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
a large glowing object shot across sky from se to nw but when it came out of clouds it stopped buzzed around a bit and had lights to bi
Tucson · AZ, USA
5 lights maneuvering around each other, all caught on video, and seen on the news
Sedona (5 miles w. of) · AZ, USA
Stationed on a small hilltop situated between the Secret Mountain Range and Mingus Mountain, near the Bradshaw Ranch, six people witnes
Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
In Arizona-A light attached to something floating.
Prescott (North of) · AZ, USA
While driving through Arizona My wife and I witnessed a white object in the sky.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Traveling east on Speedway Blvd. and saw a bright white/yellow object with a red streaking tail traveling low from southwest to northea
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
An Aubrun red dot floated scilently to the right and then darted off to the left and disaapeared
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Location facing East at 01:57AM East being 12 like a clock face..look at 12:45-13:00 just above the horizon and just below a group of s
Mesa · AZ, USA
A small dark purple quad-thruster craft hovering 200-300 feet in the sky. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
White Tank Mountains · AZ, USA
Saw bright light past mountains. Looked at it through binoculars. It was very large. Must have been 18 or 19 miles away. Due to it's si
Aguila · AZ, USA
Large triange craft composed of 3 large white globes glided low over hiway in front of truck. It searched the ground with beams of lig
Buckeye · AZ, USA
bright blue light going east to west went from horizon to horizon in less than 2 min at estimated alt of 35,000 feet indicating very gr
Golden Valley · AZ, USA
three swiftly moving blue blurs each about 30 meters in length, however it was blurred
Kingsman/Hoover Dam (between) · AZ, USA
LOOKED LIKE STARS AT FIRST THEN BEGAN TO MOVE IN ODD MANOR
Tucson · AZ, USA
Erratic movement not found in conventional aircraft
Page (Lake Powell) · AZ, USA
8. PAGE-LAKE POWELL ARIZONA AUGUST 1997 ((This is the eigth and last to date of several of these experiences, all of which I now feel
Tucson · AZ, USA
As we traveled the 10e freeway to Tucson the cheveron shaped craft approahed us as if it was going to land on the highway
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Object like uprooted tree drifting over Arizona desert.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
a large black object kind of like a shadow passed over head while we were waiting for the fire works to start
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
A bright red object was seen traveling from west Phoenix to east TempeSpeed was slow (probably too slow for most aircraft), it also app
Phoenix · AZ, USA
A freind called saying they are seeing lights over their backyard some as big as a grapefruit when an extended arm is held out. This
Arizona · AZ, USA
film makers in hollywood where talking of filming the triangeles
Phoenix (ouside of · at Lake Pleasant), AZ, USA
We witnessed a huge triangular object moving steadily above our heads at about 25-30? mph. It was metallic and had reddish orange ligh
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
Suacer and secondary object over Cottonwood Arizona (verde valley) chased by Jets
Tucson · AZ, USA
I saw one triangular shaped craft, it had two very big randomly flashing lights(bluish white color).