    @Luna-iu1dr 6 років тому +443

    "But much like the Channel I used back then...was a mistake."
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dheerajsolanki6319
    @dheerajsolanki6319 2 роки тому +1

    Dude the music effects you put in your videos just give chills!!!

  • @DavidSigbi
    @DavidSigbi 5 років тому +506

    To this day birds no longer migrate to the US

    • @swim_ad
      @swim_ad 4 роки тому +29

      Birds aren't real.

    • @awkncs
      @awkncs 4 роки тому +2

      @@swim_ad name says everything.

    • @swim_ad
      @swim_ad 4 роки тому +2

      @@awkncs I thought so, too.

    • @MOON-zo3ik
      @MOON-zo3ik 4 роки тому +2

      American Ugly what made you come to that ?

    • @gkvscq
      @gkvscq 4 роки тому +8

      Doctor Vincent birds aren’t real

  • @earthisadonut7213
    @earthisadonut7213 6 років тому +518

    Aliens just came to borrow some materials then got greeted with a barrage of bullets. They never came back and told the entire neighborhood, we were a bad neighbor

    • @droopsmoop
      @droopsmoop 6 років тому +47

      I mean if it was aliens its kinda unfortunate they came at a time of war.

    • @Mutedmouth
      @Mutedmouth 6 років тому +8

      When are not having us a little war though? I mean us humans, not just the US.

    • @droopsmoop
      @droopsmoop 6 років тому +2

      @@Mutedmouth i mean if all things go peacefully in the future it could end but i guess its not likely

    • @Mutedmouth
      @Mutedmouth 6 років тому

      No more major wars, but conflicts will always happen.

    • @yujian3745
      @yujian3745 6 років тому +1

      Oh yeah i wonder why they came in the time of war, Did sombody not tell them

  • @Ridz149
    @Ridz149 4 роки тому +2626

    This is why you eat your carrots, kids

    • @looinrims
      @looinrims 4 роки тому +22

      Ridz it’s 3am in the winter, it’s as dark as it gets

    • @Ridz149
      @Ridz149 4 роки тому +91

      The Looinrims if they ate their carrots they would’ve seen what it is

    • @Red_Lanterns_Rage
      @Red_Lanterns_Rage 4 роки тому

      hogwash, this is why you question everything and this is why you don't eyeball it and this SERVICEMAN BURNSIDE WHY YOU WAIT FOR THE COMPUTER TO GIVE YOU A FIRING SOLUTION, YOU ARE NOT A COWBOY FIRING FROM THE HIP!!
      ^sorry, I couldn't resist using that....

    • @markl4159
      @markl4159 4 роки тому +7

      æugh

    • @nuclearhominoidea
      @nuclearhominoidea 4 роки тому +56

      i heard once that "carrot" is a way to trick german pilots to eat carrots in order to see better at dark rather than letting them get suspicious on brits has figured radar or night vision on planes or something like that lol.

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Рік тому +5

    It's worth noting - weather balloons will only show on radar if they carry a radar reflector - a device intentionally meant to make them show up on radar. My understanding is that radar reflectors didn't exist in the 40s, so it makes perfect sense that a balloon would show up visually and not on radar but it doesn't explain the earlier radar warnings of something approaching. Until digital screening in the 70s, radar was notorious for false positives, and the radar tracked something from 120 miles away to a "few" miles away in 6 minutes, roughly 70% faster than the fastest plane that existed during the war. To me that strongly argues a false positive radar scare as the initial impetus, followed by shooting anything that even looked like it could be something in the sky.

  • @siim_mar000
    @siim_mar000 6 років тому +99

    All your videos are fantastic and you make it look effortless
    Lemmino - you are one talented bastard

    • @gustav5988
      @gustav5988 6 років тому

      Siim Maran I agree!

    • @stasyszy
      @stasyszy 6 років тому

      talent or hard work? both different and not always synonymous

  • @carpwithmilk8914
    @carpwithmilk8914 6 років тому +1405

    Humans are weird creatures with these conspiracy theories.
    But aliens are weirder.

    • @zyb3r29
      @zyb3r29 6 років тому

      Hah, nice joke

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 6 років тому +8

      I often like to muse about how strange aliens would find us. I picture this alien mom telling a bedtime story about a spaceman, going "then he came across this bizarre creature - it had two eyes, two arms, two legs, two ears, and only one nose!"

    • @nick_knack1270
      @nick_knack1270 6 років тому

      Aliens COULD be wierd

    • @Bready_Player_Bun
      @Bready_Player_Bun 6 років тому +1

      Imagine you're human and you let every little thing make you paranoid about aliens among you.

    • @vikingzeroone9647
      @vikingzeroone9647 6 років тому

      How would you know

  • @cardboard092
    @cardboard092 6 років тому +154

    *Quality > Quantity* all the way for me. I prefer quality but what's sad is that quantity has taken youtube over and you really have to survive by making quantity over quality. I would rather have quality but youtube and most UA-cam audience doesnt care about these videos anymore. I miss the old days. *Nostalgia*