CaseLight1958

La Mesa, CA, USA

At first we thought it was a falling star. Then we realized it was coming in side ways from the east over the freeway (125) and it was

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: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1958-12-01
Where
La Mesa, CA, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
5 seconds
Geo
32.768, -117.023 · exact
Slug
light-over-la-mesa-ca-1958-e6fe71

In context

  • This is one of 38 reports logged in La Mesa, CA.
  • This case is one of 8 California reports filed in 1958.
  • Light craft made up 11.5% of 1950s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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