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)
Gilbert · AZ, USA
huge blue comet like light falling to earth
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Unk blue object seen over Mesa, Az in the vicinity of Mars.
Tucson · AZ, USA
i believe in ufo because of seeing
Peoria · AZ, USA
5 white dots racing upwards from downtown Phoenix area, moving at different speeds, then fading in to the night
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Shape shifting black object at sunset hovering south east in sky
Vernon · AZ, USA
lights flashing
Phoenix/Glendale (over) · AZ, USA
RED LIGHTS IN FORMATION OVER PHOENIX
Green Valley · AZ, USA
Group of 2 or 3 colored lights attached to a triangle in a square shape.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Strange lights appear in night sky over Goodyear Arizona.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Slowly moving and stopped craft barely over my home stayed for 15 minutes.
Kingman · AZ, USA
11-12-07 three bright lights slowly blinking above the ground at 80 feet within 1/8 mile, no sound , farm road , disappeared
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Disc Shaped Fire like Object
Sedona · AZ, USA
I saw three bright red/orange lights in a linear pattern, low in the southwest horizon. At first, I thought they might be Orion's belt
Benson · AZ, USA
Black pentagonal or hexagonal shaped craft were seen in Benson AR. off highway 10.
New River · AZ, USA
The Night Life
Seligman · AZ, USA
A bright light from nowhere, awakened me from sleep.
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
moving lights over moutains that appear every night with out explanation
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
Triangle or three-light formation seen in daylight
Chandler · AZ, USA
Colorful, flashing spheres in the Chandler, AZ night skies on 10/05/07. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Surprise · AZ, USA
Streak in sky changes direction
Heber · AZ, USA
Redish/Orange ball of lite traveling at a high rate of speed arcoss the sky of Heber Arizona.
Tucson/Marana · AZ, USA
2 unexplained lights above Mt. Lemmon
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Object observed moving slowly over central Phoenix and alternating red and white
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Bright, large object in early morning desert sky Thursday morning.
Quartzsite · AZ, USA
See entry above.