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San Clemente Island

American  

noun

  1. an island off the coast of S California, in the Santa Barbara (Channel) Islands. 24 miles (38 km) long.


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NASA’s Worldview tool, which publishes daily satellite imagery and wildfire data, detected a possible wildfire on San Clemente Island around 5:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Three people were on board the aircraft when it crashed at about 7:55 a.m. one mile southwest of San Clemente Island, according to Levi Read, a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2023

The Dominator was used in 2020 to recover the remains of seven Marines and one sailor after their amphibious assault vehicle sunk off San Clemente Island off San Diego.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

An investigation by the maritime branch found the incident July 30 off San Clemente Island was caused by inadequate training, shabby maintenance of the 35-year-old amphibious assault vehicles and poor judgment by commanders.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2021

When the big defense radars on San Clemente Island picked up an unknown target in the same area that the light was being reported two F-89 jet interceptors were scrambled but saw nothing.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

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