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)
Phoenix · AZ, USA
On Halloween night 2019 I, witnessed an almost perfectly round object fly over my head at a very high rate of speed...
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
During the night of September 7th my coworkers and I were outside we noticed a huge red circular light above mingus mountain.at first w
AZ · USA
Unidentified aerial phenomena noticed from an airplane window 9/7/2019
Phoenix · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 96
Leupp · AZ, USA
My wife and I notice a cylindrical object hovering in the sky around about 10-15' k. ((NUFORC Note: DARPA balloon? PD))
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Four circular unidentified shapes noted in the east sky from North NAU Campus.
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
White cylindrical object spotted hovering stationary well above cloud level. Appears to be staying completely still, as shown by clouds
Mesa · AZ, USA
Orange orbs over Mesa, Arizona.
Yuma · AZ, USA
Star-like object darting about in sky, not first time seen, there were 3 once..zig-zagging, not same pattern..over Marine base
Phoenix · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 96
Gold Canyon · AZ, USA
The witness RING camera caught the object hovering in their back yard. RING camera infrared was able to see this ((MUFON report))
Apache junction · AZ, USA
We thought it was the moon
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Saw like a teardrop whor egg-shaped object just staying. ((anonymous report))
Surprise · AZ, USA
Silent star-like craft races through northwest valley
Tucson · AZ, USA
Saw some lights in a cluster of lines and faded light, maybe some dot lights. Cluster similar to an uneven diamond.((anonymous report))
Red Mountain · AZ, USA
A large shadow of a rectangle or trapezoid shape appeared midway on the southwest side of Mount Mcdowell (aka Red Mountain) in North P
Sahuarita · AZ, USA
3 lights in triangle formation
Tucson · AZ, USA
On my way home just passing the casino del sol, I noticed 2 egg shaped lights faded on and off next to each other. Then Maybe like half
Maricopa · AZ, USA
3 horizontal fireballs in the sky
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
6 Silver Irregular Flying Objects Zig-Zagging Over Scottsdale, AZ
Tucson · AZ, USA
Green light falling from sky.
Rio Rico · AZ, USA
5 red orange flashing orbs descending in size.
Catalina · AZ, USA
We observed a cigar shaped craft hovering in the SW sky. ((anonymous report))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Ufo leaving earth.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I was laying in the jacuzzi and was looking up at the clouds. Im an cardiographic technician or ekg tech so im use to looking at small