Project Blue Book UFO Sightings in California
The U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book investigated 273 unidentified flying object reports from California between 1947 and 1969. Each case below links to the original declassified file held by the National Archives, with a journalistic summary of what the documents show.
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
- 170 miles SW of Santa Rosa Island, CA
- Angelus Crest Hwy, CA
- a/v over LaJolla, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Burbank, CA
- Cambria AFS, CA
- Carmichael, CA
- Cathedral City, CA
- Del Rosa, CA
- E. Bakersfield, CA
- Edwards AFB, CA
- Edwards AFB, CA
- Fontana, CA
- Gardena, CA
- Garden Grove, CA
- Glaremont, CA
- Glendale, CA
- Glendora, CA
- Hawthorn, CA
- Hemet, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Loma Linda, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Montebello, CA
- North Hollywood, CA
- Numerous sightings in area Santa Monica, CA
- Palm Springs, CA
- Palm Springs, CA
- Pasadena, CA
- Paso Robles, CA
- Redlands, CA
- Reseda, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Pedro, CA
- Santa Barbara, CA
- South Laguna, CA
- Temple, CA
- Torrance, CA
- Twenty-Nine Palms, CA
- Ventura, CA
- W Los Angeles, CA
- Woodland Hills, CA
1956
- Auburn, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Bostonia, CA
- Challange, CA
- China Lake, CA
- Delano, CA
- El Toro, CA
- Encanto La Mesa, CA
- Folsom Prison, CA
- Fresno, CA
- Glen Avon, CA
- Hamilton AFB, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Huntington, CA
- Lakeport, CA
- Lindsay, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- North Hollywood, CA
- Oxnard AFB, CA
- Pasadena, CA
- Point Arguello, CA
- Rialto, CA
- Riverside, CA
- San Bernandino, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Fernando, CA
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- San Ramon, CA
- Santa Monica, CA
- Santee, CA
- Stockton, CA
- Tehachapi, CA
- Tehchapi, CA
- Temple City, CA
- Torrance, CA
- Turlock, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Ventura, CA
- Ventura, CA
- Winchester, CA
1955
- Bakersfield, CA
- Berkeley, CA
- China Lake NAS, CA
- Fairfield, CA
- Fontana, CA
- Glenavon, CA
- Glennavon, CA
- Kentfield, CA
- La Habra, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Mira Loma, CA
- Mira Loma, CA
- Miramar NAS, CA
- Modesto, CA
- Mt Laguna, CA
- Murrieta, CA
- Oakland, CA
- Oakland, CA
- Palm Springs, CA
- Rialto, CA
- Richmond, CA
- Riverside, CA
- SALONA BEACH, CA
- Salton Sea, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Santa Maria, CA
- Santa Maria, CA
- Solidad, CA
- Sonoma, CA
- South Bay, CA
- Stockton, CA
- Twenty-Nine Palms, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
1954
- 20 miles SW of Los Angeles, CA
- 50 miles SW of Needles, CA
- Banning, CA
- Buena Park, CA
- Coronado, CA
- Edwards AFB, CA
- Elsinore, CA
- Hamilton, AFB, CA
- La Habra, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- MERCED, CA
- Mojave Desert, CA
- Oakland, CA
- Pasadena, CA
- Puente, CA
- Salinas, CA
- San Nicholas Island, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Venice, CA
- W. Riverside, CA
1953
1952
- 17 miles S. Fresno, CA
- CHICO, CA
- Cotati, CA
- Danville, CA
- Edwards AFB, CA
- El Cenre HAS, CA
- George AFB, CA
- George AFB, CA
- George AFB, CA
- Hiland, CA
- Hillsborough, CA
- Imperial, CA
- Loonic, CA
- Los Gatos, CA
- Mendicino, CA
- National City, CA
- Needles, CA
- Newport Beach, CA
- Ontario, CA
- Redding, CA
- Richmond, CA
- Riverside, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- Sonoma, CA
- Stockton, CA
- WOODLAND HILLS, CA