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)
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
White light seen hovering in sky.
Dana Point · CA, USA
Orange light travels across sky then disappears.
Lafayette · CA, USA
Bright white light moving northerly to southerly, slowly dimming to unobservable, not ISS or aircraft, it lasted about 2 minutes.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Mysterious green light seen during fireworks celebration.
Redlands · CA, USA
Green light craft or object disappears in the sky
Van Nuys · CA, USA
Four lights in a line in the evening sky
Colfax · CA, USA
Small craft drops out of larger a craft over Rollins Lake.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
July 23, 2013, Palm Desert UFOs.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Clear evening when a scattering of objects (lights) started moving from east to west all together, quite fast; no noise.
La Quinta · Indian Wells, Palm Desert, CA, USA
Dozens of bright star-like orbs moving together rapidly across the sky. ((anonymous report))
Sacramento · CA, USA
Circular, bright,orange,neon,light. It looked as though it had a vapor trail behind it. It was going east bound then changed flight to
San Diego · CA, USA
Looking north from Point Loma in San Diego ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Ventura · CA, USA
A slow moving white trail moved across the sky. After about 20 seconds separated into 2.((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Modesto · CA, USA
Jet liked object flying, it looked like it was crashing or flying downward quickly leaving a trail of orange light. ((anonymous report)
La Mesa · CA, USA
One flying light travels through sky fast then quickly descends, turns into 2 lights. ((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Riverside · CA, USA
Pair of white light balls rapidly fade in and out, over Riverside City, Southern California.
Orange · CA, USA
Floating orange ball of light, then zipped out into space.
Anaheim · CA, USA
Satellite-looking object acts strange over Disneyland. (Disneyland UFO)
Chino · CA, USA
5 plus orange lights over the south land of Chino, CA.
Santa Fe Springs · CA, USA
Light/bright sphere in sky.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Odd trio of orange lights looking north toward LAX on evening of June 12, 2016
Palomar Mountain · CA, USA
Ufo seen flying into outerspace.
Turlock · CA, USA
Light looked like shooting star moving slowly horizontally to the left then shoots off to the R and disappears
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) June 30th, 2016, strange sighting in sky in Woodland Hills/Canoga Park, California. ((anonymous report))
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Bright non-flickering light just above the hor.. Went from very bright to dull. The object is also stationary. ((anonymous report))