http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un5oCxbLCVM


At around 10:30 a.m. on March 21, 1987, there was a crash of an F-14
Tomcat fighter in a canyon just north of Scripps Ranch, San Diego,
California.

The newswires reported that the crash occurred shortly after the jet
had taken off from Miramar Naval Air Station.
Two pilots, after they ejected from the aircraft, said they heard 3
loud explosions as the jet plummeted to the ground.

The crash site was about one mile north of Scripps Miramar Ranch,
about two miles northeast of Mira Mesa, and about 4 miles northeast of
the air base.

About 65 firefighters from the San Diego Fire Department and Poway
were summoned to the canyon area to battle a two-acre blaze triggered
when the jet crashed.
Firefighters had trouble reaching the site because of the poor access
roads through the rugged terrain.
The blaze continued for about three hours.

A Sheriff Department's helicopter, which had helped in transferring
the pilots out of the area to the Naval air base, also aided
firefighters by dumping water on hot spots.
Navy spokesman Lt. Ed Mapers said that "Quite a few people called us
and they all said it was strange". "They said it was quiet and the
aircraft was making no noise. It could lead you to believe possibly
that the engines shut down".

Mr. Lucky Endo, a long-time area resident, said that he did not
witness the crash itself nor did he see the crash site because it was
on the other side of the hill.
But he heard the explosions and soon he witnessed two parachutes
coming down.

He said that fire broke out but the fire engines may have had
difficulty reaching the area.
A helicopter was used initially to put out the fire on the ground, he
said.
Smoke from the crash was still visible for several hours.
According to him, the area was completely secured and became off
limits to the public by the military, the police and the fire
department.

What was most interesting was that Mr. Endo states that around 3:30
p.m., he began to observe an oval-shaped object hovering in the
distance on the visible side of the hill, just above the tree lines.
It hovered in that area for about a minute or so.
Mr. Endo said he took two still photos at that time.
He did not take any videos.
He only sent me two copies of his original photos.
Therefore the images are not too clear but they are, nevertheless,
most interesting.
His two still photos are presented in my short YouTube presentations.

According to the news reports, the F-14 Tomcat fighter had crashed due
to electric malfunctioning.
Mr. Endo theorizes that the pilots of the jet may have earlier
encountered an unidentified craft during the training mission and may
even have been chasing the object.
He believes that the object that appeared around 3:30 p.m. may have
been observing the crash site after the ground fire was put out.
The Navy never released any final investigation results on this
incident.

Here is the first still photo of the object which is enlarged in the
latter portion of my short YouTube presentation:

UFO photographed near F-14 crash site in 1987?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un5oCxbLCVM

The second still photo is also presented in my following short YouTube
presentation:

Second photo: UFO photographed near F-14 crash site in 1987?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29uj89Y1gH0