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Petaluma, CA
California · Marin County · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro
Petaluma is a mid-size city in California with a population of 59,321. Residents earn $109,823 per year, which is 46% above the national average.
3.2
/5.0
B
Good
59,321
Population
4,114/sq mi density
$109,823
Median Income
$59,036 per capita
$834,900
Home Value
$891,559 Zillow
$2,379
Median Rent
33.9% income on rent
58°F
Avg Temperature
326 sunny days/yr
304
Violent Crime/100K
1,264 property/100K
B
Overall
3.2 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A+
Economy
4.9 / 5.0
$109,823 median income, 2.9% unemployment
C
Affordability
2.4 / 5.0
$834,900 home value, $2,379/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
304 violent crimes/100K (20% below avg)
A
Education
4.4 / 5.0
42.9% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Petaluma
UFO Sightings
28
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
4
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
2
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Bigfoot Sightings
1
Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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UFO Sightings Near Petaluma, CA
28 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Petaluma, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Petaluma, CA | 2013 | Orange/white circle travels at alarming speed over San Francisco area. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2013 | White/Orange sphere races across San Francisco area sky. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2013 | Comet like sighting over 101 petaluma area. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2012 | Two sightings in Petaluma |
| Petaluma, CA | 2012 | UFO on Stony Point |
| Petaluma, CA | 2012 | 8 twinkling orangish-light reddish starlike lights, starting at low altitude-climbing to 5k-10k and wink out |
| Petaluma, CA | 2012 | Looking up north in the sky, probably above Santa Rosa, I noticed a bright orange object moving west. I watched it looking for flashing |
| Petaluma, CA | 2010 | Two moving spheres over Petaluma and the bay area. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2008 | My girlfriend reported seeing a cigar shaped craft with blinking lights around the middle south east of town as she stepped outside. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2008 | Small white point of light seen jumping around randomly and disappearing then reappearing |
| Petaluma, CA | 2007 | As we were driving south on hwy. 101 through petaluma, all 3 of us in our vehicle noticed a bright light traveling towards the earth. U |
| Petaluma, CA | 2007 | Blue sphere near the moon on the night of the eclipse |
| Petaluma, CA | 2006 | Bright white lights seen in Northeastern Sonoma County Skies on 28 Dec 2006 |
| Petaluma, CA | 2005 | ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Mars. PD)) Unknown light following moon. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2005 | 2 Flashes of light in the Petaluma Country |
| Petaluma, CA | 2004 | 6 small disks grouped together, changing formation, variable brightness, visible for 15 minutes, no clouds. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2003 | Great Ball Of Fire |
| Petaluma, CA | 2002 | looked like a flickering planet but a little larger than the largest thats visable to the naked eye. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2000 | Large object seen hovering over Petaluma, California neighborhood. |
| Petaluma, CA | 2000 | Object moved from South to North, at the speed of a plane.Appeared metallic. Saucer shaped, but about as tall as wide.About pea-sized, |
| Petaluma, CA | 1999 | Clouds over small aircraft airport flashing coded laser light to ground or vice versa, animals making noise |
| Petaluma, CA | 1998 | Bright white disk, traveling rapidly in a straight line from Northwest to North toward the horizon. |
| Petaluma, CA | 1997 | We saw and followed a bright light for quite a number of miles on a summer evening in July of 1997. |
| Petaluma, CA | 1997 | The object, which was about 30 degrees above the horizon and towards the south, moved. It shot from its stationary position at a speed |
| Petaluma, CA | 1997 | A triangular formation of about 10 glowing,reddish lights suddenly appear and fly silently overhead. |
| Petaluma, CA | 1986 | Saw darting object in the night sky, move fast, stop, move fast stop. Then it flew low over my house and I heard the UFO. |
| Petaluma, CA | 1981 | Around the outside edge of the dark red grid, there was a shimmering orange aura |
| Petaluma, CA | 1956 | Objects were several thousand feet in altitude and bounced around the sky basically overhead. I was 17 years old at the time. The Pet |