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Santa Barbara, CA
California · Ventura County · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro
Santa Barbara is a mid-size city in California with a population of 88,024. Residents earn $101,672 per year, which is 35% above the national average.
3.0
/5.0
B
Good
88,024
Population
4,516/sq mi density
$101,672
Median Income
$62,921 per capita
$1,466,400
Home Value
$1,797,687 Zillow
$2,302
Median Rent
32.9% income on rent
61°F
Avg Temperature
328 sunny days/yr
436
Violent Crime/100K
2,309 property/100K
B
Overall
3.0 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A+
Economy
4.8 / 5.0
$101,672 median income, 3.0% unemployment
F
Affordability
1.0 / 5.0
$1,466,400 home value, $2,302/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
436 violent crimes/100K (15% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
50.2% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
65
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
9
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near Santa Barbara, CA
65 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Santa Barbara, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Santa barbara (north of), CA | 2013 | Large triangular craft with yellow/orange bright lights flying very slowly heading due east, no sound. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | Orange ball of light. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | 2 very fast silent objects pass over being followed by a helicopter. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | 3 circular lights with orange tail & sudden white flash over Santa Barbara. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | Triangular, red and green lights, hovering and moving, varying from 300-1000+ feet in Santa Barbara, CA, 2 witnesses. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | Orange light over Santa Barbara |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | Extremely white bright light object , high altitude with no sound. No blinking indicator lights or other colored lights. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | Moving SEMI-VISIBLE striped waving object. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2013 | 3 lights moving north in formation and each light disappeared one at a time. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2012 | My girlfriend and I were at the East Beach in Santa Barbara adjacent to Cabrillo Beach House and Grill. We were both lying face-up and |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2012 | Three bright orange orbs, equal distance from each other, moved slowly in a row, then stopped for several seconds before vanishing. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2012 | 12 bright orange spheres moving slowly over the ocean in Santa Barbara, CA. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2012 | There were 5 aircraft in the sky tonight, 3 went into the formation of a triangle, then drifted apart. 2 lingered around and disapeared |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2012 | Meteor-like object broke up into three pieces then a bright light appeared where it ended it's travel. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2011 | ((HOAX??)) huge blue violet light |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2011 | An orange ball of light, (possible fireball), above ocean. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2011 | Large orange light moves over Santa Barbara then moves toward the channel islands. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD)) |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2011 | One Round circular pale orange object rising almost vertically to the South,then over us heading North. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2010 | long ovel shape flying in the sky over Santa Barbara |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2010 | Sighting of orbs after report of large boomerang shaped craft. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2010 | Large Chevron shaped craft and bright Orbs over Santa Barbara, CA. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | My boyfriend and I were riding our bikes along the oceanfront heading east along the Santa Barbara coastline around 9pm when we stopped |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | Triangle shaped craft with lights |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | Fireball |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | Dim Green Lights viewed in the University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | It seemed like it was in orbit but was way too big to be the space station. It was moving towards the WNW over Santa Barbara, CA at a |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | Orange orbs over Santa Barbara |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | Silent Soaring Triangle with greyish tips heading West very Ominous. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2009 | Black object tumbling and moving in sky over Santa Barbara, CA on June 25, 2009 7:15 pm |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2008 | FRONT: LARGE BRIGHT WIDE LIGHT/ THE TAIL END CIGAR/SILVER OR WHITE . ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY, VERY CLEAR NIGHT |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2008 | Three round chevron-formation lights in Santa Barbara sky March 24, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2008 | Bright light in broad daylight changing intermittently to black object moves slowly across sky in Sant Barbara. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2007 | two lights over santa barbara mountains |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2007 | I saw a bright emerald green gigantic object hovering over the Pacific Ocean for two to three minutes. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2007 | ufo was captured during a family picture at the end of santa barbara pier. ufo is present on the upper left corner. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2007 | Slowly moving crescent shaped object seen for 3+ minutes then disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD)) |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2007 | Bright light after sunset in Southern California |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2006 | some stars are ufos..... |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2005 | Bright light that vanished |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2005 | Fast craft transformed multiple times and dropped off something that hovered in the sky. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2005 | Large dark triangle with very unusual orange lights flying low, slow, and was completely silent. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2004 | A bright ball of light hovered for a couple minutes |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2004 | Bright and quick-flash lit up WHOLE sky for a split second, like a nuclear explosion at 1:04AM |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2003 | My family and I observer a silver disk shaped object moving in a straight line turning end-over-end. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2003 | Reflective metal craft seen high over mountains |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2002 | 2 Fling Discs Seen In Santa Barbara 1-5-02 |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2002 | Bright diamond objects with pulsating blue lights. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2002 | We saw approx 10-15 (maybe more) little orbs above a light plane. At first they were in a V- formation then stretched out to an ungulat |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2002 | I observed three pale white lights spaced equalaterally rapidly moving in the the sky from east to west above Santa Barbara California |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2002 | Single saucer shaped object in sky, just before sunset. Strange energy field emitted, making it difficult to see clearly. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2001 | Played peek-a -boo behind a cloud, common for Santa Barbara. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2001 | Large yellow-tinged spheroid in predawn sky over Santa Barbara at 30ꯠ and 300mph |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2001 | intense red dot high in the sky that started to blink. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2000 | flurscent green fireball the approx size of a half moon coming from sky over ocean over highway to mountains on otherside of us.very br |
| Santa barbara, CA | 2000 | Black triangle about the size of a mid-size commercial jet liner. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1999 | An orange stick shaped object paused at about 80 deg. and slowly went down over harbor area to the south. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1999 | Bright orange vertical cigar shaped something at 45 deg. slowly drop into ocean? |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1999 | Wife saw it first looking north, altitude approx. 1000-2500 feet, then lost it in marine cover. Hovered, slight climb, hover, slight cl |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1999 | I observed an object rising slowly up from about 2000 ft. until it disappeared into the low clouds. It was star shaped and rotating. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1996 | My wife and I were walking towards our car through the back parking lot of Andreas Restaurant after dinner. I was looking towards the d |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1996 | Man on Rte. 126 sees bright white flash of light, then missing time. Experiences peculiar events, sees strange visions from history. |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1994 | Black triangle |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1975 | multiple ship sighting in Santa Barbara |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1971 | Fast flying object in Santa Barbara |
| Santa barbara, CA | 1968 | Five white lights hovering...Not weather balloons! |