“Californians Spot Saucers”, 23 March 1950
(The Windsor Daily Star, Canada)
Dudley Gourley, 26, a U.S. Army aircraft observer, sighted 8 UFOs over Laguna Beach, California (unknown date), The Windsor Daily Star reports:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gxk_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ak8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3910,3354693
The UFOs had a diameter of about 33 meters (100 feet).
Laguna Beach is situated halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego.
Map of California (california-map.org)