December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier aircraft attacked the base of the American Pacific Fleet. This event was of exceptional importance, since now the war had become truly global and covered the entire globe. And literally on that same day, the first of the legends associated with Pearl Harbor was born, namely, the legend about the note that the special Japanese envoy Kurusu did not have time to hand over to the US Secretary of State before the raid began. And, they say, as a result, the attack turned out to be sudden and treacherous. Over time, the number of myths and legends piled up around Pearl Harbor grew incredibly. In this work, we will try to consider only the main ones, since a complete analysis of the topic seems completely impossible since the number of legends continues to constantly increase, especially through the efforts of conspiracy theorists, who are so fashionable recently.