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)
Tucson · AZ, USA
One Hugh object with 3 color lights and Two others smaller objects with white lights
Fort Mohave · AZ, USA
One bright red light in the southeast sky alone for 10-15 min. joined by two more bright red lights from the east staying for 10 min.
Arizona City · AZ, USA
DIFFERENT SIGHTINGS IN ONE NIGHT BY 6 FAMILY MEMBERS
Chino Valley · AZ, USA
Bright, horizontal , non-flashing , slow moving without tilting, landed on a mesa, lights dimmed.
Phoenix (above; in-flight sighting) · AZ, USA
small, silver ball with red light/glow low altitude
Bullhead City · AZ, USA
emtying the trash looking west over our western mountain range i saw what i thought was a jet departing from laughlin airport. as i
Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
This unknown object my husbands car turn off.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Strange lights over Glendale, Arizona.
Chandler · AZ, USA
a ball of light wth incredible speed
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
Semi-transparent white ball sighted in Queen Creek ,AZ
Tucson · AZ, USA
A red dot in the sky orbiting a white dot, while the white dot moves across the sky making circles.
Yuma · AZ, USA
This sighting was EXTREMELY similar to "Endeavor" space shuttle night time fly-by's.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Meteor like fireball witnessed on a clear sunny midafternoon.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Still trying to convince myself I really saw it.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Southern sky a ball of light, some movement then stationary, through a telescope looked like a bunch of lights almost like a disco ball
Mesa · AZ, USA
objects far up in the sky, pretending to be stars, a bit more yellow than actual stars, moving in all directions
Rio Rico · AZ, USA
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Tucson · AZ, USA
One spherical silver object was sighted for 15 seconds in the central Tucson skies below a plane with contrails heading East .
Coolidge · AZ, USA
I was driving home from work and as I was traveling on the state roadway approaching an overpass for the train I noticed a white brigh
Marana · AZ, USA
Saw a silver shiny sphere twice while driving north on Cortaro before Silverbell in Marana, AZ.
Tucson · AZ, USA
plane like object descended too fast.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
12/19/08 Phoenix AZ curved shape 2 minutes It was just sitting still in the sky lights coming down,then gone from rear view
Mesa · AZ, USA
Its just movig really slowly, its staying up in th sky. Only seen is very bright light
Phoenix (outside of) · AZ, USA
Strange craft seen from air plane traveling fast and low over Arizona desert
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Silver Sphere moves very fast over Camelback Mt. then disappears.