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)
Palm Beach · CA, USA
Witnesses near Palm Beach, California reported multiple bright lights high in the sky, resembling illuminated light bulbs, briefly observed in June 1954.
Hawthorne · CA, USA
A witness in Hawthorne, California reported a distant, stationary light in the sky for several minutes before it suddenly departed at great speed, in June 1954.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Witnesses in Vallejo, California reported lights in the sky initially mistaken for shooting stars, observed for about an hour in August 1953.
Mill Valley · CA, USA
3 lights appeared, manuevering rapidly and at impossible flight angles, changing formation until winking out after little more than a m
Ojai · CA, USA
UFO sighting in Ojai, CA in 1948
Fontana · CA, USA
A witness in Fontana, California reported a cylindrical light appearing overhead with no sound, observed for five to ten minutes in August 1937.
Altadena · CA, USA
A pulsing red light seen above the skies of Altadena, California