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  • Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
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    Have you ever found yourself on a Wikipedia deep dive on the weird side of the internet? In this show - weird thing enthusiasts Ryan and Shane take turns presenting their latest fascinations to each other covering everything unusual, unexplained, and unhinged! This week's topic: The Battle of Los Angeles!
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  • @emmamize16
    @emmamize16 Місяць тому +3734

    Shane: "If you hit me you lose points"
    Ryan: immediately aims for Shane

    • @la_arana_discoteca
      @la_arana_discoteca Місяць тому +90

      Ryan: extremely competitive (unless the alternative to winning is annoying Shane).

    • @laurasagemini
      @laurasagemini Місяць тому +23

      extremely on-brand for ryan

    • @littlemsterious991
      @littlemsterious991 Місяць тому +7

      ryan's been on puppet history, he knows ow much those points matter

    • @christina113704
      @christina113704 Місяць тому +4

      ​@littlemsterious991 welcome to Whose Line is it Anyways, where the points don't matter

    • @vict4451
      @vict4451 18 днів тому

      "Nasty little fucker"😂

  • @redblackroses23
    @redblackroses23 Місяць тому +3929

    "We're under attack Ryan!"
    "Oh, I see." - every midwesterner when the tornado alarms start

    • @Clockwork-Rat
      @Clockwork-Rat Місяць тому +124

      "wow, it's Wednesday already?"

    • @roxiekooi865
      @roxiekooi865 Місяць тому +120

      all the dads: a'ight kids, you heard your ma. down to the basement, grab the radio and the dogs. *wait till everybody else is downstairs, then crack open a beer and wander out to meet the rest of the dads in the middle of the street*

    • @bannankev
      @bannankev Місяць тому +20

      @@roxiekooi865I see you live in Texas as well 🤣

    • @roxiekooi865
      @roxiekooi865 Місяць тому

      psht Texans are just misplaced midwesterners.

    • @KaiDrawsShit03
      @KaiDrawsShit03 Місяць тому +19

      @@bannankev I live in Minnesota and can see my grandpa doing this. Glad to see this is a universal experience lol

  • @molycules
    @molycules Місяць тому +2191

    Their name cards should say “Ryan’s friend” and “Shane’s friend” regardless of who’s presenting

    • @whythenumber
      @whythenumber Місяць тому +21

      Love that for our guys

    • @jijitters
      @jijitters Місяць тому +5

      Ben and Adam from Jet Lag vibes

    • @yaxofossiad
      @yaxofossiad Місяць тому +1

      Love this. 😂

  • @aquaintsound
    @aquaintsound Місяць тому +1155

    George Takei wrote a graphic novel about his experience in a Japanese internment camp as a child if people want to learn more about that. Public libraries have it!

    • @wolvie1618
      @wolvie1618 Місяць тому +100

      Good lord I keep forgetting that he's old enough to have lived through that.

    • @beachfairy
      @beachfairy Місяць тому +34

      Yesss! It's amazing too, so moving, would definitely recommend anyone to give it a read!

    • @onbearfeet
      @onbearfeet Місяць тому +50

      ​@@wolvie1618 He gave a TED talk about it too, iirc.

    • @gr33ngirlsea
      @gr33ngirlsea Місяць тому +28

      He also starred/developed a Broadway musical about it!

    • @Illusivem8ne
      @Illusivem8ne Місяць тому +7

      The only graphic part is him saying “oh my”.

  • @la_arana_discoteca
    @la_arana_discoteca Місяць тому +4808

    The tangents in the most recent Mystery Files episodes are incredibly funny. Maximum "just two guys chatting in a basement" energy.

    • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
      @D44RK_Iced_Yogs Місяць тому +68

      29:30 literally the best bit ever. The way Shane went caveman and said “airplane go fast” after each sentence to then say “no cause your in plane but plane go real fast” sent me.

    • @la_arana_discoteca
      @la_arana_discoteca Місяць тому +24

      ​@@D44RK_Iced_Yogsthey've done the caveman speech bit in stuff before and it always makes me giggle.

    • @FredCowgill
      @FredCowgill Місяць тому +16

      And imagine all that was cut for run time that we will never see.

    • @stephanieread5404
      @stephanieread5404 Місяць тому +3

      Just two guys in the basement chatting... They have a lot of fun down there 😂

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Місяць тому +1

      Maximum movie references & that max cap is only getting higher every week

  • @angiegibson6598
    @angiegibson6598 Місяць тому +2114

    Ryan has surprisingly good aim when blindfolded lmao

    • @whateverwhatever4026
      @whateverwhatever4026 Місяць тому +64

      Almost as if he's looking out of the bottom for some of it.....Almost. 🤔

    • @perrysumner1274
      @perrysumner1274 Місяць тому +43

      @@whateverwhatever4026a true mystery

    • @izziehw
      @izziehw Місяць тому +15

      @@whateverwhatever4026how would that help if he’s sat down he’d just see his own lap and his head wasn’t tilted that dramatically 😂

    • @whateverwhatever4026
      @whateverwhatever4026 Місяць тому +10

      @@izziehw I think you're underestimating how easy it is. Go try it. He could see half the room if he just tilted his head slightly up, including a lot of the targets and Shane's feet...

