Fireball UFO Sightings
9,610 Fireball-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1932, peaking in 2012 (1111 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 9,610
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (1111 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1932–2022 · peak 2012 (1111 reports)
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Culver City · CA, USA
Bright fireball looking object gliding down, then vanishing after 4 seconds, and it appeared to be very low in the sky.
Ocean City · MD, USA
Bright round red light in the sky traveling north went so far then disappeared. ((anonymous report))
Farmington Hills · MI, USA
Orange/red "fireball," passing west to east, with no noise, and seemed to be quite high in the sky..not an airplane!
Rocklin · CA, USA
Bright blue light flashed and moved slowly only to disappear again.
Massillon · OH, USA
5 bright orange/red orbs coming from the north to southwest approximately 2 minutes apart. No noise and traveling pretty quick. Disappe
Hollister · CA, USA
RED LIGHT SOUTH OF HOLLISTER 10:23PM.
Eden · ID, USA
Anyone else seen it?
Pueblo · CO, USA
Three fireball/lights hovering inside of Pueblo, CO.
Fresno · CA, USA
Big fire ball that broke in two smaller more dominant balls of fire with a more defined shape.
Boonville · CA, USA
white ball of flame in Mendocino county. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. Re-entering Chinese rocket booster. PD))
Pahrump · NV, USA
Long trail of sparks, the obj. traveled completely across the sky until it seemed to disappear. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
@ concert in Rohnert Park, CA, there was what appeared to be a fireball with a very large tail. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
San Mateo · CA, USA
Fireball with long tail gliding through the sky very slowly and l low in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Incline Village · NV, USA
Bright yellow round object with orange and purple tail seen over North Lake Tahoe.object. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Corona/Lake Mathews · CA, USA
Saw 2 fireballs clear as day across the sky. Sort of looked like 2 planes were crashing. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
Fireball with trail similar to a comet seen navigating over roof tops of suburb of city. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A fireball above the southern horizon seen from the district of El Sereno in northeast Los Angeles.
Frazier Park · CA, USA
A fireball in the sky that was moving slow and right above the mountains across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Minden · NV, USA
Two white-ish/yellow fireballs observed for a full minute or slighly more in western NV.
Waterford · CA, USA
I saw a slow moving object moving from West to east. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Victorville · CA, USA
UFO, fire, contrail. ((NUFORC Note: Reported to be re-entering Chinese rocket shell. PD))
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
Fireball for 30 seconds then disappeared. ((anonymous report))((NUFORC Note: Re-entering space debris. PD))
Dublin · CA, USA
To S, emerging just above the treeline, moving W to E, a white fireball similar to a jet engine. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD)
French Camp · CA, USA
Massive entry burnout of a ufo. Did not appear to make a landing. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Stockton · CA, USA
Slow moving, gradually descending bright white light with trail that broke up into 2 red objs. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))