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)
New River · AZ, USA
5 bright blue lights zig-zagging threw night sky very close to each other.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Free moving light in sky.
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
Bright green light moving in every direction before shooting up and disappearing.
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Thought it was a bright star.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Witnessed an impossible eclipse of crescent moon.
Chandler · AZ, USA
5 black spheres in East sky.
Gold Canyon · AZ, USA
A solid white light traveling slowly in a southerly direction was verified through 7X50 Fujinon binoculars. The object did not show run
Sahuarita · AZ, USA
Saw a bright green light shaped in a sideways oval shape move very slow in a straight line. The light seemed to scan the desert. It was
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Air Force jet's pursue 2 triangle shaped craft over White Tank Mountain Range
Mesa · AZ, USA
As a friend of mine took our dog out to the backyard last nite she saw a very bright light in the sky.I saw this same light thru an ope
Surprise · AZ, USA
Amber colored object makes 90degree turn and disappears.
Avra Valley · AZ, USA
V-shaped, lighted objects hovering and moving in westerly and easterly directions
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Orange orb moving side to side, then disappeared.
Tucson · AZ, USA
To the west spotted what seemed to be a falling star but as it disappeared into the horizon it excellarated north in a rapid obscure up
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Amber colored orb rotating in the sky.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Saucer shaped aircraft with 6-8 white circular lights on its bottom side spotted near the dead of night by a cousin and me.
South Phoenix · AZ, USA
Alien-shaped head peaking over my backyard fence.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Seen an object a bright light shoot straight up from the ground to the horizon in a very fast motion. The object moved S, then N.
Peoria · AZ, USA
At about 8:25 pm or 20:25 hours, i looked up at the sky while working, due to a vivid red light at the corber of my eye. I looked up an
Peoria · AZ, USA
3 orb lights slowly formed a perfect triangle in the Phoenix suburbs night sky.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright stationary object in Phoenix.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Five bright lights moving sporadically to the southwest.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Daylight disc seen in clear morning sky for and hour and a half.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
2 beeps, 8 beeps, light hovering, blurry eyes, ufo dream, alarm didnt go off.
Mesa · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) Bright green light shaped like a done lit up the sky for about 10 seconds. House lights dimmed for a few seconds.