CaseLight1998

San Diego (Point Loma/Ocean Beach area), CA, USA

As two copters were approaching airport from the West, (along I-5) the light shrunk X2 & rapidly descended into the cover of a Star Pin

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 480s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1998-09-16
Where
San Diego (Point Loma/Ocean Beach area), CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
1 to 15 Minutes
Geo
32.716, -117.165 · exact
Slug
light-over-san-diego-point-loma-ocean-beach-area-ca-1998-72a51b

In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in San Diego (Point Loma/Ocean Beach area), CA.
  • This case is one of 232 California reports filed in 1998.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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