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
Slow moving high altitude bright flashing light changing red to blue to green to yellow colors.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Green fireball.
North Phoenix · AZ, USA
As I was taking my sick child to Mendys Place on 27th avenue off of the I17 near John C Lincoln on the exit ramp I noticed a saucer fla
Tempe · AZ, USA
Two red lights on north Tempe horizon.
Cottonwood (outside city limits) · AZ, USA
Multiple crafts above cottonwood and Sedona
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Red and orange flying objects seem in the south sky moving in clusters and disappeared
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Unknown large object being escorted at low altitude; too dark to tell.
Gila River Indian Reservation · AZ, USA
Orange lights south of Phoenix near Estrella Mountains
East Mesa · AZ, USA
Round ball changing colors from red ,blue, green, hard to tell other colors. Did see large passenger plane fly just above it.. (??)
Mesa · AZ, USA
Sphere with red and green lights hovering over Mesa, Arizona.
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
Fireball, with long tail, falling.
New River · AZ, USA
Artificial sounding triangular aircraft circling overhead.
Fountain Hills · AZ, USA
Fireballs, silent, appear in Arizona skies.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Brite white lite mock 1 turn 90 degree.
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Flashing orange lights, stationary but abruptly grow dim. Pulsating with small beams of red and white.
Ash Fork · AZ, USA
Northern Arizona bright colored moving light.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) I heard an unknown and unhuman voice at 6 in the morning.
Sacaton · AZ, USA
Triangle shape UFO in Gila River Indian Reservation.
Tucson · AZ, USA
One bright light in the southwestern sky divided into three lights, spread horizontally and equidistant, then disappeared.
Mesa · AZ, USA
You will be seeing 2-3 glowing orbs over Mesa/Salt River Reservation In Arizona.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Around 7:15 PM, 4 others and I witnessed 2-3 glowing orbs over Mesa/Salt River Reservation in AZ.
Tucson · AZ, USA
THERE WAS NO LIGHT DISTORTION AROUND THE RED BALLS.
Prescott · AZ, USA
Triangular/Chevron of three white lights flew extremely fast East over ERAU in Prescott, AZ
Surprise · AZ, USA
Taking picture and saw light from corner of my eye. Looked up and saw it travel from south to north.
Prescott · AZ, USA
Blue/white ball of light falling toward Earth, and same color arrow shaped light which lit up in front of/below it.