Disk UFO Sightings in California
949 disk-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1945, peaking in 2008 (48 reports).
- Total sightings
- 949
- Span
- 1945–2022
- Peak year
- 2008 (48 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1945–2022 · peak 2008 (48 reports)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Witnesses in Los Angeles reported five to seven gray, saucer-shaped objects flying in a V formation, in a mass sighting involving roughly 200 people, for about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A witness in Sacramento, California reported a slow-moving, circular disk object that left a silvery contrail before disappearing, observed for about seven minutes in July 1956.
Covina · CA, USA
A witness in Covina, California reported a disk-shaped object hovering at roughly 1,500 feet for about ten minutes before disappearing, in August 1955.
Quartz Hill · CA, USA
childhood ufo
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
A witness in Santa Rosa, California reported a large disk-shaped object, estimated at over 200 feet across, observed for about ten minutes in 1955.
Stanford Campus · CA, USA
A Civil Defense plane spotter reported a disk-shaped object over Stanford University, California for about ten minutes in April 1954.
Burney · CA, USA
Witnesses near Burney, California reported one large and two smaller disk-shaped objects in the sky for 15 to 30 minutes in February 1954.
San Bernadino Mtns · Church Camp, CA, USA
A group of seventh-graders at a church camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, California reported seeing a disk-shaped object for about 15 minutes in August 1953.
Wilmington · CA, USA
Witnesses in Wilmington, California reported three disk-shaped objects that appeared suddenly, hovered, darted forward, hovered again, then vanished within one to two minutes in July 1952.
unknown · CA, USA
This movie was filmed in 1952, a huge year in the history of ufo sightings
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Santa Clara Ca. I was 13 years old. We were listening to cottonseed Clark counter radio station. When the announcer said folks there’s
Calaveras County · CA, USA
A female alien leader visits a catholic school boy in California .
Mount Pinos (beyond ski area parking) · CA, USA
Witnesses near Mount Pinos, California, including airline pilots on the ground, reported two unidentified objects in the sky, observed for about two hours in June 1951.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was only 8yrs old but I remember it clearly. While at my grandmother's house, my mother sent me to our car to get a sweater for her.
Quincy · CA, USA
Three teenage males driving through the mountains near Quincy, California reported a shiny, silver, disk-shaped object, observed for about six minutes in July 1950.
Napa · CA, USA
Saw a circular craft approximately 30 foot in diameter. It was glowing a green/purple rather subdued. I did not like the color. It h
Kelseyville · CA, USA
A witness in Kelseyville, California reported the first of a series of family sightings, with a disk-shaped object observed in 1948, duration unknown.
Modesto · CA, USA
My grandmother woke me up to go to the front house get my uncle to check on the bright blueish light out behind our cottage. I was sca
Maywood · CA, USA
1947 UFO sighting Date: ? sometime in early summer Time: after dark (between 7 - 9 pm) Place: Maywood IL not far from O’hare Airbase (n
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
MY DAD SAYS HIS AUNT AND UNCLE SAW THIS CRAFT IN 1944 OR 1945 DURING THE DAY IT HOVERED OVER THEM FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN THE AREA OF BU
Salinas AFB · CA, USA
ufos belong to the US Air Force
Pittsburg · CA, USA
Bright white light from U.F.O.
Victorville · CA, USA
Saturn shape wobbling and spinning on central axis with 2 orbs zipping back and forth and around it with movements like hummingbirds.
Michigan Bar · CA, USA
Saucer was 15 feet off the ground, soundless, and had windows like teardrops with staggered lights around them.