CaseOval1954

Yucaipa, CA, USA

Luminous oval over Yucaipa, similar object reported by L.A. newspapers over Inyokern Air Base

Report quality: Moderate45/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (93 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1954-12-16
Where
Yucaipa, CA, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
1:10
Geo
34.034, -117.043 · exact
Slug
oval-over-yucaipa-ca-1954-b9cd37
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1954

    The Great French Wave

    France, spilling into Italy, Spain, and Latin America

    The densest close-encounter wave ever recorded: landed domed objects on country roads, paralysis beams, and small suited occupants, reported by farmers and gendarmes across rural France at a rate of several per night.…

In context

  • Yucaipa, CA has 23 sightings on file here.
  • 1954 brought 12 reports from California.
  • The 1950s skewed 6.1% oval reports; the archive-wide figure is 4.3%.

Report

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