UFO Sightings in United States
123,349 UFO sightings reported in United States since 1930, peaking in 2014 (8162 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 123,349
- Span
- 1930–2030
- Peak year
- 2014 (8162 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1930–2030 · peak 2014 (8162 reports)
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Patterson · CA, USA
I saw a large foggy cone with a bright blue beam to my south. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Orange · CA, USA
@~17:57 my gf and I witnessed an unidentified craft emitting a large amount of light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Cotati · CA, USA
Green ball of light sending down green light to the ground. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Napa · CA, USA
Beam of light that left behind a vapor cloud then flew vertically into the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
La Quinta · CA, USA
Light traveling upward expanding spiral cloud greenish-blue radiating glow. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Templeton · CA, USA
White funnel shape light with giant blueish white tail and bright white head! ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Corona · CA, USA
Green ball emitted green smoke and sped away. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Covina · CA, USA
Ball of light that lit up the sky in a huge v formation that illuminated the sky and turned the sky a deep green through this mist. The
Antioch · CA, USA
An object formed out of nowhere with a bright white light beaming down. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Carmel Valley · CA, USA
Blue/triangle horizontal light across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Standing on Main Side, Camp Pendleton, and looking W, my wife noticed a bright light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
Very bright beam of blue light cut across the night sky. Origin was a small circular obj. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Riverside · CA, USA
Big ball of light like it was a helicopter spotlight but there was no aircraft, ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Barstow · CA, USA
Big Green Cylinder Light on the Sky of Barstow, CA. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
Slow-moving light with smoky trail lasting about 15-20 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Bright light gradually diffused into a cloud. There was a cloud/fog surrounding. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego/Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Large blue glow and related light/craft seen over sky in Sorrento Valley/Mira Mesa. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Palo Alto · CA, USA
We noticed a craft that did not look like an airplane. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Del Mar · CA, USA
Contrail then white cloud, then blue/green cloud over Del Mar, CA. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Encintas · CA, USA
I saw this in ncinitas, Ca but the video i found was from los angeles.
San Jose · CA, USA
We noticed a bright light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange light changes to white in san diego. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Escondido · CA, USA
Light greenish cloud spherical in shape over Escondido, CA. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Alameda · CA, USA
I notice aircraft with green light aiming at its rear as it traveled N and upwards. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Wilows · CA, USA
Incredible blue cylinder of light from craft. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))