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)
North Phoenix · AZ, USA
Orange/Red/White orb
Tucson · AZ, USA
Walked outside to see super moon & saw 1 first, almost looked like a plane on fire was low no sound -another followed when 2 of us were
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Fuzzy dim cloud moveing South to East, it passed in front of moon then could see a physical triangle shape
Tucson · AZ, USA
Light in tucson sky
Phoenix · AZ, USA
A metallic sphere seen below the airplane while taking off from the Phoenix airport on a commercial flight.
Peach Springs · AZ, USA
Lights observed on ground with smaller red light observed leaving and returning to larger lights.
Williams (25 Miles East of) · AZ, USA
Extremely Large Triangluar Craft Travelling at Enormous Rate of Speed
Tucson · AZ, USA
Looked similar to shooting star, but flew much slower and suddenly lit up with incredible brightness and disappeared
Paradise Valley · AZ, USA
We saw four UFOs pass over our heads they were moving mostly east and a bit north. They seemed to be following each other. Orange cir
Paradise Valley · AZ, USA
4 UFOs heading West orange glow moving in formation
Wilcox · AZ, USA
Cluster, lights appear and disappear, small white rectangle
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Red flying globes
Mesa · AZ, USA
No tail of light like a meteor, just bursts of light from what seemed to be from deep space.
Tempe · AZ, USA
Object with fiery tail shot off into the sky
North Phoenix · AZ, USA
Red light over north Phoenix
Glendale · AZ, USA
One bright object , silent, no flashing lights, moving constant speed several minutes until out of sight.
Lakeside · AZ, USA
Dragonfly shaped object with white and blue lights
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Bright white/oval traveling at high rate of speed.
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Orange lights over mountain Southwest of Buckeye
Wilhoit · AZ, USA
It was a clear night sky we were taking our dogs out in the back yard when two huge light bars appeared,side by side.
Surpise · AZ, USA
Bright white and blue lights spotted ove Surprise AZ April 21 2012
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Brilliant undulating light hung motionless in the horizon, eventually dimmed, came back, and then disappeared
Mammoth · AZ, USA
6 huge balls of orange light seen east of Mammoth, Arizona
Surprise · AZ, USA
Orange lights no noise moved east to west accross sky and disappeared.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Orange orbs/ black amoeba object