Thanks for all the replies so far. Does anyone know what local government department in Los Angeles I could contact to see if any records had been made?? I really doubt it was any test because it stayed on for probably more than a half hour. I have read that the sirens in the Los Angeles area were ...

In the mid/late 1960s I lived in Whittier, CA. I was almost 5 years old when we moved there during the summer of 1965. We moved to Cleveland in December of 1970. I remember a day hearing the sirens being turned on and it was NOT a test date/Friday. I do not remember the date, month, or even the exac...