[al_c]

Did U.S. shoot first at Pearl Harbor?

Not according to this post. I'll paste some of it here.

At 6 am USS Enterprise launched Scouting Six

Also at 6 am the Japanese lanch there aircraft for the attach on Pearl Harbor

At some point one of Scouting Six came in contact with the Japanese before the attack

Pilot Ensign Manuel Gonzales, of Scouting Six, was heard on the radio to say

"Please don't shoot! Don't shoot! This is an American plane."

Moments later, he was heard ordering his Gunner aircrewman Leonard J. Kozelek to bail out: neither man was ever heard from again.

[Poohbah]

tophat9000, I need a source for this, please. Japanese aircraft should have been well to the north of the Enterprise search area on 12/7/41.