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)
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Driving in Gilbert. Looking to the west towards south mountain there was three lights equally spaced forming a triangle shape. It was
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Bright, moving fast orange sphere over Lake Havasu City.
Peoria · AZ, USA
I had gone out for a walk at 3:00am Wednesday 1/13/2016 which is approximately a six mile walk I had turned right back off the street a
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Sighting of small white orbs high over Phoenix.
Jerome · AZ, USA
4 unknown objects in the daytime sky appear in a photo, though they were undetected at the time the photo was taken.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Three in triangle form followed by approximately 12 others, tight formation, quickly disappeared
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Bright white lights and lots of helicopters.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
HUGE BLUISH AND PURPLE DISK-LIKE SAUCER HOOVERING ABOVE THE CANYON SKYLINE
Yuma · AZ, USA
Videoed 2 egg shaped, multi-color pulsing craft near full moon above Yuma.
Quartzsite · AZ, USA
UFO changes from red to green to white then projects a beam to the ground that also changes color.
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
3 of us were looking at Venus and Jupiter in the early a.m. sky, when we noticed a large ball of light about the brightness of Venus.
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Two large bright flickering amber lights seen in the southwest sky of Buckeye, AZ.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
6 bright red lights ascending form horizon in the western sky.
Phoenix (Fort McDowell) · AZ, USA
Multiple lights hovering in a row North of Phoenix!
Tempe/Phoenix · AZ, USA
4 bright circular lights in sky over South Phoenix.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Very fast, noiseless bright lit lights.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Starting on left side thr were 2 bright wht circles then 3 diff colored then 2 more bright wht lights…
Parker · AZ, USA
Three stationary golden sun reflecting objects, the closest appeared to be a long, narrow rectangle, observed for 10 minues
Parker · AZ, USA
Bright light on ground that changed size and then flew.
Yuma · AZ, USA
Very Large object over fields,that hovered for a while,was silent and had slow blinking red lights.
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Military jet accelerates toward an object above Gilbert, AZ.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Ring of fire over downtown Phoenix, Arizona, like near ballpark of the Diamondbacks.
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Lights floated in the sky over Eastern Maricopa County.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Successive bright amber lights lighting up in a row.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Extremely loud noise shook the house; a huge oval light flying past my house. It was not an a/c.