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)
Stockton · CA, USA
Ufo over stockton plane crash? Meteor? Drone? video disappeared on one camera. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Lake Hughes · CA, USA
"Missile test" my ((obscenity deleted)).
Mojave · CA, USA
Huge meteor over Mojave. ((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Tracy · CA, USA
Fireball Over Tracy, California. ((NUFORC Note: Reported to be re-entering Chinese rocket shell. PD))
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Patrons, at a park saw an object resembling a crashing, burning, plane, or rocket, or meteorite. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Palmdale · CA, USA
All 3 were flying across the sky downward, streaking across with what looked like sparks. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
Like a plane on fire with a long tail of read flames, white flames inside the red tail.((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Norwalk · CA, USA
Saw a orangish red light in the sky , thought maybe it was a helicopter or airplane that seemed to be coming in my direction , but then
Long Beach · CA, USA
Fireballs in the SoCal night sky.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
4 Orange fire orbs in the sky.
Palo Alto · CA, USA
MULTIPLE ORANGE FUZZY LIGHTS IN PALO ALTO.
Placerville · CA, USA
Large, red/orange fireball streaked across sky at aproximately 10:07 PM, in a West to East direction. Event lasted aproximately five se
Long Beach · CA, USA
One orange/red stationary fireball like object in the sky looking south from Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach. ((anonymous rept.))
Bakersfield · CA, USA
My cousin and I were off of hageman and old farm and one by one 3 what looked liked floating balls of fire went from NW to SW dir..
Bass Lake · CA, USA
Large green fireball flashing across the tree line. Did not look like anything I have seem up here before. Went out of view.
Van Nuys · CA, USA
I OBSERVED A ORANGE ORB MOVING ABOVE VNYS AIRPORT.
Whittier · CA, USA
I was in my back yard looking west towards Los Angels and seen red dots gliding and then dissaperring. ((anonymous))
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
I saw a fireball falling from the sky; it was blue and orange it had a tail. ((anonymous source)) ((NUFORC Note: Meteor. PD))
Reseda · CA, USA
A LARGE BRIGHT BLUE FIRE BALL WITH AN ORANGE TRAIL OF FIRE OVER RESEDA CA.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Orange star, flickered for about 30 seconds and then it slowly got smaller and smaller until it disappeared. ((anonymous))
Vallejo · CA, USA
I was driving home approx midnight on the 4th I seen this ball of fire in the sky its shot across and then it stood still and drop some
Riverside · CA, USA
Saw what could have been a meteor fall from sky. White ball of light with long tail behind. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? PD))
Chula Vista · CA, USA
Fiery ball of flames that was no meteor being fallowed by helicopters.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
We were driving on Hwy 1 & noticed about 7 fireballs soaring straight down at the earth, almost like shooting stars. I pulled over and
Bakersfield · CA, USA
It looks like a Fire Ballon, there were 3 , no sound. What can it be?