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
Strange circle formation of lights observed above Tucson, AZ hovering and moving northeast towards Oracle, AZ.
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Light pattern simular to the Phoenix lights.
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
Shape shifting ball in sky, Black ball with legs flew on neighbors roof fast and ran across roof, Shape shifting saucer or saucers
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Sighted south of palo verde power plant in the buckeye hills area. Orange glowing balls all flying about the same hieght above grou
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Sahuarita · AZ, USA
Silver oval shape-changing object seen west of Sahuarita, Arizona in broad daylight
Show Low · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 74
Tonopah · AZ, USA
many disks/ lights seen through night detection, then an actual large dish object appears
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Peoria · AZ, USA
4 dim lights in shape of triangle
Phoenix · AZ, USA
3 bright sphere / orb objects over Phoenix Metro area
Tonopah · AZ, USA
Seen about 10 ufos in Tonopah Arizona.
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Tucson · AZ, USA
Was taking storm photos, and never saw objects, till reviewing photos I noticed a streek in the sky, not lightning, and then two green
Tucson · AZ, USA
Ball of light vanishes in the SE
Peoria · AZ, USA
Super bright inverted teardrop in western sky for over 30 minutes
Heber · AZ, USA
One hot-air balloon shaped object in the sky at dusk that seemed to glow on its own. It moved slowly away and faded unto the night time
Anthem · AZ, USA
Several lights that moved slowly in same area for 45 minutes, flashing colors, disappearing, reappearing, splitting in two.
Gisela · AZ, USA
I have been seeing something hover above my home so I set up my stealth trail cam facing the sky on an outside table.
Gold Canyon · AZ, USA
Huge ball of light zoomed over Gold Canyon
Willcox · AZ, USA
A series of lights moving in a line through the NW sky slow and low. No noise, evenly spaced, White light.
Kingman · AZ, USA
see above statement.