    • @RegularFlyGuy
      @RegularFlyGuy Місяць тому

      @@perrysumner1274aliens

  • @Andy-rk4iu
    @Andy-rk4iu Місяць тому +831

    To clarify the bird theory, we currently track bird migration using radar because they travel in such massive groups. They might not have realized at the time that those groups could show up on radar

    • @averyabney8772
      @averyabney8772 Місяць тому +56

      I didn't know that about large groups of birds. I think that is a very likely truth about what happened. It would totally make sense.

    • @LouseGrouse
      @LouseGrouse Місяць тому +30

      Questions i’d like to ask radar and bird experts on:
      Would the radar of the time have been sensitive enough to bird migrations?
      Would bird migrations have been happening at that time, and would migrations of the time have been larger than they are now due to environmental decline (and, if so, would they be more likely to show up on radar?)
      Are there birds from these areas that would fly in formations similar to planes (like how geese fly in a V formation)? How high would they be flying?
      Were they alien balloon birds?

    • @Andy-rk4iu
      @Andy-rk4iu Місяць тому +73

      @@LouseGrouse​​⁠​⁠​⁠​​⁠​​⁠​⁠okay so to answer these, as I am in fact a bird expert lmao:
      1. It definitely would have been if the balloons with wire attached to them was showing up on the radar lol
      2. Bird migration would not have been occurring at the time actually! And I’m not familiar enough with seabirds to speak on their flight patterns at two in the morning lmao. And yes, there would have been substantially more birds then, we’ve had an approximately 30% population decline in all birds since 1980, so like 40ish years on top of that would be even more. There could have been a massive group of pelicans just vibing at two AM that scared the shit out of some radar people lmao
      3. I’m basing this answer mostly on the video, which said the radar picked up one aircraft. There are a plethora of birds that travel in tight groups in the winter to help preserve numbers, so it’s possible a flock of seabirds was flushed (these would likely be a scoter species or red-breasted mergansers) that flew close enough together to look like a plane. And I mean, pelicans ARE huge and travel in MASSIVE groups. Can’t speak on height, and they didn’t specify an approximate height for the radar. I think the bird theory is mostly reliant on all plane reports being like. Mass hysteria type stuff and the only bird-related thing being what the radar picked up

    • @LouseGrouse
      @LouseGrouse Місяць тому

      @@Andy-rk4iu Oh hey, awesome! Thanks so much for answering:) I hope if any birds were involved they remained unscathed.
      I found an excerpt from a source that has a bunch of interesting info too (youtube comments are sometimes iffy and delete links so for anyone interested google Bird Detection By Radar 315)
      Always remermber the Birdle of Lers Erngeles 🫡

    • @LouseGrouse
      @LouseGrouse Місяць тому +5

      @@Andy-rk4iu Oh I thought I’d left a reply to this before but maybe I forgor to press send, but thanks for these answers

  • @rob2064
    @rob2064 Місяць тому +723

    I'll say what we're all thinking: it's always nice to see Carter.

    • @CeceGames
      @CeceGames 3 дні тому

      It is always nice to see Carter

  • @angiegibson6598
    @angiegibson6598 Місяць тому +3104

    Ryan saving the country on his wedding day by getting naked was not what I was expecting to hear during this episode

    • @skcch1796
      @skcch1796 Місяць тому +100

      but it is what id expect from ryan

    • @Bunny-kt6it
      @Bunny-kt6it Місяць тому +30

      Only 5 minutes in too

    • @bigbadsauce92
      @bigbadsauce92 28 днів тому

      he would defend with his dong!

    • @jeffonpluto
      @jeffonpluto 11 днів тому

      SPOILER ALERT

    • @rennash2
      @rennash2 11 днів тому

      not all heroes wear capes... or underwear

  • @nevaehbraun4377
    @nevaehbraun4377 Місяць тому +5672

    the panic in Shane’s eyes when Ryan told him to read the headline out loud 😭

    • @ashleynicole333
      @ashleynicole333 Місяць тому +12

      😭😂😂😂

    • @geordieghoulette7142
      @geordieghoulette7142 Місяць тому +272

      'oh!!! That's no good' 😭

    • @la_arana_discoteca
      @la_arana_discoteca Місяць тому +452

      ​@@YourWifesBoyfriend__it is a slur, actually. It's the first 3 letters of Japanese but it's also a slur.

    • @cdw2468
      @cdw2468 Місяць тому +233

      ⁠@@YourWifesBoyfriend__do you understand connotative vs denotative meaning?

    • @jenniferb.awesome
      @jenniferb.awesome Місяць тому +55

      Where did you see that? It didn't even show Shane's face or eyes. He said no I'm not going to do that with his face away from the camera.

