Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

three miles

Shape of Object(s)

triangular

Color of Object(s):

red

Full Description & Details

A while after sunset I began walking back along the cliffs in Ocean Beach. The sky was dark a haze over the coast was illuminated by glow from the city lights. I noticed coming in from the northwest three red lights in the shape of a large triangle. I thought at first they were helicopters, but they moved in such a formation that I had the distinct impression that it was a single enormous triangular object. I couldn't make out any sounds from it, as it was a good three miles away.

Lindbergh field is nearby and busy with large commercial airplanes. I had no doubt though that this was something different. I am familiar with the approach patterns of aircraft to that airport, but this didn’t fit that pattern. I ran a short ways along the rocks. I saw three people sitting against a wall. I yelled to them “Do you see it! Do you see it!” By the time they looked up in that direction, the object had disappeared into the hazy glow of the city lights from below.

To this day I think about that object. I’ve told some people about it. Most just scratch their heads and don’t know what to say. While the object’s appearance was fleeting, I can’t help but wonder what it was up there in the night sky above San Diego.

Witness Background

high school tecaher, well-traveled, with a keen eye for detail in my surroundings

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