Unknown UFO Sightings in California
1,463 unknown-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1942, peaking in 1995 (141 reports).
- Total sightings
- 1,463
- Span
- 1942–2022
- Peak year
- 1995 (141 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1942–2022 · peak 1995 (141 reports)
Travis AFB · CA, USA
USAF sgt. reports sighting "small round light, then a gap, then a long trail of fire behind it" in western sky. Front of obj. white.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Man reports very brilliant, red object rising in western sky. (Rocket??)
Inspiration Pt. · CA, USA
Family of 5 witness peculiar "silver, sparkling shape" shoot across highway. Shape was like "flattened sphere."
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Man & wife witness very bizarre aerial display of 10-20 white lights. (Probable Disneyland laser display practice.)
Sacramento · CA, USA
Sqare obj w 3 white lights and blue nose light seen by residents of neighborhood. Caused houses to shake.
Vista · CA, USA
Mother & son see 4 pairs of paired lights hovering motionless in formation. 5th craft streaks up, hovers. Near Camp Pendleton.
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Tennis instr. & 2 others witness 4 tiny metallic-looking "cylinders" maneuvering dramatically overhead. White, blue, red. Streaked.
Redding · CA, USA
16 people observe 4 bizarre cigar-shaped, metallic-appearing objects fly slowly S to N over home. No wings, tail, or engines!
Riverside · CA, USA
Man repts. seeing peculiar bright, white light, apparently hovering over mountains to east. Descended, then rose up.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Man & neighbor witness bright, white light maneuveririg erratically in sky overhead. Bigger than star, he thought.
Belmont · CA, USA
Man & wife rept. strange, moving light in sky. Looks like "three headlights in a row." Not an airliner or helicopter, they report.
Folsom · CA, USA
Woman repts seeing circular craft with "kidney-bean shaped, soft amber lights." Flew over house. Called Folsom Police.
Culver City · CA, USA
Woman sits outside to witness aircraft. Sees a large "triangular-shaped obj. w/ pastel lights on edge" pass slowly overhead.
San Fernando · CA, USA
Man repts. multiple sightings of strangely lighted craft hovering, then streaking overhead in clear sky. Some w/ subdued lights.
San Fernando · CA, USA
Second call from two men witnessing multiple craft streaking across sky. Obj. are disc-shaped, w/ blue & red lights on edge.
Murphuys · CA, USA
What did I see?
Oroville · CA, USA
Woman's voice repts. 4 objects over home in rural area. (Facts unclear--no return call; phone disconnected 2 days later.)
Albany · CA, USA
Man observes bizarre, rectangular obj. "w/ barber poles w/ bulbs on the ends" sticking out of opposite ends.
Fresno · CA, USA
Two calls in rapid sequence regarding multiple objects streaking north (?) over city. (Sincere repts., no follow-up written repts.)
Fontana · CA, USA
Man witnesses 2 lights 15 deg. apart in SE sky. Orange color, round when viewed with binoculars. Police rept. no other calls.
Modesto · CA, USA
Young man & girlfriend, returning from hike, witness bright, white light in western sky. It flashed, then simply "winked out."
Fairfield · CA, USA
Family of 3 driving home on Rte. 680 observe bright purple flash overhead, that "lit up half the sky." (Ed: Probable elect. arc.)
Downey · CA, USA
Man reports very bright body just below the moon. (Possible planet?)
San Francisco · CA, USA
Man reports bright object "at 7 o'clock position from moon." (Possible planet?)
Tulare · CA, USA
Woman repts. strange obj. w/ 3 bright red "laser-like" lights, which flickered in irregular pattern. Called local police, FAA.