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
Large round bright circle moving behind cloud.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Triangle shaped UFO hovers over Ostrich Festival.
Surprise (75 miles north of) · AZ, USA
Round disk flat bottom with a white aura around it.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Football-shaped, blinding white, light in clear, sunny sky appearing and disappearing in high wind as slowly, steadily flying east.
Chandler · AZ, USA
A small bright blue orb shaped ball of light diving at a angle and lasting around three to five secounds
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Large orange ball, with tail, moved across sky, getting smaller as it moved. Eventually died out near sky over Luke Air Force Base.
Surprise · AZ, USA
Large unnatural light over white tanks.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Solid large disk.
Peoria · AZ, USA
20 orange orbs over Peoria, AZ.
Fountain Hills · AZ, USA
2 bright spheres hovering over Fort McDowell. Looked like some sort of helicopter or plane close to spheres.One suddenly vanished.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Bright lights
Green Valley · AZ, USA
Bright light under the moon viewed from Green Valley
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Seen in Scottsdale Arizona, 3 Bright Yellow Lights in Triangle Formation Hover Low to Ground then fly off together
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Fireballs in the sky.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Large Bright Light with Red Thin Lights Shooting Out.
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Three orange lights moving across the horizon in Gilbert
Vicksburg (east of Quartsite) · AZ, USA
sphere orb light following a huge black object
Fountain Hills · AZ, USA
Orb over Fountain Lake. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the small green orb is a lens flare. PD))
Tempe · AZ, USA
I live in Tempe, AZ, a city in the Phoenix metroplex area. As you are probably aware, the Super Bowl was hosted here in Pho
Marana · AZ, USA
Super Bowl jets chased object south to near Tucson city limits. Circiling at HIGH SPEEDS.
Waddell · AZ, USA
Horizontal line of lights in the west valley sky that went out one by one.
Peoria · AZ, USA
I was smoking a cigarette in my back yard looking in the sky when i see a triangular shaped craft hovering in the sky emiting 8 lights
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
Amber orb with beam.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
New sighting of Phoenix Lights. February 3, 2015.
Buckeye · AZ, USA
8 white lights in a row south of Buckeye, Arizona.