Summary : Enormous object to star like size in a flash

I was carrying my 3mo old daughter accompaniedby my wife and 5 or more strangers were nearbyDusk waschanging to dark, the area was well lit, welloccupied by people, and somewhat busy asMission Beach is at that time of year.What appeared to be an object on fire overheadsoon became an large,dark,round object thatseemed to loom above us in silence with whatappeared to be lights around its exterior.the object was either the size of a city blockand close to the ground 500-1000ft or it wasincredibly huge and much higher in elevation.I started to walk away because of fear formy infantdaughter but stopped to look back, when I didit instantly disapeared until my wife pointedit out to all of us as a tiny star like objectmoving quickly south (faster that a fighter jet)It then stopped abruptly and a object bestdescribed as; lite, no lite, lite, no liteflashed across the sky westerly in a straight- - - - - -line, then it resumed its fast flightdue south and faded out of sight.That evening there were reports of strangelites off shore facing west.The strangest co-incidence to this story isthat the San Diego Union reported the nextmorning that a main electrical sub-station ineither the Phillipines or the Marshall's hadbeen scorched and burnt and shut down - causeunknown, that previous evening.Further, a similiar sighting just two+ weekslater in a major Florida city came up with asimiliar result i.e; a scorched & burntsub-station.I've got an extensive radar and aircraftand missile background and not easilyled or fooled. This was strange and we'vekept it to ourselves until now.Thanks to you and Art Bell, I'm talking.