  • @LydiaReneeDarling
    @LydiaReneeDarling Місяць тому +1409

    “Plane go fast” is the insider knowledge I come to Watcher Entertainment for

  • @ct5625
    @ct5625 Місяць тому +636

    I've read about this case several times and every time I come away with the same conclusion - one twitchy finger set off group panic.
    You see it happen with armed police all the time. One of them fires one bullet and the rest just start wildly shooting too, with no clue what's happening or who they're shooting at.
    There is no evidence at all of anything being there, but one person shooting at something they imagined, based likely on panic or a searchlight hitting a cloud, and suddenly everyone else is firing too.
    After the fact people will try to justify the panic, so statements about what they saw cannot be accepted as being unbiased. They didn't want to look foolish or unprofessional, so it was in their interest to invent justification.

    • @MainStar10
      @MainStar10 Місяць тому +78

      Like that recent cop and acorn incident.
      Maybe it was an acorn that time too/j

    • @SebastianV294
      @SebastianV294 Місяць тому +59

      ​@@MainStar10 Yeah thats a great example not only the cop that "got shot" but also the partner that emptied their clip then after the gun was empty asked what happened

    • @gggthsb
      @gggthsb Місяць тому +19

      I agree but I think someone saw something on the radar, probably someone who wasn't very well trained on reading the thing yet, and that person sounded the alarm. Once an alarm is heard everything snowballs and people do what they are trained and drilled to do in case of an alarm. Noone thinks twice. And of course int he end the Army and Government officials lied about it because it was a great embarassement for them. So I agree with theory #2 and/or #3.
      As to Ryans question about the guy claiming he saw planes: First of all it was completely dark, people ran against awnings and that guy claims he saw planes all the eway up in the sky? Also he was the only one that claimed that. Then we have to consider confirmation bias, he was expecting enemy planes in the sky so every little thing he saw (or thought he saw) would be an enemy plane in his mind. And lastly, in pitch darkness our brains play tricks on us and we think we see things that are not there, combine that with expecting to see something and boom there are your enemy planes. Af terwards he didn't want to look stupid as well so he doubled down.

    • @Joey-kd8lj
      @Joey-kd8lj Місяць тому +5

      Seems like a case of mass hysteria. But dangerous.

    • @FukaiKokoro
      @FukaiKokoro 22 дні тому

      @joey-kd8lj all mass hysteria is inherently dangerous

  • @katelynb2913
    @katelynb2913 Місяць тому +2824

    Happy Friday boogaras and shaniacs

  • @iamperpetuallyconfused1916
    @iamperpetuallyconfused1916 Місяць тому +1131

    It’s Friday, I am tired from teaching, I open UA-cam and am reminded that, yes, today is Friday. The ghoul boys have uploaded an episode of mystery files. I smile. Life is good.

    • @MsGinRoom13
      @MsGinRoom13 Місяць тому +23

      Yo #teacherlife

    • @gingerninja2487
      @gingerninja2487 Місяць тому +12

      Is it not Good Friday where you are?

    • @basicbrittani
      @basicbrittani Місяць тому

      @@gingerninja2487we still be working, it’s just a good day

    • @saneelat.7684
      @saneelat.7684 Місяць тому +19

      Good Friday is not a federal holiday/state holiday so most public schools are most likely open but most Christian private schools and universities do close today to recognize the holiday!

    • @caitlynstarrparrish
      @caitlynstarrparrish Місяць тому +7

      Most public schools are out for spring break rn tho.

  • @roxiekooi865
    @roxiekooi865 Місяць тому +201

    Between "plane go fast" and the jar of peanut butter, Shane has taught me more science and physics in two seasons than I ever got in school.

    • @bemble
      @bemble Місяць тому +18

      plane go fast. how fast? well, imagine a jar of peanut butter-

    • @lydiaboll2872
      @lydiaboll2872 Місяць тому +2

      @@bemble😂

  • @SetFireGirl
    @SetFireGirl Місяць тому +259

    Maybe it was awakened by Ryan yelling "booo" repeatedly throughout this ep, but suddenly I can't unsee Ryan and Shane as those two old Muppet dudes that hang out on the sidelines bickering constantly and heckling all the other Muppets whenever they get the chance

  • @joshuayarrington9684
    @joshuayarrington9684 Місяць тому +1091

    can you please do episodes on the following:
    -Where is Canadian Clubs hidden whiskey?
    -Where are the hidden Gems of the Book "The Secret"?
    -The Kentucky Alien invasion in the 1950's
    -The mysterious birds of Audubon's "Birds of America" book
    -The Montana Hyena
    -The mysterious abandonment of Portlock Alaska
    -The theories of what is behind the Missing 411 cases in the US.
    -Kasperov vs Deep Blue computer
    -What hit Officer Val Johnsons Car?
    -Why are there Piranhas in Americas Waterways?
    -Dalnegorsk Spaceship remnants.
    -What did Captain Mantell encounter over FT. Knox?
    -Who were the Sea People that collapsed the Bronze Age Civilizations?
    -The strange encounter between Woodrow Derenburger & Indrid Cold.
    -Did Patience Worth write poetry from beyond the grave?
    -The Green Children of Woolpit
    -What flew over Washington DC in July of 1952?
    -Shag Harbor incident
    -Flight 2501 & the Michigan Triangle
    -Meat Rain of Coach farm
    -The Clairvoyance of Lady Wonder
    -Americas First bank heist with Pat Lyons
    -The blue people of Kentucky
    -What guards the treasure of the Superstition Mountains?
    -What scared the Herrman family in 1958?
    -Ted Serios' "Thoughtographs".
    -What causes the "Third Man Effect"?
    -Where is the City of El Dorado?
    -Where is the Gold of the Cara Nevada?
    -Could Charles Hatfield make it rain?
    -How did Alfred Hobbs pick the Bramah lock?
    -What caused the sinking of the M/S Estonia?
    -What was the substance that inspired "The Blob".
    -What caused the "La Pain Maudit" incident?
    -Who was the Real Shakespeare?
    -The Beast of Bladenboro (I especially want Shane to do this one).

