# L-8

Missing · 1942

L-8, later renamed America and popularly known as the "Ghost Blimp", was a United States Navy L-class airship whose two crewmen disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on August 16, 1942. At 11:15 a.m., several hours after the airship lifted off from Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, L-8 reappeared off the shore of Ocean Beach near Fort Funston. L-8 briefly made contact with the ground at Ocean Beach, causing…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=16396156
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/l-8-w16396156

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1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=16396156


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