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UFO sightings in San Jose, California

There are 19 civilian UFO sighting reports from San Jose, California in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1974 to 2013. That is 4% of the 528 reports from California, the second most of any place in the state. The busiest year was 2005, with 3 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (6), disc (2) and triangle (2).

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Sighting reports from San Jose

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  1. 17 Oct 2013 · 07:00Other· 5 s

    Object, large in nature, with a bright white light tail entering the atmosphere in California.

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  2. 10 Oct 2012 · 20:30Other· 6 s

    POSSIBLE ALIEN/HUMANOID SEEN RUNNING INTO HILLS

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  3. 21 Oct 2010 · 23:25Disc· 3 min

    UAO over 680 southbound freeway

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  4. 16 Oct 2009 · 15:50Orb· 2 min

    BRIGHT LIGHTS IN SKY OVER SAN JOSE CALIF.

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  5. 24 Oct 2006 · 04:50Sphere· 14 s

    At approximately 4:50am a lighted circlular object was spotted streaking across the sky traveling from West to Nortwest and entered my

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  6. 17 Oct 2006 · 21:30Orb· 1 min

    fast moving orange lights

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  7. 26 Oct 2005 · 20:00Other· 5 min

    multiple reddish lights moving quickly through apartment complex in san jose

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  8. 12 Oct 2005 · 22:00Other· 5 min

    Possible Chinese Spacecraft Launch??

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  9. 1 Oct 2005 · 20:05Boomerang· 10 min

    One star shaped object, another V shaped object blending in with the nighttime clouds

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  10. 11 Oct 2004 · 05:00Orb· 15 s

    Light traveling at very high rate of speed across the morning sky.

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  11. 15 Oct 2003 · 06:30Triangle· 4 min

    transluscent pink tree like object -2 ft tall hovered and then floated horizontally

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  12. 14 Oct 2002 · 20:08Other· 16 s

    I have video of UFO seen over silicon valley on 10/14/02 ((Vandenberg rocket launchZ PD))

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  13. 14 Oct 2002 · 19:30Other· 2 min

    I NCOULD HEAR A FAINT HUM OF WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A JET THEN A HELICOPTER FLEW BYEI WENT OUT AND COULD SEE THE VAPOR TRAIL OF THE ROCKET.

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  14. 22 Oct 2000 · 02:30Other· 2 min

    A square shaped off kiltered, yellowish orange object, fluttering up and down, hovering approaching from the southeast region of the sk

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  15. 17 Oct 1989 · 22:30Orb· 5 s

    A bright flash illuminated a third of the sky originating from a point like a star.

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  16. 17 Oct 1989 · 21:00Triangle· 10 s

    Post earthquake flying Triangle gave us a quick visit.

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  17. 14 Oct 1986 · 20:30Orb· 2 min

    Red, green and gold light amazes multiple witnesses over Santa Clara Valley

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  18. 15 Oct 1981 · 16:30Disc· 7 min

    Town and Country Shopping Center, dic shaped craft at about 20feet above the ground...around 4:30PM on a Sunday.

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  19. 20 Oct 1974 · 07:00Orb· 5 min

    The Santa Clara Valley is bordered on the east by the Hamilton mountain range, and on the west by Santa Cruz mountain range. At the so

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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.