    • @LemonSte
      @LemonSte Місяць тому +60

      Boost this!!!!! Especially Shakespeare, that would be a good ep

    • @raine-time
      @raine-time Місяць тому +104

      This list could set up the entirety of Mystery Files lol

    • @apeiceofgarbage9848
      @apeiceofgarbage9848 Місяць тому +24

      I would love it if they talked about Canadian Club. I didn't know there was a mystery there how exciting

    • @jenk4545
      @jenk4545 Місяць тому +41

      At least a third of these are solved, a third are known hoaxes, and all of them have been done to death by every other paranormal/mystery show in the world.

    • @lustforlimerence
      @lustforlimerence Місяць тому +68

      @@jenk4545 i see your point, however, this show isn’t about doing only unsolved mysteries. whoever isn’t presenting is supposed to make a guess as to whether this is solved or unsolved at the end and if it’s solved, who/what was responsible. also, i don’t think they’re too concerned with doing something that’s already covered extensively on other channels. for example, the max headroom case and the chupacabra case(s) are arguably pretty popular - i’ve known about chupacabras since i was 5 - but they covered them last season because it’s 1. interesting to them personally and 2. offers a lot of opportunity for banter between them which is half the fun of this show anyways :)

  • @allisonlouie1202
    @allisonlouie1202 Місяць тому +497

    5:35 Shane sounds like a stressed history teacher trying to get the class back on track

  • @mynameishuman4965
    @mynameishuman4965 Місяць тому +178

    In the 1950s a flock of birds triggered an early warning system and were mistaken for Soviet bomber attack, so I would definitely lean towards it being birds here too

  • @watchmedo635
    @watchmedo635 Місяць тому +188

    I gotta say, it’s always nice to see Carter

  • @toonacyedits8521
    @toonacyedits8521 Місяць тому +48

    11:58 Their commitment to noting how nice it is to see Carter is my favorite running gag

  • @greentea4235
    @greentea4235 Місяць тому +201

    i love how the cold opens are just getting more and more chaotic

  • @furonguy42
    @furonguy42 Місяць тому +137

    I think the steering wheel woman was the _driving_ force of the whole operation. Convincing the panicked public to _turn_ against one another.
    Or perhaps it was the police officer who smashed the shop window; he seems like he'd get a real _kick_ out of orchestrating something like this.

  • @mars_mayday
    @mars_mayday Місяць тому +276

    33:12 "I don't believe aliens have really visited us. Except for those little Mexican ones--" for a split second I was VERY taken aback lol

    • @thatoneperson8154
      @thatoneperson8154 Місяць тому +34

      Now im wondering if its one of those Disney frozen conspiracies, so when you search mexican aliens this shows up instead lol

    • @sensitive_salamander1091
      @sensitive_salamander1091 Місяць тому +38

      right like my heart dropped i thought shane was about to commit a hate crime or something 😭

    • @davehernandez7151
      @davehernandez7151 Місяць тому +42

      I love how they had to add a news clip to clarify what Shane meant 😂

    • @stephanieread5404
      @stephanieread5404 Місяць тому +6

      He would never do that

    • @annabellelee4535
      @annabellelee4535 Місяць тому +5

      Those are adorable little aliens and the claim is that they are 30% unknown DNA

  • @stalemix8422
    @stalemix8422 Місяць тому +444

    Happy easter holiday ❌️
    Happy Mystery files friday ✅

  • @rosaliesavard
    @rosaliesavard Місяць тому +125

    I love this very random bit we've been having this season of shane just standing behind the screen

    • @la_arana_discoteca
      @la_arana_discoteca Місяць тому +18

      Ryan did it too in the last episode! I absolutely love it. It's so silly.

  • @TheCatie
    @TheCatie Місяць тому +78

    “Twitter would have been crazy during Pearl Harbor” made me laugh and it also made me want to retire from existence. Thank you bits.

