Light UFO Sightings in California
3,107 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1937, peaking in 2015 (194 reports).
- Total sightings
- 3,107
- Span
- 1937–2028
- Peak year
- 2015 (194 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1937–2028 · peak 2015 (194 reports)
Mountain View · CA, USA
Light near moon slowly move away from it
Fresno · CA, USA
Saw a very bright light that seemed like it was a star at first but was much bigger than a star. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Cotati · CA, USA
Strange light streak over Cotati, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Smokey trail appears to be from a missile launch. PD))
San Simeon · CA, USA
A bright orange light was seen over the Santa Lucia Mountains to the north of Hearst Castle.
Hacienda Heights · CA, USA
Blue/white star like lights shoot fast across sky almost blurred. ((anonymous report))
Cathedral City · CA, USA
3 orange orbs in the southern California night sky.
Long Beach · CA, USA
I saw at least a dozen people pointing up to the sky; pointing and gasping. ((NUFORC Note: Launch of the Falcon 9 rocket. PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
Bright, square white light, flared, then dissolved. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch??? PD))
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Semi-cloaked huge light ball in Santa Rosa emmits light swirls in circular pattern facing earth ,then upwards then vanished.
Cottonwood · CA, USA
Low in horizon a very bright light that streamed a foggy like light at the L and R sides. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch. PD))
Auburn · CA, USA
Craft that looked.like a bright star was seen in the sky stationary and unmoving for appox 3 minutes with starlike rays of light emina
Willows · CA, USA
Witnessed a light that went up surrounded by fog in a v shape hovered for 12-15 minutes then descended with fog taking the opposite sha
Oxnard · CA, USA
The UFO was like a bright giant spotlight very slowly drifting in an westerly direction high above the 101 FWY and the Vineyard Ave. &
Idyllwild · CA, USA
Very clear conditions. 45 deg. to horizon, west direction. 20 to 40 objects/lights of red or blue/green color moving and stopping.
San Juan Batista · CA, USA
Double lights UFO.
Cobb · CA, USA
Large red glowing pulsating ball.
Stockton · CA, USA
Yellowish star-like light traveling in a bouncy, uneven motion through the sky.
Los Alamos · CA, USA
Bright lights near Vandenburg AFB
Interstate 80 · CA, USA
Looks like a floating oil refineries up in the sky with a lot bright lights
Redding · CA, USA
Bright object shoots across sky for seconds then disappears in redding ca. ((anonymous report))
Floristen · CA, USA
Bright light flighing from south east out of reno toward truckee and Sierraville direction. At 9:25pm.
Salinas · CA, USA
Driving by fields and see green light orb come diagonally out of sky and then back out lasting two seconds, 2 other drivers saw
Arcadia · CA, USA
Star like object drops rapidly from a high altitude.
Pleasanton · CA, USA
We saw 3 bright lights in a tight configuration not moving in any particular direction. They looked stationary.
Newbury Park · CA, USA
Five colored orbs seen over Newbury Park, CA.