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)
St. Helena · CA, USA
St Helena CA sighting (flash of light across the horizon)
Chicago Park · CA, USA
Flashing white an red lights 5 of them
Palm Springs · CA, USA
I was waiting outside my car for someone and I saw a flash come from above me. I thought it was a low flying airplane but when I looked
La Mesa · CA, USA
Blinking white star looking light in sky over san diego
Lancaster · CA, USA
Eastern sky lit up red and orange on the horizon, 3 flashes about 3-5 min intervals.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Bright burning white light suddenly appearing then fading into a small shooting star. ((NUFORC Note: Iridium satellite? PD))
Riverbank · CA, USA
Huge flash of light in sky.
El Monte · CA, USA
Luminous light.
Acton · CA, USA
5 consecutive flashes of light.
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
Crafts observed of unknown type moving in formation then vanishing, followed by 5 large disk shaped ships.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Saw a large orange flash of light looking like a star t, was moving slowly and stopped, shrunk smaller and started moving quickly acro
La Mirada · CA, USA
Bright flash over house
Monterey · CA, USA
While videoing at the Orion area I saw some large flashing lights don't no what they are. No airplanes!
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Loud sound and a search light coming from sky - definitely not a helicopter.
Susanville · CA, USA
Stars which becomes extemely bright, and then disappear
San Rafael · CA, USA
Scanning striped light passes over my car accompanied by three flashes and two beams across the sky.
Clovis · CA, USA
The lights seemed to be pulses of bright white lights, like nothing I've ever seen.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Bright flash shoots a beam of light horizontally across the night sky
Saint Helena · CA, USA
Numerous blue flashing dots in sky moving in sky.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Colorful Flashes Along The Hillside.
Quincy · CA, USA
A strange flash seen in sky showing evidence of ufo
Ansel Adams wilderness · CA, USA
5 reddish-orange twinkling lights in remote mountains of California speeding north in formation
Redding · CA, USA
Hovering/slow moving shiny object.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
3 UFO's over Orange County, CA
San Diego · CA, USA
Big laser like neon=purple light shoot out of horzion.