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)
Show Low · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 74
Organ Pipe National Monument · AZ, USA
a pair of unknown orange glowing lights came on three times in the night sky
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Super bright yellow object... Pointed it out to my friend, me and him were staring at it and it instantly disappeared
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
The past 3 nights my husband and I have seen between an orange to a red glow light that appears moving erratically then disappears and
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Long cyndrical object seen March 1 @ 17:01 on AA475 exactly same as Feb 21 sighting on AA2292
Show Low · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 74
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Picacho · AZ, USA
3 orange fireball shapes floated over Picacho Arizona
Peoria · AZ, USA
Disk with bright lights going around it moving erratically and fast!
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
High Speed Light in sky SW of North Scottsdale, AZ.
Wikiup · AZ, USA
Several red fireball lights, fading in and out of view on the horizon, with occasional white explosive lights.
Peoria · AZ, USA
Large object with multiple white lights- Peoria Az
Peoria · AZ, USA
Update to Peoria report 03/25/2021
Peoria · AZ, USA
Large cigar shaped, low flying craft with solid lights spotted in Peoria, AZ
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I was traveling in my car and looked over and seen a blue light/object in the sky traveling quickly from south to north. Once I stopped
Tucson · AZ, USA
Bight white object at orbital altitude, slowly moving, became gradually much smaller in size dimming to deep red disappeared .
Casa Grande · AZ, USA
Seen 2 bright lights in the sky shortly after there were 4 more they seemed to come towards the ground but did not land. I saw them ye
Tramonto · AZ, USA
5 glowing fireballs - danced in formation, hovered , vanished from eye sight in 2 seconds. Tramonto Arizona evening
Douglas · AZ, USA
Two different sightings in SE Arizona on same evening
Prescott · AZ, USA
String of "stars" travelling East at 0605 in Prescott, AZ. (Sstarlink satellites??))
Strawberry · AZ, USA
Bright white lights in a curved line like a rainbow moving at a steady speed from the N, downward to the SE.((Starlink satellites??))
Surprise · AZ, USA
String of lights
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Single strand of about 25 silent objects flying in SW direction very close together .
Holbrook (north of) · AZ, USA
Light traveling extremely fast
Cave Creek · AZ, USA
No noise, just gone