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Modesto, CA
California · Stanislaus County · Modesto Metro
Modesto is a large city in California with a population of 218,614. Residents earn $77,899 per year, which is 4% above the national average.
2.8
/5.0
C+
Fair
218,614
Population
5,042/sq mi density
$77,899
Median Income
$34,656 per capita
$415,600
Home Value
$440,861 Zillow
$1,609
Median Rent
33.5% income on rent
62°F
Avg Temperature
322 sunny days/yr
812
Violent Crime/100K
3,317 property/100K
C+
Overall
2.8 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.9 / 5.0
$77,899 median income, 4.5% unemployment
B+
Affordability
3.7 / 5.0
$415,600 home value, $1,609/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
812 violent crimes/100K (114% above avg)
C+
Education
2.6 / 5.0
20.3% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
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Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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UFO Sightings Near Modesto, CA
80 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Modesto, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Modesto, CA | 2014 | Circles of light in the clouds. |
| Modesto, CA | 2014 | Single object, glowing red, hovering in place with no nosie or movemrnt in the night sky. |
| Modesto, CA | 2014 | I was up early on my computer doing email. No inside room lights were on just my monitor, so the room was dark. My monitor is 2 feet n |
| Modesto, CA | 2013 | Saw 4 red glowing spheres floating upward and then flying East until they disappeared. |
| Modesto, CA | 2013 | 3 red lights in triangle shape change shape and fade away |
| Modesto, CA | 2013 | Sonic boom FELT. |
| Modesto, CA | 2013 | Stationary blinking white light. |
| Modesto, CA | 2013 | Several glowing red orbs seen flying overhead from the west to the east the night of July 4th in Modesto, California. |
| Modesto, CA | 2012 | Fiery Orb in night sky, no tail, no sound, seemed to burn out, and looked like a oval disk. |
| Modesto, CA | 2012 | Moderately large orange spheres dissapearing into the vast space. |
| Modesto, CA | 2012 | Bright red Diamond shaped object and fog ball object |
| Modesto, CA | 2012 | High-speed light over central valley |
| Modesto, CA | 2012 | Orange red flickering object moved steadily overhead in central California. |
| Modesto, CA | 2011 | UFO making weird descent at a weird angle I've never seen before and I've seen all kinds of craft overhead for 30+ years, military/non. |
| Modesto, CA | 2011 | Disc moving westerly in Modesto CA. |
| Modesto, CA | 2011 | Very bright diamond shaped flying object that got dimmer and faded away. |
| Modesto, CA | 2011 | a rectangle object in the sky blinking on and off and changing from purple to red |
| Modesto, CA | 2011 | A bright white light that looked like an asterisk flew high in the sky in an arc, then dimmed to a red dot before disappearing. |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | bright blue light (dimming) |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | HOAX IN MODESTO?? |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | green light over modesto |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | answer for the modesto lights in the sky |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | Oval object advancing towards me |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | A diamond shapped object dimly lit and moving silent through the night sky |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | 2 UFO IN MODESTO. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax?? PD)) |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | Blue UFO in North Modesto, Ca. |
| Modesto, CA | 2010 | Blue Neon Light appeared and vanished while hovering over North West Modesto, California |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | Blue light and smaller white light |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | Bright light in Modesto, CA sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD)) |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | bright blue neon light moving slowly across the sky |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | 2 blue cylinders and 1 white light over Modesto |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | Three different color light flying every which way...not together |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | diamonds above modesto |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | it looked like three bright dots, small gap then three more bright dots. it was dancing gracefully a mile or two above the horizon. |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | Two crafts spotted over Westfield shopping cntr. Modesto |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | 3 unidentified aircraft over Modesto, CA |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | ((HOAX??)) The object's shape was not seen exactly, but it had lights on either end of the spacecraft. |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | 3 brightly lit formation in the sky in Central California |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | Slowly pulsing red light moving slowly in a south east direction over Modesto, Ca. |
