UFO sightings in San Diego, California
There are 14 civilian UFO sighting reports from San Diego, California in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1979 to 2012. That is 3% of the 528 reports from California, the fourth most of any place in the state. The busiest year was 2008, with 3 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (4), disc (2) and sphere (2).
Sighting reports from San Diego
All 14 reports, newest first.
- 18 Oct 2012 · 01:00Sphere· 15 min
Small circle flying low over house in Encinitas, CA with flashing lights
Show on map - 10 Oct 2012 · 18:56Sphere· 4 min
Single white light or craft passed over and very close to a commercial jet. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the ISS? PD))
Show on map - 24 Oct 2008 · 20:10Orb· 1 min
A comet/firework like ball that separates and reconnects before apparently just disappearing into thin air.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2008 · 16:00Other· 5 s
"Cloud" shape moving south, no lights,sound or exhaust at about 16:00
Show on map - 10 Oct 2008 · 22:00Disc· 30 s
low flying saucer in suburban area. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Show on map - 27 Oct 2007 · 19:48Orb· 5 s
4 white lights in a v-shape flying above the clouds across the sky in about 5 seconds.
Show on map - 14 Oct 2006 · 20:15Orb· 30 s
I was facing south at approx. 8:15 PM sitting at a stop sign in my car, it was dark.I saw a streak of light and a contrail moving f
Show on map - 16 Oct 2004 · 18:30Amorphous· 5 min
white lights w/ sm. blinking red light, changing and waving like a firecracker, changing erratically, expanding and contracting.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2003 · 21:00Triangle· 5 min
((name deleted)) see's a Ufo land on her property
Show on map - 11 Oct 2003 · 00:00Other· 2 days
Lost two days awaken to power out tv fried and blood from ear.Disoriented
Show on map - 1 Oct 2003 · 20:05Other· 4 min
us and the object
Show on map - 15 Oct 2002 · 13:00Cigar· 30 s
U.F.O. WAS CIGAR SHAPE. COLOR WAS A BRIGHT SILVER. I SAW IT WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON MY WAT TO SANDIEGO. THE SPEED OF THIS CRAFT WAS SL
Show on map - 10 Oct 1999 · 11:00Orb· 1 h
At 10:45 in the morning, my father and I noticed a small stationary object in the sky.
Show on map - 10 Oct 1979 · 22:00Disc· 3 min
My 2nd UFO sighting, October 1979
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.