Light UFO Sightings in California
3,107 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1937, peaking in 2015 (194 reports).
- Total sightings
- 3,107
- Span
- 1937–2028
- Peak year
- 2015 (194 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1937–2028 · peak 2015 (194 reports)
Millbrae · CA, USA
What I saw, I have never told anybody. I watch too much UFO stuff on tv and must tell this story.
Pollack Pines · CA, USA
Controlled Zigzagging Stars.
Morro Bay · CA, USA
Six witnesses in Morro Bay, California reported five lighted objects flying in formation near an electric generating plant in August 1968, during a fifteen-minute sighting.
Pomona · CA, USA
A witness in Pomona, California reported a bright star-like light that appeared to grow larger, then seemed to explode and fade away, during a ten-minute observation in August 1968.
Mojave Desert · CA, USA
It was a summer night. I had gone camping with my dog to a mountain elevation (Placerita Canyon)north of LA. The stars were very bright
Saugus · CA, USA
oct. 1967 late night, I was a high school student living in the boring town of Saugus, California, the nearest town was Newhaul, and th
Sacramento · CA, USA
Witnesses in Sacramento, California, reported a single star-like light that split into three separate star-like objects, which then moved uniformly across the sky during a sighting in July 1967.
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
Six family members near Yucca Valley, California, reported observing a bright light in the sky during a five-minute sighting in June 1967.
Playa del Rey · CA, USA
Over Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California on June 12, 1966, a witness reported a single light accelerating at extreme speed before disappearing over the horizon, within five minutes.
San Lorenzo · CA, USA
Two objects rendevous at the moon.
Orangevale · CA, USA
A witness near Orangevale, California reported being followed by a single unexplained light near Sacramento in May 1964, in a sighting lasting about five minutes.
Compton · CA, USA
A witness in Compton, California described an intense, quick photoflash-like light in August 1963, in a sighting recorded as lasting about 20 minutes.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
siteing of a strange object.
Laguna Beach (south) · CA, USA
USO(s) - Unidentified Submerged Object(s) -- yeh! I know guys! You probably only care about lights in the sky! But hey I'm not the only
La Habra · CA, USA
In 1962, a witness in La Habra, California, reported a series of small lights moving one after another from the west toward the southeast, over about 20 minutes.
Mohave · CA, USA
In 1959, a witness in Mohave, California, reported lights overhead as their car's headlights and engine reportedly cut off, an event lasting about two minutes.
Long Beach · CA, USA
As a young man, I would lay out in the yard at night and look at the sky--I often saw an object moving at night speed, very high, no no
La Mesa · CA, USA
At first we thought it was a falling star. Then we realized it was coming in side ways from the east over the freeway (125) and it was
Menlo Park · CA, USA
Saw noisless, extremely-low clear light slowly cruise past us and over hills, where "encountered" and newspaper-reported.
Temple City · CA, USA
Witnesses reported lights over Mt. Baldy near Temple City, California in 1957, described by ten observers, over about 15 minutes.
E. Los Angeles · CA, USA
A witness reported two bright white-and-blue, star-like lights near Mt. Baldy, east of Los Angeles, being pursued by jet fighters in 1957.
San Leandro · CA, USA
A witness in San Leandro, California reported five or more lights appearing to race across the sky, in a sighting lasting about a minute and a half in June 1957.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
A witness in North Hollywood, California reported a star-like point of light slowly traveling across the sky for about 30 minutes in 1954.
El Cerrito · CA, USA
It was a Sunday evening and must have been in November of Decemberme to Berkeley because it was dark and I needed to be in Berkeley for
Fish Canyon · CA, USA
Helix flight pattern at zenith