  • @CthulhusBFF2
    @CthulhusBFF2 15 днів тому +23

    Please don’t leave UA-cam

    • @recreatio
      @recreatio 12 днів тому +3

      update: they listened

  • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
    @D44RK_Iced_Yogs Місяць тому +151

    Shane “Airplane Go Fast” Madej did the best bit ever on this show. 29:31

  • @cherryblossomgirlxox
    @cherryblossomgirlxox Місяць тому +149

    23:59 not Shane roasting a dudes hair part while he’s rocking the exact same hair part placement 😂

  • @MrMeow-dk2tx
    @MrMeow-dk2tx Місяць тому +194

    I recently found this series through a chance recommendation and I've been binging ever since, this new release has truly made my day

    • @Cove_Blue
      @Cove_Blue Місяць тому +11

      Check out the rest of their content too! Everything is great!

    • @MrMeow-dk2tx
      @MrMeow-dk2tx Місяць тому +12

      @@Cove_Blue ive watched an episode or two of puppet history, absolutely wonderful

    • @jordaninktv6538
      @jordaninktv6538 Місяць тому

      @@MrMeow-dk2tx Then a JELLY BEAN and HISTORY POINT for you!!!

    • @choerrymotion_
      @choerrymotion_ Місяць тому +6

      ​@MrMeow-dk2tx we love the professor 🫶

    • @Cove_Blue
      @Cove_Blue Місяць тому

      @@MrMeow-dk2tx Ghost Files is also a banger. These fellas can entertain for sure.

  • @JON-qm5ft
    @JON-qm5ft Місяць тому +81

    That Cuba Gooding Jr outro aged immediately

    • @BriMonies
      @BriMonies Місяць тому +6

      Absolutely did. Lol

  • @zjmgxclips5633
    @zjmgxclips5633 Місяць тому +110

    You hit every great mystery, reincarnation of shaggy and scooby

  • @KillerWriting
    @KillerWriting Місяць тому +115

    Might wanna cut out that "nothing but respect for Cuba Gooding Jr." Not only did he plead guilty to sex offenses against multiple women, he was just named as a defendant in the Diddy trafficking case. FYI.

    • @bwmd_
      @bwmd_ Місяць тому +14

      Yeah, that remark aged very badly very fast :\

    • @fourleafclover2064
      @fourleafclover2064 Місяць тому +12

      nothing but disrespect for cuba gooding jr

    • @mattsaracen7
      @mattsaracen7 Місяць тому +5

      Yeah I was looking to see if someone pointed this out. I wish there was an emoji of someone nervously pulling on their shirt collar to convey how uncomfortable that Cuba remark made me feel 😅

    • @juniperbeaty6226
      @juniperbeaty6226 Місяць тому +9

      They clearly didn't know

    • @KillerWriting
      @KillerWriting Місяць тому +9

      @@juniperbeaty6226 Why is why I clearly explained why it's a bad idea, yep. I do not think the Ghoul Bois are regular supporters of sex predators.

  • @uninvincibleete
    @uninvincibleete Місяць тому +41

    firing anti-artillery weapons at a gd balloon feels an awful lot like the old timey version of that cop shooting at an acorn

    • @hypotheticalforest
      @hypotheticalforest Місяць тому +1

      The what now 😂

    • @mrmason2342
      @mrmason2342 24 дні тому

      Those are flak guns and are anti-air guns not... Anti artillery because that doesn't exist, they fire proximity shells which explodes sending shrapnels in a circle once the proximity sensor detects something.

  • @LeviSquadReject
    @LeviSquadReject Місяць тому +36

    Shane saying “we get wet in the basement” and immediately cutting to a slide saying “the crime” is beautiful editing 😂

  • @frostyenderman13
    @frostyenderman13 Місяць тому +35

    Holy shit the blind gunner simulation was the funniest most chaotic sequence ever filmed for this show i swear 😂😂😂

  • @katekursive1370
    @katekursive1370 Місяць тому +159

    Watching this during a non phantom very real air raid in Ukraine because I fear nothing by this point

  • @Mia-tz9hc
    @Mia-tz9hc Місяць тому +7

    Imagine being a group of birds just flying and doing their thang when a whole bunch of anti-raid artillery rounds start shooting at them. They were probably freaking the hell out

  • @QuimbyMouse
    @QuimbyMouse Місяць тому +57

    "Nothing but respect for Cuba Gooding Jr."
    Ooof. That's not going to age well 😆

    • @Theo-oh3jk
      @Theo-oh3jk Місяць тому

      Why?

    • @Vexas345
      @Vexas345 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@Theo-oh3jk He loved partying with P Diddler.

  • @eowalton
    @eowalton Місяць тому +31

    They mentioned a dozen movies of disasters in Los Angeles but not "1941", the Steven Speilberg directed movie about the Battle of Los Angeles starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Toshiro Mifune, and Christopher Lee.

  • @ilonacoote3161
    @ilonacoote3161 Місяць тому +24

    I think the wheel at about 7:48 is a control for the spotlight, and there's a connecting bar that isn't easily seen because of the contrast in the photo

    • @ilonacoote3161
      @ilonacoote3161 Місяць тому +3

      This isn't identical, but you can see he controls the spotlight from a wheel set a little way away from the light
      ua-cam.com/video/3qDc1MIKnMo/v-deo.htmlsi=l2NUukd_SWM8MkZS&t=53

  • @jenniferseth2454
    @jenniferseth2454 Місяць тому +9

    Loved this video! About radar and birds: I am a meteorologist, and one of the things we learned about in class is that radar CAN and DOES sometimes pick up wildlife if there’s a large enough group of them.
    There have been instances of bats, birds, and huge groups of insects picked up on radar in the past. It would not surprise me if some large group of creatures are what was picked up on radar that night.

