'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched?

**Skeptical** · 16th March 2011

Looks like the iconic photo of those searchlights illuminating something over the skies of Los Angeles in 1942 was retouched.

http://forgetomori.com/category/ufos/ufo-photos/

Here's the link to the LA Times story reporting the same thing (includes 6 pics from the incident):

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/03...f-l-a-1942/#/1

BOLA is like Roswell - it was decades after the fact when it was re-invented as a UFO event. My thought is that this really was just the result of post Pearl Harbor war jitters.

S

**Jurgen** · 16th March 2011

I saw some debunkers docu a couple of years ago in which they mentioned that it was very common to retouch photographs in those days. All about getting more subscriptions for their newspaper. Ironicly they used the 1942 LA pictures to show that

**Wilhelm** · 16th March 2011

Am I missing something here? The photo needed to be retouched in order for it to show up properly in newsprint.

Why did the guy from the LA times not include the unretouched original? that would be helpful.

**Skeptical** · 16th March 2011

I think the point was that the retouching was rather heavy-handed with the intention of making the image more dramatic than it really was. More of interest to us, it might also have erroneously given the impression there was some disc shaped object in the spot where the beams converge.

S

DrDil · 18th March 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skeptical

I think the point was that the retouching was rather heavy-handed with the intention of making the image more dramatic than it really was. More of interest to us, it might also have erroneously given the impression there was some disc shaped object in the spot where the beams converge.

S

Hi Skep,

I had a quick look at these when they recently resurfaced and it seems as if the disc is just as defined in the untouched image. Here's a (shoddy) animation I made that I think shows this:

Cheers.

dejarma · 18th March 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrDil

Hi Skep,

I had a quick look at these when they recently resurfaced and it seems as if the disc is just as defined in the untouched image. Here's a (shoddy) animation I made that I think shows this:

Cheers.

what disc?

DrDil · 18th March 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by dejarma

what disc?

Yeah, my mistake, to put it in context then "(the) "impression of a disc-shaped objectâ€ is evident in both the before & after images.

Cheers.

dejarma · 18th March 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrDil

Yeah, my mistake, to put it in context then "(the) "impression of a disc-shaped objectâ€ is evident in both the before & after images.

Cheers.

Or maybe they are not powerful spot lights but highly sophisticated black ops heat rays being tested on a balloon? How's that for a new angle on this incident?? People will see what they want to see to fit their perception of what's going on! In my honest opinion (going by what I've read over the years on this incident) folks are just desperately trying to make something outta nothing here!!

**dr wu23** · 19th March 2011

IMHO this whole LA Battle pic thing is a colossal waste of time.

Elara · 25th March 2011

The direct link to the article from the 'forgetomori' blog (it was bumped down, and will only get bumped further)

http://forgetomori.com/2011/ufos/ufo...uched-version/

Yeah, sadly the retouching of photos in those days often destroyed the originals, lucky finding the original in this case. Just a curiosity, do you have a link to the original pic? nice animation btw

~Elara

16th March 2011	#1
Skeptical Proud One Percent-er Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,954 Rep Power: 1477	'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched? Looks like the iconic photo of those searchlights illuminating something over the skies of Los Angeles in 1942 was retouched. http://forgetomori.com/category/ufos/ufo-photos/ Here's the link to the LA Times story reporting the same thing (includes 6 pics from the incident): http://framework.latimes.com/2011/03...f-l-a-1942/#/1 BOLA is like Roswell - it was decades after the fact when it was re-invented as a UFO event. My thought is that this really was just the result of post Pearl Harbor war jitters. S __________________ "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves - and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase." -- Leo Tolstoy

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Jurgen ⌘ Age quod agis ⌘ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,460 Rep Power: 4143	'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched? I saw some debunkers docu a couple of years ago in which they mentioned that it was very common to retouch photographs in those days. All about getting more subscriptions for their newspaper. Ironicly they used the 1942 LA pictures to show that __________________ ___________________________________ "If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are." - "When things do not go as supposed, I suppose things go as they do" ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

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Wilhelm Kooler than Jesus Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Posts: 2,249 Rep Power: 1067	'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched? Am I missing something here? The photo needed to be retouched in order for it to show up properly in newsprint. Why did the guy from the LA times not include the unretouched original? that would be helpful. __________________ Tout homme sensÃ©, tout homme de bien, doit avoir la secte chrÃ©tienne en horreur. - Voltaire

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Skeptical Proud One Percent-er Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 1,954 Rep Power: 1477	'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched? I think the point was that the retouching was rather heavy-handed with the intention of making the image more dramatic than it really was. More of interest to us, it might also have erroneously given the impression there was some disc shaped object in the spot where the beams converge. S __________________ "The more is given, the less the people will work for themselves - and the less they work, the more their poverty will increase." -- Leo Tolstoy

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dr wu23 Majestic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,641 Rep Power: 3320	'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched? IMHO this whole LA Battle pic thing is a colossal waste of time. __________________ "If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't." -Emerson Pugh

25th March 2011	#10
Elara Ufologist Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 267 Rep Power: 576	'42 Battle Of LA Picture Retouched? The direct link to the article from the 'forgetomori' blog (it was bumped down, and will only get bumped further) http://forgetomori.com/2011/ufos/ufo...uched-version/ Yeah, sadly the retouching of photos in those days often destroyed the originals, lucky finding the original in this case. Just a curiosity, do you have a link to the original pic? nice animation btw ~Elara __________________ psssst! Forum Readers! yeah you. What do you think about the topic? REGISTER NOW & Tell us! ~Elara

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