Fireball UFO Sightings in California
1,124 fireball-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1953, peaking in 2012 (98 reports).
- Total sightings
- 1,124
- Span
- 1953–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (98 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1953–2022 · peak 2012 (98 reports)
Fresno · CA, USA
I saw three orange redish glowing globes in the sky!
Roseville · CA, USA
7 fireballs three the first in triangle then four, dark orange, no sound
Irvine · CA, USA
About 8 fireballs over Irvine, CA.
Vista · CA, USA
My family and I were driving home from a Christmas eve at my dads house , when my wife said look at that. to my utter amazement I saw 1
Glendora · CA, USA
Fireball, yellow center, amber red outer edges. Two witnesses; clear night. UFO stops, hovers. Vanishes into thin air. Double pass.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Orange flame/fire ball disappears up into space.
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
Large white object with trailing fire. ((NUFORC Note: Multiple witnesses. Possible bright meteor. PD))
Shasta Lake · CA, USA
Dec 31, 2014, Shasta Lake, CA, extra large fireball with reddish debris coming off, 2+sec. duration. Largest I have ever seen.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Red fireball floating in sky.
Canyon Lake · CA, USA
Walked outside to take trash out. I saw above my neighbor's house 2 bright orange balls moving together slowly one in front of the oth
Chino Hills · CA, USA
Small fire orange fireball…
Needles · CA, USA
Unknown falling object in Needles, CA.
Salinas · CA, USA
Four glowing orbs over Salinas, CA.
Roseville · CA, USA
Fireball in northern sky near Roseville, CA.
Hidden Valley · CA, USA
Strange large fireball... not moving and then disappearing.
Orange · CA, USA
Three orange-red fireballs, coming from horizon and following upward-right trajectory then fading away, one appearing after the other
Play Vista/Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Bright white ball with tail.
Lancaster · CA, USA
Fireball beamed me.
Lennox · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Three orange fireballs in the sky. They were shifting from side to side at first.
Santee · CA, USA
I believe the emerald green fireball object was space junk that originally was from a launched in a North/South polar orbit.
Novato · CA, USA
6 AM Sept. 12th, I walked out of my house. It was a clear morning no clouds or fog and was very dark. I walked on my drivway to the en
Red Bluff · CA, USA
Orange fireball emitting smoke with bright white light, while hovering and spinning.
Saugus · CA, USA
Orange fireballs.
San Jose · CA, USA
Orange fireball.
Sylmar · CA, USA
Bright light in the sky.