  • @b.duggan3232
    @b.duggan3232 Місяць тому +23

    You know...... it's always nice to see Carter.

  • @Atemlvr9295
    @Atemlvr9295 Місяць тому +48

    got some awful news at work this week and totally forgot today was mystery files day. Opening youtube just now and seeing this with “posted 11 mins ago” changed my whole week. Im so happy! 🥰🥳

    • @taraobrien6629
      @taraobrien6629 Місяць тому +4

      Oh I'm so sorry! Glad you found something that brought you joy 😊

    • @sammyw7301
      @sammyw7301 Місяць тому +1

      Hope this next week is much better!!

  • @vivica9227
    @vivica9227 Місяць тому +33

    ...kinda reminds me of the song 99 Luftballons/99 Red Balloons that's about the military firing on balloons thinking they're enemy craft. Now I've got that song stuck in my head...😅

    • @Tak-lw6hv
      @Tak-lw6hv Місяць тому +2

      Sing the Folgers coffee jingle and it takes care of chasing away the lingering song in your head.

  • @davidmatheny1993
    @davidmatheny1993 Місяць тому +25

    I honestly learned something new today about this incident when it comes to that newspaper picture being edited. Any previous discussion of this incident on shows did not bring up the photo being altered.

  • @TeamOneDirection831
    @TeamOneDirection831 Місяць тому +14

    never realized I needed the wilhelm scream in a piece of watcher media until now

  • @TribianiJR
    @TribianiJR Місяць тому +8

    Shane getting shot by Ryan and calling him a “nasty little fucker” was top tier 13:15

  • @anelafarrar-ivey5295
    @anelafarrar-ivey5295 Місяць тому +44

    I'm a little sad they aren't doing debrief for this season. But I'm glad they're able to still make content on their own

    • @Kiara28735
      @Kiara28735 Місяць тому +3

      Exactly. Is It known why arent they doing it this season?

    • @hellothereeewasntavailable
      @hellothereeewasntavailable Місяць тому +5

      ​@@Kiara28735as far as people know, hey never said anything, but my running theory is that they didn't want another divorce that would lead to Steven getting cut in half

    • @anelafarrar-ivey5295
      @anelafarrar-ivey5295 Місяць тому +1

      Plot twist. They aren't doing it because they know too much

    • @aviezer_who_drinks_seltzer371
      @aviezer_who_drinks_seltzer371 Місяць тому

      Ryan got sick of the hotdaga

    • @anelafarrar-ivey5295
      @anelafarrar-ivey5295 Місяць тому

      @@aviezer_who_drinks_seltzer371 what does that have to do with the debrief? They haven't touched that series in years since they've started the new company. I don't expect them to carry on with the hotdaga

  • @SpookyDeerArt
    @SpookyDeerArt Місяць тому +8

    watching this during a blackout at 2 am really adds to the story telling tbh

  • @MultiNotAnti
    @MultiNotAnti Місяць тому +45

    12:39-12:50 The pure, devious glee and insane smile and laugh Ryan gets when he's shooting at Shane- I mean the targets lmao

  • @anicawillow936
    @anicawillow936 Місяць тому +93

    Faster than my notifications, so excited to watch the video!!!

  • @tewks4458
    @tewks4458 Місяць тому +78

    I dunno how these guys find a banger of a topic to cover every single week.

  • @e.lectric9990
    @e.lectric9990 Місяць тому +29

    Apologies for a small pedant moment, the attack on Pearl Harbor was not a kamikaze attack. “Kamikaze airstrikes” refers strictly to attacks involving striking or trying to strike an enemy with the aircraft one is flying instead of with weapons the aircraft is armed with. This only became a specific tactic instead of something done on an improvisational basis by aircraft already effectively shot down towards the end of the war, when Japan was nearly defeated - think near around 1944 and 1945, not 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor was “just” a standard carrier airstrike with the advantage of surprise.
    Enjoying the episode otherwise so far! Just heard that and had to make a note. Please take this in the spirit it is intended, of genuine enjoyment!

    • @alison5009
      @alison5009 28 днів тому

      I appreciate that. My tired brain made me a tad confused at that part, but couldn’t put my finger on why.

  • @hazardousfx
    @hazardousfx 12 днів тому +16

    like if you're watching post controversy

  • @lucienmoolman8017
    @lucienmoolman8017 Місяць тому +63

    "The Phantom Air Raid" sounds like a Sabaton song

  • @justarandomperson331
    @justarandomperson331 Місяць тому +60

    YAY MORE MYSTERY FILES!! ALWAYS A GOOD DAY WHEN THERES A NEW EPISODE OUT.

