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)
South Phoenix · AZ, USA
More amber lights over South Mountain
Bowie · AZ, USA
recorded a white light getting bigger, smaller, brighter, and dimmer moving throughout the N-NE-S part of night sky
Phoenix (40 mi S. of) · AZ, USA
6 Birght lights similiar to the "Phoenix lights" of 1997, danced across the desert sky.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Triangle UFO with red and white lights over Phoenix AZ
Tempe · AZ, USA
bright light in eastern sky above treeline (Venus??)
Phoenix · AZ, USA
lights arownd south mount.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
One bright yellow oval shaped unidentified flying object
Mesa · AZ, USA
I was turning from Baseline onto southbound Hawes RD. I saw what appeared to be a redish orange blimp looking object. It was very brigh
Maricopa · AZ, USA
blinking lights above Table Top mountain...
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Stealth Object Creeping Over Phoenix.
Cashion · AZ, USA
Huge slow moving black triangle that oddly appeared to have caused us a loss of time. (no! this is not a joke)
Ahwatukee-Foothills (Phoenix) · AZ, USA
Odd lights seen in Ahwatukee-Foothills area
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Phoenix sighting of 7 strange ships in the air
Mesa/Phoenix · AZ, USA
August 17th 2004 8:25pm Mesa/PHX AZ black triangle object hovering over power lines then moves away.
Marana (northwest of) · AZ, USA
Triangular low-altitude, slowly gliding, lighted object came over our home outside of Marana, AZ
Coolidge · AZ, USA
Orange lights in the Casa Grande area in a line formation.
Sedona · AZ, USA
Shortly before 5 a.m., I awoke to the sound of one of my cats making noise upstairs. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect Venus??))
Glendale · AZ, USA
one definite orb, standing still in the sky, and a huge craft with an immense wing span slowly flying above phoenix
Sedona · AZ, USA
Bright object flying in circular pattern over West Sedona
Tucson · AZ, USA
I had a hard time falling a sleep last night because I have renal cancer so I decided to take the golf cart around the course it was 3:
Kingman · AZ, USA
String red lights , moving rapdly upw and away; turned off, didn't fade away. More notic. than fireworks nearby.
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Observed what appeared to be a bright, slow satellite do a 180 degree turn.
Petrified Forest (near; on I-40) · AZ, USA
3 black object, moved vertically up in to cloud, initially motionless.
Camp Verde · AZ, USA
Bright gold triangle seen moving silently, smoothly, and quickly across the night sky from Phoenix area towards California.
Parker · AZ, USA
Info related to me by nephew. Nephew & 2 friends blowing fire crackers along river bank apparently scared an alien out of thickets. Des