Stanford, CA
California · San Mateo County · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro
Stanford is a small city in California with a population of 17,958. Residents earn $70,651 per year, which is 6% below the national average.
2.8
/5.0
C+
Fair
17,958
Population
6,530/sq mi density
$70,651
Median Income
$42,003 per capita
$2,000,001
Home Value
$3,236,454 Zillow
$1,925
Median Rent
44.1% income on rent
59°F
Avg Temperature
330 sunny days/yr
88
Violent Crime/100K
1,934 property/100K
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Overall
2.8 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A
Economy
4.0 / 5.0
$70,651 median income, 3.9% unemployment
F
Affordability
1.0 / 5.0
$2,000,001 home value, $1,925/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
88 violent crimes/100K (77% below avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
91.1% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Stanford
UFO Sightings
27
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
7
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near Stanford, CA
27 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Stanford, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Palo alto, CA | 2014 | Boomerang Type Craft with Lights in Formation Seen Flying over Palo Alto, Ca on Saturday Night. |
| Stanford, CA | 2014 | Large, wavering, brightly lit balls above East Bay. These objects would stay in place for large periods of time. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2013 | Silver cylindrical shape with 4 smaller cylinders around the center hovering over the oval area of Stanford Univ campus. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2013 | Disk-shaped object with red/blue/green lights flowing left to right that appeared to stop and become a horizontal bar of light. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2011 | Cylinder craft with green light appeared and dissapeared over radar satelittle dishes by 280 freeway |
| Palo alto, CA | 2011 | Silent, red and blue lights, hovering, circling then dropping fast. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2010 | four lights,wierd hovering sound flying over silicon |
| Palo alto (assumed location), CA | 2009 | three bright lights flashing thru thick trees in CA. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2009 | Falling Ball of Fire on Sand Hill Road 9pm 3/11/09 ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD)) |
| Palo alto, CA | 2007 | Bright luminous spherical moon size object much faster than airplane descending southwest under the clouds in Palo Alto, CA |
| Palo alto, CA | 2005 | Dozens of Boomerang/V Shaped Formations Floating in the sky from 2:00am-5:00am on 11/20/2005 Witnessed by 4 People. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2005 | Object following airliner briefly, then moving away from it at a rapid pace. After a few seconds, it disappeared completely |
| Palo alto, CA | 2004 | V shaped formation floats across sky, |
| Palo alto, CA | 2004 | Several V-Shpaed Formations of Amber glowing craft float across the night sky |
| Palo alto, CA | 2004 | Triangle Shape Zooms overhead , no noise, pulsates, changes sizes 3 times, then each point of light seperates and zooms off. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2003 | I sitted an image in the sky. |
| Palo alto, CA | 2003 | 4 lights, similar to those viewed near Stanford on 9/29/03 |
| Palo alto, CA | 2003 | 4 big bright lights hovering over Stanford university area...changing formation...top one arched away and disappeared. Seen from 280 fr |
| Palo alto, CA | 2002 | white light and gaseous tail resembling a comet tracking through upper atmosphere, which exploded like a firework |
| Palo alto, CA | 2001 | strange aircraft over Palo Alto |
| Palo alto/stanford, CA | 2001 | Bright blue oval-shaped glowing object hovering then proceeding downward |
| Palo alto, CA | 2000 | Hovering bright disc |
| Stanford, CA | 1998 | I am a senior in college, and was walking northwest in a campus parking lot. I looked up and noticed a very distinct formation of light |
| Stanford, CA | 1995 | Woman out walking sees "round object w/ ring oriented vertically around it." Appeared in E sky, passed overhead to hor. in 30 sec.. |
| Palo alto, CA | 1976 | A large amber ball of light responding to spotlight. |
| Palo alto, CA | 1956 | Fireball landing, and when inspection attempted, retreating. |
| Stanford campus, CA | 1954 | Civil Defense plane spotter reports UFO sighting at Stanford University |
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