  • @foofmonger
    @foofmonger Місяць тому +7

    Looked it up: between the .50 cal machine guns and 12.8lb anti-aircraft shells, they were firing sporadically over about an hour!
    That must have been wild for the people living there

  • @spuriouslathos2518
    @spuriouslathos2518 19 днів тому +2

    "We gotta put a stop to Florida!"
    Hysterical. Truer words have never been spoken.

  • @UnDonnaiolo
    @UnDonnaiolo Місяць тому +79

    Damn just thought about how we all have grown up with Shane and Ryan since the last 8 to 10 years. Damn

    • @carolinesconcertvids860
      @carolinesconcertvids860 Місяць тому +8

      I haven't grown up with them, I was into adulthood which makes me realise how old I am now lol

    • @clairvaux8459
      @clairvaux8459 29 днів тому

      @@carolinesconcertvids860Same (kinda) 😂 I think I was like 19-20 when I started consuming their content on buzzfeed. They’re amongst the few youtubers I’ve stuck with for more than a couple of years. Crazy to think how long I’ve been watching them…

    • @alison5009
      @alison5009 28 днів тому

      @@carolinesconcertvids860lol same. I’ve been watching them since buzzfeed and now I feel a tad ancient😂

  • @charliesomething
    @charliesomething Місяць тому +18

    my grandpa worked with radar during ww2! i remember him talking a few times about how new the technology was. but he was stationed in either france or england and part of the invasion of normandy. if i'm remembering right they attempted to use radar to help with drop zones but the bad weather caused issues

    • @owensks
      @owensks Місяць тому +2

      Well your grandpa was definitely stationed in the UK as if he was station in France pre June 6th 1944 he was in enemy territory 💀

    • @charliesomething
      @charliesomething Місяць тому +1

      @@owensks oh my god i meant to say ireland or england lmao obviously not france 🤡 whoops

    • @XLightChanX
      @XLightChanX Місяць тому

      found the spy haha

  • @whyjustkidding
    @whyjustkidding Місяць тому +5

    I love those interactive little pranks and game in tbr middle. Really makes this show even more fun

  • @saint-theo
    @saint-theo Місяць тому +32

    i'm pretty sure the answer to this one is boring - an episode of mass hysteria exprienced by a city that was already on edge shooting at shadows and clouds

  • @TheMoist0ne
    @TheMoist0ne Місяць тому +11

    Big oof on the Cuba Gooding Jr comment at the end in light of what all is coming out of the “P. Diddler” case.

  • @a_sentient_blob
    @a_sentient_blob Місяць тому +5

    Small correction about Pearl Harbor - that attack was carried out mainly by regular bombers, not kamikaze. Some bombers sustained too much damage to make the return trip so pilots opted to crash into targets to cause more destruction, but it wasn’t organized as a deliberate kamikaze attack as would be seen later on in the war.

  • @pjvelociraptor1931
    @pjvelociraptor1931 Місяць тому +3

    I'm a radar meteorologist. Birds often show up on radar. Bats too! If you watch the radar data around an area with a large bat colony, you might get to see them take off in the evening. You can also see monarch butterfly migrations. It's pretty dope. Anyway it was aliens birds flying some planes with balloons.

  • @uninvincibleete
    @uninvincibleete Місяць тому +13

    as a native angelino, i'mma need to see stats from the usual number of traffic accidents per night because i doubt this was even any more than usual. like i'm sure the lights made things harder but the base average in regular circumstances probably wasn't zero right haha

  • @gingerninja2487
    @gingerninja2487 Місяць тому +11

    I've missed Carter. Always nice to see him

  • @geegeezlouis86
    @geegeezlouis86 Місяць тому +8

    I truly still expect them to say unsolved at the end of every mystery

  • @josephivenegas
    @josephivenegas Місяць тому +6

    This is the *most* Puppet History this show has gotten. Kinda sad there wasn't as song at the end!

  • @masasedej3503
    @masasedej3503 Місяць тому +19

    I love how every series watcher comes out with, featuring shane and ryan together, gets infused with their goofy personalities over time haha

  • @ellielynch8543
    @ellielynch8543 Місяць тому +11

    Shane looks rad as hell in this thumbnail, good for him

  • @ssbperidot5574
    @ssbperidot5574 Місяць тому +63

    "Nothing but respect for Cuba Gooding Jr."
    so uh, about that

  • @jjdracula
    @jjdracula Місяць тому +25

    "That must be so embarrassing. You know when you, like, go out for a night of drinking, and then the next morning you're like, ah, what the fuck did I say, or do? Like you're just, like, kind of like in a state of just, like, embarrassment. This has gotta be the worst version of that."
    I thought the worst version of that would be filming an entire production based around the concept of embarrassing yourself while drunk, broadcasting it to a very extensive worldwide audience, putting the embarrassing quotes on merch, and having the embarrassing behaviours turned into gifs to be spread across tumblr where they will stay for an eternity. But Ryan wouldn't know anything about that...

