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)
Pismo Beach · CA, USA
A low object emitting fire and red and blue "debris", it also emitted a blue-lit object that remained stationary
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright falling light over Passadina
Encinitas/Carlsbad · CA, USA
Big green fireball fell into ocean near Carlsbad/Oceanside, CA at 23:12, 01/04/2006
El Segundo · CA, USA
Rotating fire ball moving very fast, few hundred feet above the ground, south east end of LAX
Acton · CA, USA
Driving north on 14 Freeway, 5 miles south of Escondido Drive, bright clear skies as I was driving north on the side of the mountain I
San Francisco · CA, USA
flew like no other, a fireball in the sky u can say..
Ventura · CA, USA
Red/Orange glowing object hovered over the Channel Islands then glided away silently.
South Pasadena · CA, USA
FIreball shaped object overhead, seen, then heard, then GONE without a trace. ((NUFORC Note: Possible a/c with contrail. PD))
Clovis · CA, USA
Bright orange fireball traveling from due east to due west. Visible for a second, is all I witnessed.
Porterville · CA, USA
A bright red glowing light that was loosing altitude coming from the western sky and going east towards the horizon
Hanford · CA, USA
Massive flash of light preceeding a large fireball falling to the earth
Lodi · CA, USA
My daughter and I in Lodi, California watched a Orange/yellow glowing object moving slowly over my house.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
I saw a Fireball heading north west over my head. I first saw it at about 10 degrees to the right above my head and I watched it fall d
Lenwood · CA, USA
Observed a bright orange orb shaped object approaching from the North at an altitude between 1000-2000 ft AGL. As the object approache
Downey · CA, USA
ORANGE FIREBALL SEEN OVER DOWNEY CA.
Benicia · CA, USA
Looked like a plane on fire, sparks falling for about 10mins than just fell in the ocean.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Mars. PD)) Bright Star changes direction at high speeds.
Sonoma · CA, USA
Fireball over the Sonoma Valley
Napa · CA, USA
Falling fireball ended in lightning-like flash to north of Napa, CA 10/30/2005 19:30 PST
Kelseyville · CA, USA
Fast moving fire ball with massive flash in the sky.
South Pasadena · CA, USA
Large, glowing, bright green "fireball" falling fast south of Los Angeles.
Ramona · CA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Vandenberg AFB missile launch. PD)) Point of light leaves an expanding glowing pear-shaped cloud of gasses.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Bright lights and glowing ball seen over Simi Valley, Ca..
San Diego · CA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Vandenberg AFB missile launch. PD)) The bigger bright light was travel in san diego and left trail behide
Riverside · CA, USA
THis siting was of a fireball spiraling through the western sky. It looked like it might have disipated but again flaired up. Not sure