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
Dark, triangular-shaped object traveling slowly to the south-east.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
large chevron with blue and red solid light lights proceeding south to north at constant speed
Phoenix · AZ, USA
3 orange orbs at 99th ave and Glendale.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Three circular lights clearly not typical aircraft floating and moving away smoothly.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Ufo as big as a football field,boomerang shaped,with red non blinking lights!
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Scottsdale sighting against air traffic
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Unfamilar orange lights in North Scottsdale
Phoenix · AZ, USA
3 strangely colored(bronze, copper, orange red) very bright, began very small, and grew to very large, disapeared, and then reappeared
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Lights Over City Of Maricopa Previously Spotted
Kingman (near; in Mohave Desert ) · AZ, USA
6 LARGE GLOWING PLASMA ENGINES OVER HEAD
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Hight-Speed White Glowing Object with a Tail Spotted Over Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Green light in South Phoenix sky moving West very fast.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Small blue-green orb speeding across sky to the west then disappeared
Kingman · AZ, USA
6 LARGE GLOWING PLASMA ENGINES
Phoenix · AZ, USA
it split
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Three lights no structure completely black.......
Yuma · AZ, USA
Carousel in the sky on fire / pixalated triangle over Yuma, AZ
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Oval object in photo appears when you increase resolution to the left top side of photo in the sky.
Whiteriver · AZ, USA
Me and my family were catfishing at a pond called Navajo Pit. It took us 20 minutes from home to get there. Then 30 minutes into our fi
Tucson · AZ, USA
Bright multi-colored cigar shaped object that moved too quickly and erratically to be a jet. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star. PD))
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Bright white, circular orb flew out from behind a contrail (chemtrail), then flew back behind it.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Moving dull star with irregular strobe pattern
Gilbert · AZ, USA
a white glowing covering my entire street in gilbert arizona
Phoenix · AZ, USA
two craft objects seen, one horizontal in shape, the other triangular. And some flashing red orb shaped lights in the background
Lordsburg · AZ, USA
At approximately 19:04, Tuesday nite on October 28, while heading westbound on the I-10: I was riding shotgun as my co-driver and I wer