Flash UFO Sightings in California
257 flash-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1968, peaking in 2013 (20 reports).
- Total sightings
- 257
- Span
- 1968–2021
- Peak year
- 2013 (20 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Flash
1968–2021 · peak 2013 (20 reports)
San Diego · CA, USA
Star-like light streaks across night sky
Torrance · CA, USA
first looked like a hellicopter moving around with real bright red white and blue light so i got out a pair of 35 x binoctulares still
Petaluma/Sausalito · CA, USA
Two white flashes light up Northern California sky
Martinez · CA, USA
bright streak in the sky
Joshua Tree National Park · CA, USA
green flash lights up desert sky
San Jose · CA, USA
Very low, very long, metor-like flash across sky
Mountain View · CA, USA
very sharp, very bright, intense green light - moved like a meteor
Los Angeles · CA, USA
On Monday night when we visited a friend my friend spotted two flashes that appeared to be coming from the beach area but I told him th
Torrance · CA, USA
I saw weird light. It was really bright green flash that lase about 1/2 second.
Redding · CA, USA
seen 3 flashed disappared over horizon 30 seconds and very high rate of speed!!
Paso Robles · CA, USA
I went out to get the mail. When I looked up I saw a very bright light in the sky. My first thought was that it was a really bright s
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
My daughter and I saw a colorful streak or flash across the sky at aprox. 8.45 a.m. I asked her what she saw and she discribed the sam
Granada Hills · CA, USA
Extremely bright flash lasting about 1 second from a pin-point in space. Lit up whole backyard. At about 20 deg due West from Zenith.
Chino Hills · CA, USA
i walk out on my dads deck and then my little brother and i pointed out an object to him that was flashinng quickly and then it disapea
Gilroy (approximatly) · CA, USA
While driving North on the 101 85 miles South of San Francisco, I saw a bright flash transverse the sky from zenith to almost the horiz
Lakeside · CA, USA
On Tuesday night at my job at the Barona indian reservation in Lakeside, Ca. another officer and I saw three white strobe-like craft ra
Oxnard/Camarillo (from · freeway), CA, USA
We were two driving south to LA on the 101 freeway through Oxnard. Suddenly the sky lit up in green and bluish flashes.
Poway · CA, USA
Flash of the brightest light ever, fire colored, tail twice as long, travelling west to east,horizontally. Was in the Union tribune on
Gridley (10 miles N of · and 20 miles SE Chico), CA, USA
Brief period of light flashed in my car window about 1/4 mile to right and problably no further than 2 to 3 miles in front.
Novato · CA, USA
Strange oscillating white and red flash seen over Novato, CA, 10:15 PM on Friday, March 13, 1998.
San Diego · CA, USA
Flashing Orange Lights accelerate with each jump and were parallel to each other
Newport Beach (Near) · CA, USA
saw what I first thought was a comet or some other object. It looked like a falling star....it was very high up. I watched the object
Cloverdale · CA, USA
Bright stroboscopic light slowly passes by within 100 yards, and leaves with an otherworldly piercing whistle.
Catalina Island (Cherry Island) · CA, USA
strobe ufo over catalina
San Jose · CA, USA
A bright flash illuminated a third of the sky originating from a point like a star.