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)
Madera · CA, USA
Strange orange light seen south of Madera. Went to get binoculars and a minute later the light was gone.
Covina · CA, USA
Orange light moving south in the northeast sky.
Visalia · CA, USA
2 bright orange lights seen in sky. Emitting sparks.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
lights over Santa Ana , CA, were about to collide when both lights disappeared in front of each other
Gilroy · CA, USA
triangular 3 bright light craft flying silently near Gilroy, California
Clearlake · CA, USA
A bright white light moving in a straight line light did not blink.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Bright orange ball of light.
Cottonwood · CA, USA
Incredible Sighting and top secret Helicopters
San Rafael · CA, USA
Bright blue object races across whole sky.
Orange · CA, USA
Light like a plane but moved like something really strange!
Anaheim · CA, USA
Facing west toward John Wayne Airport I observed two luminous objects flying above the light cloud cover at high altitude. Objects ente
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Star like object turn lights off after being flashed with light and took off, then came back 15 min later.
Orland · CA, USA
White, star-like light holds position in sky before moving slowly and then disappearing altogether.
Beale AFB · CA, USA
Bright and large orange light that vanished suddenly and completely
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Meteor-like object seen while watching an Iridium flare.
Rialto · CA, USA
BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHT OVER SAN. BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS
Poway · CA, USA
Blue light object (2 parallel lines, one shorter than the other)
San Diego (Carmel Mountain) · CA, USA
My husband and I stepped out on to our patio the time was between 7:00pm to 7:30pm. It was a beautiful clear night. not long after we s
Atascadero · CA, USA
Bright Ligtht sighted over Morro Bay and Atascadero California for about an hour on 3/7/7. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius or Venus?? PD))
Canyon Lake · CA, USA
I saw a bright light streak across the sky, then it looked like it shot straight up, and then vanished.
San Clemente · CA, USA
Two orange dancing lights near San Onofre nuclear reactor
San Francisco · CA, USA
High speed and dacing lights in the southern sky.
North Highlands · CA, USA
Bright, sometimes pulsating, light "dancing" about in western sky at about 10 degrees above horizon for 20 minutes.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Light travelling, turning. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of Iridium satellite. PD))
Whittier · CA, USA
bright white light with violet streaks