On January 26th, 1980, a plane crashed into the water near Catalina Island. The pilot, Noah Felice, was rescued. The passenger, Felice's cousin Mark, died. Felice later reported that he saw a strange craft in the water. The craft suddenly shot a beam of light at the plane, which seemed to cause the equipment to malfunction. The craft shot a second beam of light and that caused the plane to crash into the water. The strange and dramatic report is one of many claims regarding USOs, or Unidentified Submerged Objects, in the area. The researchers from UFO magazine investigate the case, hoping to find the submerged plane and pull it up.
—J. Spurlin