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Santa Monica, CA
California · Los Angeles County · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metro
Santa Monica is a mid-size city in California with a population of 91,535. Residents earn $109,739 per year, which is 46% above the national average.
2.9
/5.0
C+
Fair
91,535
Population
10,884/sq mi density
$109,739
Median Income
$90,657 per capita
$1,810,200
Home Value
$1,684,070 Zillow
$2,338
Median Rent
28.3% income on rent
62°F
Avg Temperature
325 sunny days/yr
725
Violent Crime/100K
4,327 property/100K
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Overall
2.9 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A+
Economy
4.6 / 5.0
$109,739 median income, 4.1% unemployment
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Affordability
1.0 / 5.0
$1,810,200 home value, $2,338/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
725 violent crimes/100K (91% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
68.9% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
57
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
13
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near Santa Monica, CA
57 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Santa Monica, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sant monica, CA | 2013 | A group of round bright orange lights moving silently and slowly across the sky in what appeared to be part of a larger craft. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2013 | Silver almost transparent looking objects over Santa Monica, CA 90401. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2013 | A massive formation of bright ascending glittering silent lights over the ocean. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2013 | Triangle UFO over Santa Monica heading East. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2013 | Red glowing orb vanishes in to thin air. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2011 | I was late for work park my car got out start walking up the street, hey shooting star that weird 2 grey oval flying in close formation |
| Santa monica, CA | 2011 | Mulitple successive nighttime formations of round unlit objects in V formations at speed. |
| Pacific palisades, CA | 2010 | I was at home in my condo at night.My condo faces the back of the 16 unit building. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2010 | object made by many rings |
| Santa monica, CA | 2010 | Large UFO, comes from over the ocean and then to over the santa monica pier. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2010 | Two fireballs seen south of Santa Monica. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2009 | V shaped formation with orange lights hovers over area and then seemingly vanishes |
| Santa monica, CA | 2009 | Odd transparantly orange objects over L A early in 2009 |
| Santa monica, CA | 2009 | while coming back from the parking lot in the apartment complex we happened to look up at some clearing after a long day of rain,, we j |
| Pacific palisades, CA | 2008 | A bright flash like lightning followed by a fast moving very bright object like a comet |
| Santa monica, CA | 2008 | A UFO flow over the Santa Monica, Ca area at about 10:38 or 10:39 PM. on a clear and windy night. It was not a plane. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2008 | 7-9 lights take a V Shape Formation as they glide in Total Silence - in Santa Monica |
| Santa monica, CA | 2007 | Cluster over Santa Monica, CA. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2007 | Bright light over the Santa Monica mountains with an electrical effect. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2007 | Rapidly moving rings of light in the sky over Santa Monica, California on New Year's Eve. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2006 | fast green light shooting down from sky |
| Santa monica, CA | 2006 | Dark grey sphere over Pacific Coast Highway - Santa Monica CA. |
| Pacific palisades (l.a.), CA | 2005 | Triangular flying vessel studded with green lights performing amazing maneuvers over Pacific Coast Hwy. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2005 | STAR. AT 10 O CLOCK POSTION. LOOKING WEST TOWARD SANTA MONICA BAY JUST OVER SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. THE ONLY STAR WITH A SOFT LIGHT.CYL |
| Santa monica, CA | 2005 | Shiny silver sphere moving at steady pace and altitude |
| Santa monica, CA | 2005 | Dark grey triangular object cruising slowly north over Santa Monica making loud engine noise. ((NUFORC Note: B-2 bomber? PD)) |
| Santa monica, CA | 2005 | It appeared with three white lights then we saw colored lights and then it went into the clouds and came back out then dissapeared |
| Pacific palisades, CA | 2004 | TWO UFOs in LA 22 sept 2005 |
| Santa monica, CA | 2004 | Unknown object over Santa Monica, CA. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2004 | The craft came from the West out over the Pacific Ocean. It was flying much higher than the Commercial Jet Traffic over Los Angeles. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2004 | A disk-like object viewed over Santa Monica, CA. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2004 | They were transparent, but they clearly had a shape to them like soap bubbles. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2004 | Extremely bright light formation and disc shape over Santa Monica mountains. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2004 | Two white, pinpoint lights at approximately 20ꯠ feet for 15 minutes |
| Santa monica, CA | 2003 | Silver cigar-shaped UFO hangs over Santa Monica Beach |
| Santa monica, CA | 2003 | A glowing flock of birds in a symetrical V shape formation |
| Santa monica, CA | 2003 | Slow-moving comet-like object |
| Pacific palasades, CA | 2002 | The object flosted across the sky, barely lit from the light of the moon. Then it changed directions.. Was it a bird? Was it a plane? |
| Santa monica, CA | 2002 | Daytime UFO over Santa Monica Ca. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2002 | ROUGHLY AROUND 10:15 PM WIFE WITH NUMBEROUSE WITNESSES SAW SIMILAR SIGHTING AS THE PHOENIX LIGHTS.SHE GOES ON TO DESCRIBE HOW SHE SAW I |
| Santa monica, CA | 2002 | Clear day cylinder UFO caught on tape over Santa Monica , California. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2001 | something with lights giving off sparks and then disappeared into the night |
| Santa monica, CA | 2001 | Formation of lights that looked like a flock of birds flying in formation in the shape of a large bird or eagle |
| Santa monica, CA | 2001 | Glowing object in the sky, which sparked with sparks, that moved very unlike an airplane or helicopter. |
| Pacific palisades, CA | 2000 | White glow in large plume of clouds, white glow changed to blue then green. |
| Santa monica, CA | 2000 | i was walking my dog at about 9:40 pm-we live close to the beach, LAX and Santa Monica airport-so i'm always noticing airplanes in the |
| Santa monica, CA | 2000 | daytime sighting over Santa Monica Mountains by two 11 year olds at Summer Camp |
| Santa monica, CA | 2000 | AT AROUND 7:30 ON THE DAY OF SEPTEMBER 15 I WAS GOING TO HAVE DINNER WIFE CAME OUT TO GET ME, WE BOTH NOTICED THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET WE W |
| Santa monica, CA | 2000 | A bright light traveling at Great Velocity from the south to the north over the ocean off the coast of Santa Monica Pier. |
| Santa monica, CA | 1999 | Seen traveling north in western sky about 2 degrees below (Mars?)looked like birds in formation at first, but very fast and no flapping |
| Santa monica, CA | 1999 | I saw 2 triangular shaped objects with circular lights along the left & right sides. Approx. 5 min. later I saw one by itself flying in |
| Santa monica, CA | 1998 | A 'V' shaped formation of lights passed overhead with no sound at high speed. |
| Santa monica, CA | 1998 | Metallic sphere over Los Angeles International Airport. |
| Santa monica, CA | 1997 | On May 7, 1997 I was looking north to the Santa Monica mountains and saw what I believed to be a helicopter shining its lights down on |
| Santa monica, CA | 1980 | It said U.s. and eighter Air For or something official. It was official looking nontheless. |
| Pacific palisades, CA | 1976 | I was a thirteen year old boy who was at church in Pacific Palisades Calif.My mother and I were attending my Confermation from the cath |
| Santa monica, CA | 1976 | Two UFO's sighted over Los Angeles and reported on ABC channel 7 news the nest day. |