  • @delionmoon
    @delionmoon Місяць тому +5

    tbh the birds theory shouldn't be as easily disregarded as there were done studies showing that large flocks of birds would indeed register as one big object on the old wartime military radars, and it wouldn't be the first time the birds were registered as ufos bc of the impreciseness of the military tech of that time. i think the study was done fairly recently so i understand the panic that would erupt after an enemy submarine just shot at your beach

  • @Vanessa-uo6lt
    @Vanessa-uo6lt Місяць тому +24

    2:42 that's how the hot daga started

  • @joepspoelder1207
    @joepspoelder1207 Місяць тому +35

    great job guys. This show just keeps getting better!!!!!

  • @patrickjunio8664
    @patrickjunio8664 Місяць тому +29

    "Great trailer, bad film" :D I am so glad we all collectively had that same experience

  • @thesalvadorian
    @thesalvadorian Місяць тому +9

    35:38 Y'all are gonna regret clarifying which Cuba you were shouting out haha

  • @m.h.7364
    @m.h.7364 Місяць тому +12

    Honestly between OSP and Mystery Files and the end of the week, Friday truly is the best day

  • @SoninjaX
    @SoninjaX Місяць тому +7

    “DEMONS PLUNGE US INTO DARKNESS” is all I heard this whole episode lmfao

  • @ignaciodiaz919
    @ignaciodiaz919 Місяць тому +3

    7:14 Shane being dissapointed about the giant lights been from the Scientology church and Ryannbeing terrified of it is hilarious

  • @meganmeacham7443
    @meganmeacham7443 Місяць тому +2

    On the topic of weather balloon sizes: I worked in a ballooning research lab for a couple years when I was an undergrad, and we would usually require at least two people physically holding the balloon and payload when we’d go to launch (we would have more people if we had more than one payload). And when they got up to our target altitude (around 25 km) the balloons had stretched so much that they would be the size of a small house and we could see them from the ground (although it was hard to spot and we’d use our tracking equipment to find where to look). I don’t really have any info to add in the case of this event, but weather balloons can be pretty big!

  • @adambump5297
    @adambump5297 Місяць тому +10

    Ryan: "I'm an expert on probing."
    Me: "As in getting or doing!?"

  • @ChknPotPythagoras
    @ChknPotPythagoras Місяць тому +4

    “Pearl Harbor: That would have been a trending topic on Twitter” - Watcher
    This is the hard hitting journalism I’m here for!

  • @ciancat
    @ciancat Місяць тому +5

    I still can't get over how awesome the intro music is. Gets me every time!

  • @spacebees86
    @spacebees86 Місяць тому +2

    When you said people died my immediate thought was "I bet heart attacks from the stress, and car crashes and shit like tripping down your stairs in a panic hurry"
    I'd heard the story about how they shot at Venus for a while or something but didn't know the details.
    Are you guys hiring? I'm good at this!

  • @CantStayAway
    @CantStayAway Місяць тому +15

    "Alright ready?"
    "Yeah."
    *Ryan immediately shoots Shane first*
    Well, we saw that coming...:P:P:P

  • @GoDLiKeKakashi
    @GoDLiKeKakashi Місяць тому +18

    To be absolutely fair to the photograph. While it may be frowned upon by today's editors, it was standard practice in those days to improve the quality of photos.

  • @sabbytheslothcat6663
    @sabbytheslothcat6663 Місяць тому +17

    “God it would be fuckin’ metal to get killed by an alien, preferably in front of my family!” Ryan says gleefully. 34:32 😂

  • @sirmemes1225
    @sirmemes1225 Місяць тому +3

    shane looking majestic as hell in that thumbnail

  • @kristy8246
    @kristy8246 Місяць тому +7

    Shane: “We’re under attack, Ryan”
    Ryan: “Oh I see” 🙄

  • @jenellenelson4447
    @jenellenelson4447 Місяць тому +1

    "Oh.... that's no good. That's bad." 😂 They never fail to make me laugh!

  • @TheRealRitheGuardian
    @TheRealRitheGuardian Місяць тому +5

    Love how Shane is ripping on the guy who has the same hair part as him LOL

  • @shesaphony8644
    @shesaphony8644 Місяць тому +11

    I'm so happy Shan and Ryan finally found a perfect formula. I stopped getting these guys in my feed, but they're back with a vengance.

  • @MultiTimetravler
    @MultiTimetravler Місяць тому +5

    Had to Pause. Battle: Los Angeles was a fine film and Aaron Eckhart is an underrated Gem of an actor.

  • @kai_winchester_66
    @kai_winchester_66 27 днів тому +1

    I love how Shane laughed when Ryan said 'David Blaine' after rhyming it with plane 😂

  • @ssokolow
    @ssokolow Місяць тому +1

    Re: Shoddy RADAR, LEMMiNO also quoted Robert Watson-Watt (one of the inventors of RADAR) calling U.S. west-coast RADAR systems "gravely unsuitable" and saying that they were in "grave danger of plotting false tracks" when he looked into them in detail in January, 1942.

  • @Average_Grilledcheese_fan
    @Average_Grilledcheese_fan Місяць тому +26

    I always wanted yall to cover this case since buzzfeed unsolve! Glad today is the day lol