Late Night Encounter Near Meadow Above the Infantry Training School
Account
The witness was overseeing a large group of youths at a nighttime bivouac and had just settled them to sleep when he noticed a tall dark silhouette standing beyond the tents. The figure stayed in place, moving its upper body slightly as if surveying the area, while the witness slowly backed toward staff to retrieve a flashlight. When he returned with light the figure was gone, and a check at daybreak found flat open ground with no object that could have explained the shape.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- easy 8 feet tall
- Build src
- very broad shoulders
- Face src
- could not make out any of its facial definition
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- little or no neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
May 1982
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dark night with starlight
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| Place |
San Diego County, California
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| Map point |
33.0236, -116.7761 (± 61 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of San Diego County (GEOID 06073); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
bedding down youth campers at bivouac for the night
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| Witness's word for it |
a tall, dark, bulky figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #2816 Primary