San Diego "red orb" hovering over the harbor (Nov 10): skydivers with flares landing on the USS Midway

[SkyAugur]

Source: r/sandiego post "any idea what this is ?"

red light in the middle of sky went through downtown, then hovered over the harbor just stayed there for a bit then disappeared.

A commenter on the water said it was 2 parachutists landing on the USS Midway, each with 2 flares. Skydiving Innovations, the demo team that jumps onto the Midway, confirmed by email to me directly that it was their night exhibition jump for an event, at 7:30 PM.

The jump plane is on ADS-B. A Cessna 206 (N9150M) left Brown Field about 7:16 PM, passed right over the Midway at about 3,900 ft at 7:26 and again at 7:30, then landed back at Brown by 7:42. That pins the date to Tue Nov 10.

So the "hovering orb" was the flares on jumpers coming down under canopy over the bay.

 

[jdog]

BTW, our other local incident this week: Shiny white and dark sphere hovered stationary over Carlsbad State Beach, California

"Shiny white and dark sphere" also known as the Goodyear Blimp seen face-on.

 

[flarkey]

Someone else saw them from San Diego too...

NSFW language.


Source: https://x.com/HeyLukOverThere/status/2121814501863424228?a=d0vOvF29XpKyNEOx-_M&s=19

 

[Eburacum]

Now they are forming shapes! My God!

Imagine if they didn't form shapes. That would be extraordinary.

 

[FatPhil]

Someone else saw them from San Diego too...

NSFW language.

Source: https://x.com/HeyLukOverThere/status/2121814501863424228?a=d0vOvF29XpKyNEOx-_M&s=19

The classic "it's forming all kinds of shapes" as four separate things follow their own paths, just to make sure it ticks the obligatory trope boxes.
But I'm curious why going out of sight behind a building, which I would consider the "it's landed, it's here now" moment, was described as "it's gone". Object permanence issues?