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)
Monterey Park · CA, USA
huge ball of fire hanging in the sky
San Diego · CA, USA
I was facing south at approx. 8:15 PM sitting at a stop sign in my car, it was dark.I saw a streak of light and a contrail moving f
North Hollywood/Burbank · CA, USA
Large green ball of light dropping from sky over North Hollywood/Burbank California.
Livermore · CA, USA
I saw a very large flourescent green fireball explode in the sky over the area of the Lawrence Livermore Lab. It exploded three times
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Bright, maybe burning, object traveling extremely fast explodes over Lake Elsinore
Napa · CA, USA
Fireball across the napa sky around 9pm, looked like an airliner on fire but afdter checking nothing reported
South Pasadena · CA, USA
It was very early in the morning, in the predawn hours. Under a clear sky filled with stars (or at least as clear as it gets in the Los
Coloma · CA, USA
Every night they are up an over Sacramento and the Sierras.
Los Angeles (Glassel Park) · CA, USA
2 Fireballs of light - large and close followed by 2 red lights further in the distance
Indio · CA, USA
shooting star shoots upwards!!!
Sonoma · CA, USA
RED FIREBALL OVER SONOMA
Sonora · CA, USA
Large, low object shot across night sky.
El Monte · CA, USA
FIREBALL IN CLEAR SKY
Sonoma · CA, USA
very bright orange/amber light moves, freezes, no noise not in usual air trafic path about 10 min.
Westminster · CA, USA
Twin orange balls seen over Westminster Ca
Mira Loma · CA, USA
Plasma rocket or alien spacecrafts?
Whittier · CA, USA
We saw a bright red fireball like object that appeared to be too high to possibly be any earthling made air craft. The object appeared
San Diego · CA, USA
A flame floating through the sky moved slowly and closely above us before departing into space as a small red light.
Pittsburg · CA, USA
Five sightings of glowing red orange fireball object over Pittsburg, CA
Daly City · CA, USA
Fireball appeared for 5 seconds
Redding · CA, USA
While driving I saw a ball of fire in the sky like a flash and noticed whittnesses.
Benicia · CA, USA
A large silent Orange firey orb that seemed to have streams of light falling from it and shooting out from it .
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
Bright white orb flashes,expands,contracts,moves off slowly,then vanishes
Alhambra · CA, USA
Bright flash of light and streak of light over Alhambra, CA
Carson · CA, USA
It was a blue fireball shaped object.