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Line 77: A Robin Airlines [[Curtiss C-46]] passenger plane crashed in the Puente Hills near Turnbull Canyon, killing all 29 passengers on April 16th, 1952. <ref>John Garside & Marty Shields. Forgotten Tales - The Crash of Flight 416 West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWCVhJlRdpQ</ref> In the [[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)\|1953 film adaptation]] of [[H. G. Wells]]' science-fiction novel ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'', the Puente Hills ~~were~~was the ~~landing site~~location of ~~the first spacecraft in the Martian invasion, as well as~~ an unsuccessful attempt to use a nuclear bomb against the ~~Martians~~Martian invaders.<ref>Trailers from Hell - War of the Worlds. https://trailersfromhell.com/the-war-of-the-worlds/</ref> It was one of the sites for [[Project Nike\|Nike anti-aircraft missiles]] in the 1950s till the late 1960s. <ref>John Garside & Marty Shields. Forgotten Tales - Nike Missile Bases LA-29 & LA-14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kaoBeklaMo</ref>

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