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Sycamore Knoll: The Mysterious Underwater Structure Off the Coast of Malibu

January 1, 2006 Sycamore Knoll — Pacific Ocean off Malibu

Six miles off Malibu, 2,000 feet below the Pacific, sits Sycamore Knoll — a nearly five-square-mile underwater formation with a flat, structured top. Since the 1940s, residents have reported USO sightings here. MUFON investigator Preston Dennett firs...

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The USS Nimitz Tic-Tac Encounter: Navy Pilots Intercept Unknown Craft off Southern California (2004)

UFOs

Nov 14, 2004

The USS Nimitz Tic-Tac Encounter: Navy Pilots Intercept Unknown Craft off Southern California (2004)

On November 14, 2004, U.S. Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz intercepted a smooth, white, 40-foot tic-tac shaped craft off...

Pacific Ocean off Southern California Coast

The Topanga Canyon UFO Wave: 50 Years of Documented Sightings in the Santa Monica Mountains

UFOs

Jun 14, 1992

The Topanga Canyon UFO Wave: 50 Years of Documented Sightings in the Santa Monica Mountains

Topanga Canyon, a rural community of 8,000 residents tucked into the Santa Monica Mountains just west of Los Angeles, ha...

Topanga Canyon

The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Who Terrorized Los Angeles Under a Badge (1977–1978)

Horrific Events

Oct 18, 1977

The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Who Terrorized Los Angeles Under a Badge (1977–1978)

Between October 1977 and February 1978, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. raped, tortured, and murdered ten w...

Multiple Hillside Locations — Los Angeles

The Manson Family Murders: The Night That Ended the 1960s (1969)

Horrific Events

Aug 9, 1969

The Manson Family Murders: The Night That Ended the 1960s (1969)

Over two nights in August 1969, members of Charles Manson's cult — known as the Family — murdered seven people in two se...

10050 Cielo Drive, Benedict Canyon (Tate) and 3301 Waverly Drive, Los Feliz (LaBianca)

The Los Feliz Murder House: The Home Frozen in Time Since 1959

Urban Legends

Dec 6, 1959

The Los Feliz Murder House: The Home Frozen in Time Since 1959

On December 6, 1959, physician Harold Perelson bludgeoned his wife to death in their Los Feliz home, then took his own l...

The Los Feliz Murder House

The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth Short That Haunts Los Angeles Forever (1947)

Horrific Events

Jan 15, 1947

The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth Short That Haunts Los Angeles Forever (1947)

On January 15, 1947, the nude, bisected body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found in a Leimert Park vacant lot — dra...

3825 Norton Avenue, Leimert Park

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