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)
El Mirage · AZ, USA
1-3 orange lights, over a short period of time. West sky from West Valley area of Phoenix.
Prescott · AZ, USA
Three UFO sightings in AZ within a week. All lights. I'd never seen one before!
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Three yellow lighted hovered next to my car very close!
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Orange fireball moving e to w dropping small fireballs from the rear.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Red light very fast moving across sky then white flash and gone.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Large orange glowing ball falls to earth.
Gold Canyon · AZ, USA
Object in night sky changed shape and emitted red/green lights. Seen 11 objects in the sky.
Peoria · AZ, USA
Disk shaped object flying fast across the sky stayed in straight line did not shift or change flight path. Object was black in color an
Cave Creek · AZ, USA
Diamond shaped craft with Multi colored lights appears for 5th time in two weeks. Duration is constant. Craft made no sound.
Tucson · AZ, USA
The sphere was a completely orange.
East Mesa · AZ, USA
2 light-Grey disc's. Over East Mesa. No sound, no lights. Very fast.
Gilbert · AZ, USA
8 silver objects over San Tan mountains
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
FAST MOVING MIRRORED GLASS LIKE ORB RIGHT UNDER THE SUN
Witch Wells · AZ, USA
Metallic Circular object observed over Witch Wells, Arizona.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Orange Light breaks into evenly spaced pieces then disappears in Arizona
Tucson · AZ, USA
Red, blue, white lights continue to be seen over Tucson in October 2014.
Coolidge · AZ, USA
Date 10/24/2014, Friday Time: 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. The sighting happened while driving home from Casa Grande, AZ to Coolidge along a
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
White light object.
Tucson · AZ, USA
White cigar shaped object floating in between rock formations at the top of Catalina Mountain.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Orange light split in two and then melded back into one light before vanishing
Sahuarita · AZ, USA
Bright "star-like" objects appeared over Sahuarita, followed by scrambling F-16s.
Oracle · AZ, USA
We witnessed a blue and white flickering light about twice the size of a star, but ten times as bright. It shot across the sky.
Tucson · AZ, USA
A white sphere slowly descending straight down from the sky. It was way to slow for meteor and hand no flashing lights like a helicopte
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Driving down the I-10 saw three aircrafts form a shape of an triangle. Drove under one that seem to be an unfamiliar aircraft with ligh
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
I believe what I saw was a very large meteorite. It was very bright, last just a few seconds; no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? PD))