Alex Wiggins

I think, you know, it's nighttime, so light travels. So I figured, you know what, let me just poke outside, see what I can see. And to my surprise, which is something I've never witnessed, was a light I noticed on the horizon, but it was... it looked as if it were surfacing out of the water and going up.

I think, you know, it's nighttime, so light travels. So I figured, you know what, let me just poke outside, see what I can see. And to my surprise, which is something I've never witnessed, was a light I noticed on the horizon, but it was... it looked as if it were surfacing out of the water and going up.

I think, you know, it's nighttime, so light travels. So I figured, you know what, let me just poke outside, see what I can see. And to my surprise, which is something I've never witnessed, was a light I noticed on the horizon, but it was... it looked as if it were surfacing out of the water and going up.

Now, seeing lights on the horizon, very typical when you're out in the water, but seeing a light on the horizon going into the air is a different story. So witnessing that, I'm not sure of what I'm seeing. What goes through my head, maybe there's a military team that's out there conducting flight operations, and maybe they're helos hovering, something like this. But their lights blink.

Now, seeing lights on the horizon, very typical when you're out in the water, but seeing a light on the horizon going into the air is a different story. So witnessing that, I'm not sure of what I'm seeing. What goes through my head, maybe there's a military team that's out there conducting flight operations, and maybe they're helos hovering, something like this. But their lights blink.

Now, seeing lights on the horizon, very typical when you're out in the water, but seeing a light on the horizon going into the air is a different story. So witnessing that, I'm not sure of what I'm seeing. What goes through my head, maybe there's a military team that's out there conducting flight operations, and maybe they're helos hovering, something like this. But their lights blink.

I'm a helo controller, so I know that their running lights are going to be blinking red, green, and pulsating. So it's not like it's going to be a solid light, and that's what I witnessed was a solid light rising from the horizon up. So went back inside, looked at my radar to just kind of match what I'm seeing with my own eyes. And I didn't really see what I thought I was going to see.

I'm a helo controller, so I know that their running lights are going to be blinking red, green, and pulsating. So it's not like it's going to be a solid light, and that's what I witnessed was a solid light rising from the horizon up. So went back inside, looked at my radar to just kind of match what I'm seeing with my own eyes. And I didn't really see what I thought I was going to see.

I'm a helo controller, so I know that their running lights are going to be blinking red, green, and pulsating. So it's not like it's going to be a solid light, and that's what I witnessed was a solid light rising from the horizon up. So went back inside, looked at my radar to just kind of match what I'm seeing with my own eyes. And I didn't really see what I thought I was going to see.

I only saw one light visually, but then I saw four different contacts on radar. So seeing those four contacts on radar, I asked our CSM. I forget what that stands for right now, but combat systems. I forget the full title, but ask the CSM to take a look on Sapphire. They're in charge of managing Sapphire and moving it around to just look at surface and air contacts around our ship. So.

I only saw one light visually, but then I saw four different contacts on radar. So seeing those four contacts on radar, I asked our CSM. I forget what that stands for right now, but combat systems. I forget the full title, but ask the CSM to take a look on Sapphire. They're in charge of managing Sapphire and moving it around to just look at surface and air contacts around our ship. So.

I only saw one light visually, but then I saw four different contacts on radar. So seeing those four contacts on radar, I asked our CSM. I forget what that stands for right now, but combat systems. I forget the full title, but ask the CSM to take a look on Sapphire. They're in charge of managing Sapphire and moving it around to just look at surface and air contacts around our ship. So.

They slew over to the location that I gave them, the direction in which I gave them. And that's where you see the video cut into play, where you see it slew in into that target to kind of look at it. And, you know, they're the operators, so they know how to zoom in and kind of see what the profile is.

They slew over to the location that I gave them, the direction in which I gave them. And that's where you see the video cut into play, where you see it slew in into that target to kind of look at it. And, you know, they're the operators, so they know how to zoom in and kind of see what the profile is.

They slew over to the location that I gave them, the direction in which I gave them. And that's where you see the video cut into play, where you see it slew in into that target to kind of look at it. And, you know, they're the operators, so they know how to zoom in and kind of see what the profile is.

of the contact that we're looking at to kind of understand, okay, if it were a comm nav radar, which is a typical, you know, airliner 747, then we're going to say, okay, good to go there, you know, headed off to Hawaii or wherever, every, anywhere to the West. Uh, but that night we didn't witness that, uh, as shown by the video.

of the contact that we're looking at to kind of understand, okay, if it were a comm nav radar, which is a typical, you know, airliner 747, then we're going to say, okay, good to go there, you know, headed off to Hawaii or wherever, every, anywhere to the West. Uh, but that night we didn't witness that, uh, as shown by the video.

of the contact that we're looking at to kind of understand, okay, if it were a comm nav radar, which is a typical, you know, airliner 747, then we're going to say, okay, good to go there, you know, headed off to Hawaii or wherever, every, anywhere to the West. Uh, but that night we didn't witness that, uh, as shown by the video.

Yes, so it's pointed towards a north-northeast direction at the time, based on what that video shows in Sapphire. We were fairly far away from the coast of San Diego, San Clemente area. So it definitely was not, you know, lights on the horizon from the city, nor did I have anything as far as helicopters or air traffic that I was detecting at all in that location.

Yes, so it's pointed towards a north-northeast direction at the time, based on what that video shows in Sapphire. We were fairly far away from the coast of San Diego, San Clemente area. So it definitely was not, you know, lights on the horizon from the city, nor did I have anything as far as helicopters or air traffic that I was detecting at all in that location.