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Photograph caption dated August 20, 1955 reads, "Mrs. Frank J. Sigler of Chatsworth points to a fissure in the ground she says was opened up by recent explosion-like noises that have rocked the West Valley." Both the Air Force and North American Aviation have denied being the cause.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Los Angeles Backyards--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles) Noise--California--Los Angeles Earth movements--California--Los Angeles Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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