UFOMYST
CaseOval1978

San Diego, CA, USA

I saw an huge glowing UFO with my mother and neighbors hovering over our backyard; when I was about 20, which moved at light speed.

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: 900s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-08-10
Where
San Diego, CA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
15min
Geo
32.716, -117.165 · exact
Slug
oval-over-san-diego-ca-1978-fa5f56
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 516 reports logged in San Diego, CA.
  • This case is one of 60 California reports filed in 1978.
  • Oval craft made up 6.9% of 1970s reports, vs 4.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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