UFO Sightings in Arizona
4,660 UFO sightings reported in Arizona since 1946, peaking in 2014 (302 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,660
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (302 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (302 reports)
Top cities in Arizona
Phoenix
1959–2022 · peak 1997 (46 reports)
Tucson
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (36 reports)
Mesa
1978–2022 · peak 2015 (20 reports)
Scottsdale
1969–2022 · peak 2014 (15 reports)
Chandler
1995–2021 · peak 2000 (21 reports)
Gilbert
1995–2021 · peak 2000 (40 reports)
Tempe
1968–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Glendale
1966–2022 · peak 2015 (11 reports)
Sedona
1989–2021 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Lake Havasu City
1968–2022 · peak 2011 (11 reports)
Surprise
1998–2021 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Peoria
1985–2022 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Yuma
1982–2022 · peak 2010 (7 reports)
Maricopa
1975–2020 · peak 2014 (12 reports)
Buckeye
1997–2022 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Flagstaff
1966–2021 · peak 1999 (7 reports)
Prescott Valley
1995–2020 · peak 2000 (14 reports)
Kingman
1953–2021 · peak 2016 (7 reports)
Apache Junction
1986–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Prescott
1993–2021 · peak 1997 (6 reports)
Winslow (outside of) · AZ, USA
Sphere on I-40 east of Winslow, AZ.
Interstate 8 · AZ, USA
Bright light north of Interstate -8 east of Yuma lasting over 2 hours
Maricopa · AZ, USA
One huge UFO or three seperate ones
Phoenix · AZ, USA
A bright light in Phoenix hovered above houses in broad daylight, then vanished
Tempe · AZ, USA
Orange, glowing, floating circular object over Tempe.
Yuma · AZ, USA
Three white round lights morphed into two, changed colors and then disappeared in the sky near Yuma, AZ.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Bottle cap shaped UFO with red glow underneath, clearly seen from back yard on December 1st, 2009 .
Wickenburg · AZ, USA
Four cigar shapped lights appeared in a fire orange color, one then three more then changed formation and moved NNE bound.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Huge light, in the size of a 747, seen in cloudy skies
Phoenix · AZ, USA
White orbs over Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona or Colorano (inflight sighting) · AZ, USA
blinking white-dotted circle lights
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Hovering ligths over Buckeye. Viewed from Miller and Baseline road. Two seperate craft.
Springerville · AZ, USA
U-Shaped, strobe like blue/white flash in the sky, with no aircraft seen.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
sitting outside on a bench observing the wierd girations of these objects
Wellton · AZ, USA
Ski fireflys faster than any plane in southern Arizona
Eloy · AZ, USA
Strange craft, military jets chase and plasma arcs in the AZ desert.
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
3 White Orbs and bands of 8 Red Lights flash on and off over Queen Creek, AZ
Marana/Tucson (north of) · AZ, USA
Lights north of tucson/marana
Green Valley · AZ, USA
Took my dog for a walk tonight on my block. Looked up in the night sky to the North and saw a series of strobe lights stationary in the
Mesa · AZ, USA
Bright Light, No Sound, Heading Eastward at 5:59am Thursday 19th Nov 2009
Circle City · AZ, USA
Low hovering orange triangle of lights
Chinle · AZ, USA
2 perfectly aligned orbs silently cruise across Navajo Nation skies.
Mesa · AZ, USA
circular fireball slowly flew over me
Tucson · AZ, USA
Saw what appeared to be stars shooting "laser" lights down, also an object emitting other objects in to another
Gila Bend (near) · AZ, USA
Strange lights near Gila Bend, AZ.