"Tom" wrote in message
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:06:01 -0700 (PDT), David E. Powell wrote:

Some felt it was a false alarm brought on by war hysteria.

Then they would have had to falsify the stunning videos and photos.
Don't think so but...

You don't think many of the people in Los Angeles (Hollywood) who owned
cameras would know how to create fake pictures???

Did you believe "King Kong"?

Hint: Double-expose Speed Graphic plates, or rewind and re-shoot roll film.
Shoot the UFO model or ghostly apparition first in the top of the frame
against an unlit black background so as not to expose the rest of the film.
The dupes can watch you expose the film (the second time) and take it to the
drugstore with 'no chance' to manipulate it.

jsw, once special-effects assistant to a filmmaker.