The United States Army, Fort Rosecrans component (1916-1922) of
CA-SDI-12,000 in San Diego, California yielded quite a few large carbon rods that were
associated with small and large search lights, early automotive batteries, and
smaller lighting devices. The largest measured close to 20 centimeters long.
We have photos of very large search lights used to illuminate target ships
off shore, which I have assumed were the source for the large carbon rods.
These were slightly smaller than the World War II aerial search lights used to
hunt for Axis Power (Japanese or German) aircraft. Although there were no
confirmed sightings, a report indicates the Army and Navy scrambled for sixty-five
off shore reports of Axis submarines between 1942 and 1945.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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