A searchlight is a device to illuminate the sky while searching for aircraft. Searchlight may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Search-Light, a publication by William George Jordan Searchlight (album), a 1989 album by Runrig Searchlight (magazine), a British anti-fascist magazine Searchlight (short story), a 1962 science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein Searchlights (album), a 2009 album by Abandon "Searchlights", a song by Falling Up from the album Dawn Escapes Businesses and organizations Searchlight Pictures, a film studio. Searchlight Capital Partners, a private equity firm Searchlight BBS, developer of Searchlight BBS software (SLBBS) Other uses Operation Searchlight, a military pacification program carried out by the Pakistan Army in 1971, in Bangladesh Searchlight (workshops), workshops and home founded by Matron Powell in Denton, Sussex Searchlight, Nevada, a town in Clark County, Nevada, United States Searchlight Airport Searchlight signal, a type of railway signal Searchlight, an annual Canadian music competition mounted by CBC Music See also Spotlight (disambiguation) Search (disambiguation) Light (disambiguation)