| Modesto, CA | 2009 | Glowing different colors alien space craft. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of "twinkling" stars? PD)) |
| Modesto, CA | 2008 | This bright colorful light was spinning it seemed like far away in the north east sky. ((NUFORC Note: Probable star. PD)) |
| Modesto, CA | 2008 | Low level Triangular shaped aircraft with many red and white flashing lights |
| Modesto, CA | 2008 | object in broad daylight staying in one spot in the sky, was there for about 5 minutes then it went away. |
| Modesto, CA | 2008 | ball of flame |
| Modesto, CA | 2008 | 10-12 white/shiny objects in changing formations over Modesto, CA |
| Modesto, CA | 2008 | Triangle shaped object speeding over town at night. |
| Modesto (on i-5; 130 miles south of sacramento), CA | 2007 | Triangular shaped, low altitude, white, solid lights were sporadically moving in the night sky in complete silence, lasted 40 sec |
| Modesto, CA | 2007 | Black helicopter with very bright pulsating light. |
| Modesto, CA | 2007 | Couldn't believe what I was seeing! |
| Modesto, CA | 2007 | Multiple Spheres dancing in the sky over Modesto, California |
| Modesto, CA | 2007 | At 4:00 am I awoke looking at the sky in the E and noticed a bright star. The star started to slowly move. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? )) |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | ((HOAXED REPORT??)) It was about 9:20 PM, 4th of July, and i was in my pool laying down on a flotie, staring into the sky… |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | Strange Bright Green Light moving through sky near Modesto CA at 2:25 am... visible from I-5 on the left horizon. Very nearby |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | Orange translucent sphere's traveling at high speed just below the clouds in the direction of 135 degrees SE. |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | From very Bright to dim. |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | Boomerang shaped object in central California |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | Triangle shaped object with red and blue lights hovered for sometime. |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | 5 white lights arranged in chevron pattern, silent |
| Modesto, CA | 2005 | I saw a bight blue fireball object that jetted in front of my car and then went high in the sky. |
| Modesto, CA | 2004 | Strange lights over Modesto |
| Modesto, CA | 2004 | Red blinking lights darting and surging high in the night sky |
| Modesto, CA | 2004 | 'Bolt' from Canis Major-complete stop at Sextans;Briliant object leaves no contrail /debris Witnessed by 3-CALIFORNIA,USA |
| Modesto, CA | 2004 | My girlfriend, her friend, and myself were standing and talking out on my back porch looking briefly up at the stars, when we all saw w |
| Modesto, CA | 2004 | A bright light just above the tree line appears every 3-4 days in the north eastern sky. From about 1:30am to 5:00am it gets brighte |
| Modesto (west of), CA | 2003 | very bright light on other side of the mountain, hovering craft with bight light on top and red lights flickering along bottom |
| Modesto, CA | 2003 | Two luminescent spherical ufo's in flight pattern over Modesto, CA. |
| Modesto, CA | 2003 | UFO 's video taped over Modesto, California on Oct. 19th 2003 , showing bright starlike objects |
| Modesto, CA | 2002 | Four Fighter jets chasing a bright light in Modesto, CA |
| Modesto, CA | 2002 | rectangular light changed colors to half circle as well as shape in eastern sky from northern California |
| Modesto, CA | 2001 | I saw a bright light in the sky, it looked like a small plane,it was florescent aqua blue and looked like it was crashing. |
| Modesto, CA | 2001 | known about this object for about 35 years and finally got a picture. you need to see before you beleive it. the sound couldn"t be hear |
| Modesto, CA | 2000 | These aircraft were not running any FAA required flight gear! |
| Modesto, CA | 2000 | 6or7 JUNE Modesto CA. Year 2000.spherical METALIC OBJECT.NW sky heading North 100mph.stopped reversed then resumed north . |
| Modesto, CA | 1999 | a dark metal sauser wobbling and hovering about 7 to 8 thousand feet. it stoped wobbling flew one mile west then went up and was hard t |
| Modesto, CA | 1999 | Three luminous disks trail a jetliner |
| Modesto (north of), CA | 1998 | I was driving northbound on Hwy 99, to the NW I saw what appeared to be a GREEN shooting star "drop" from the sky in a NW direction (fr |
| Modesto, CA | 1998 | Triangular object in night sky over central valley in No. Ca., seen from Sierra Foothills |
| Modesto, CA | 1998 | On Saturday night 2 other persons and myself observed 4 primary targets in a parallel formation, traveling in the eastern horizon at ab |
| Modesto, CA | 1995 | Young man & girlfriend, returning from hike, witness bright, white light in western sky. It flashed, then simply "winked out." |
| Modesto, CA | 1992 | Spinning circle in the sky |