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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Elk Grove · CA, USA
Silent bright object sending out luminous beams and mist in 's' and hourglass shapes.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Long Beach · CA, USA
Brightest light in the western clear sky as big as the moon. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Las Vegas/Summerlin · NV, USA
Large bright flood light over S.W. Las Vegas. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Santa Monica · CA, USA
A circular cloud with bright beam of light coming from the center of it. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Poway · CA, USA
Strange light and trajectory of spherical object seen offshore west of San Diego. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Knights Landing · CA, USA
Knights landing UFO Sighting: Green lights small sphere
Gardnerville · NV, USA
Bright obj. traveled S to N through W sky left a bright green contrail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Craft emitting large white vapor cone with green beam tail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Valley Village · CA, USA
Orange light in the sky with a green cloud and sky being light up brightly over 30 feet
Folsom · CA, USA
Saw a light followed by fire. then changed from fire to light, then a blurry line. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Thought it was a plane releasing chem trail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Large bluish glow/light seen in sky in Palm Springs, CA. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
29 Palms · CA, USA
Blue, cloud-shaped light hovering in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Green gas light blob then a series of lights flashing forming into a triangle. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Pablo · CA, USA
Light coming out of cloud I thought was a helicopter with spot light behind a cloud. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Marina del Rey White lights and blue tube of light with white mist. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Yellowish orangish light approached as a plane. Then the obj. stopped, turned white.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Modesto · CA, USA
Bright teardrop shaped obj. moving across the night sky with glowing light trailing.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Long Beach/Los Angles · CA, USA
Green/blue flash over the sky of Long Beach/Los Angeles. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Perfectly shaped large sphere of light with blue center was slowly moving N. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright light in sky.
Litchfield · CA, USA
An illuminated "cloud" greenish blue overhead and to the west an object at the center of a "hourglass" shaped cloud.
Visalia · CA, USA
light in Visalia, CA, on 11/07/15. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Turlock · CA, USA
Bright light erratic trajectory moving NW fast, leaving fluorescent trail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Beam of light, huge light shaped ring, aqua blue light, cone shaped object. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))