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
4 objects with one red and green light on each hovering over the freeway.
Clarkdale · AZ, USA
Bright green light over Northern Arizona.
Wickieup (south of) · AZ, USA
Four bright lights over Wickieup, AZ.
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Loud rumble flashing red light heading west disappeared.
Superior · AZ, USA
Unknown lights in western sky of Central Arizona forming "V" shapes, and then "M" shapes.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Unusually shaped object flying over North Scottsdale.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) It was semi transparent shaped like a bomarang but the right side was a little shorter. size of a small 727, silent.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Triangular shape object flying overhead maybe 50 feet was seen.
Mesa · AZ, USA
A craft over a house in East Mesa..
Globe · AZ, USA
Lights over globe as 3-26-16
Tucson · AZ, USA
Light sphere becomes hawk.
Surprise · AZ, USA
Started in middle of sky...made a turn....when I closed up with camara yhe object seemed flat but invisible..I see a lit of military je
Surprise · AZ, USA
Have video appeared middle of sky forming a cloud behind no aircraft no typical cloud... I zoomed in no aircraft in visible or flat was
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Strange light or object in North Phoenix sky
Paradise Valley · AZ, USA
Blimp sized and shaped craft pulsating light spotted low in the clouds of Paradise Valley, AZ, that hit incredible speed.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Cigar-shaped craft, or something, in the sky to the West.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Orb moving across Mt. Lemmon, AZ.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Eight large, slow moving, noiseless orange-red spheres traveling over Tucson evening sky.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Looked like flares.
Carefree · AZ, USA
20 amber lights- erratic movement.
Dewey · AZ, USA
Orange light going south, circling to west and disappearing up to west. About 2 minutes. Quite bright to dissappering up.
Prescott · AZ, USA
My husband and I were driving home from Phoenix arizona to Prescott arizona and on the way back home we saw this red light floating acr
Paradise Valley · AZ, USA
Amber light flickered into bright position over Paradise Valley, joined by second amber light, faded and returned many times
Paradise Valley · AZ, USA
Second night of two amber lights returning, flickering from exact fixed position. This time I brought a second witness.
Casa Grande · AZ, USA
2 amber orbs seen hovering stationary, 2 more amber orbs appeared shortly after. First set disapeared followed shortly by the second se