UFO Sightings in California
15,215 UFO sightings reported in California since 1935, peaking in 2014 (869 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 15,215
- Span
- 1935–2028
- Peak year
- 2014 (869 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1935–2028 · peak 2014 (869 reports)
Top cities in California
Los Angeles
1942–2022 · peak 2007 (29 reports)
San Diego
1944–2022 · peak 2007 (32 reports)
Sacramento
1956–2022 · peak 2012 (26 reports)
San Jose
1947–2022 · peak 2012 (21 reports)
San Francisco
1956–2021 · peak 2008 (26 reports)
Fresno
1953–2022 · peak 2014 (18 reports)
Long Beach
1957–2022 · peak 2017 (13 reports)
Bakersfield
1961–2022 · peak 1995 (13 reports)
Santa Rosa
1955–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Santa Barbara
1968–2022 · peak 2020 (12 reports)
Riverside
1976–2020 · peak 2008 (11 reports)
Modesto
1947–2021 · peak 2009 (13 reports)
Redding
1986–2022 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Burbank
1981–2021 · peak 2003 (24 reports)
Huntington Beach
1945–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Anaheim
1963–2020 · peak 2015 (12 reports)
Ventura
1967–2021 · peak 2012 (13 reports)
El Cajon
1969–2022 · peak 2014 (14 reports)
Irvine
1980–2022 · peak 2007 (18 reports)
Oakland
1968–2022 · peak 2003 (6 reports)
Morro Bay · CA, USA
Bright shiny metallic sphere moving slowly for 1 minute and stopping suspended for 2 min
San Diego · CA, USA
Whitish globe over Miramar NAS
Oroville · CA, USA
One light heading north but disappeared right above me the second light was just moments after heading east same thing it disappeared r
Burbank · CA, USA
Large White Aircraft Seeing Over Burbank
San Juan Capistrano · CA, USA
Object stood still also moved all directions turning to fuzzy ball then back.
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
White rotating elongated object with ability to “shape shift”.
Eldorado Hills-Placerville (Hwy 50 · CA, USA
It appeared just as I crested over a hill, blatent and moving slowly and effortlessly just above the tree line.
El Centro (east of) · CA, USA
Strange "blimp-like" object seen hovering over desert where military practice.
Oroville · CA, USA
I was talking to my co-worker about seeing a lot of UFOs lately when I pointed out a star that was moving fast. It flew right at an air
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright yellow lights shifting from triangle formation to line formation, lasted about 20 minutes seen west of USC.
Fremont · CA, USA
Oval shaped looked like a tic tac lighting over it couldn’t see it clearly
Cambria · CA, USA
Strange multiple colors lights
Benicia · CA, USA
Sphere of light appears, changes direction and position, changes size, repeats.
Benicia · CA, USA
Over 100 ships/crafts came and scattered all over the sky and myself, wife and 3 neighbors watched them for an hour and 10 mins.
San Jose · CA, USA
Spherical-shaped UFO sighting in Almaden Quicksilver Park, San Jose, CA
Vacaville · CA, USA
While driving my son noticed a black cigar shaped object above/over over the moon - i pulled over and we watched it move slowly from to
Benicia · CA, USA
Witness another Orb over another neighbors home.
Los Altos · CA, USA
MADAR Node 52
San Diego · CA, USA
A white cylinder, silent, not moving, then poof...gone.
San Jacinto · CA, USA
Large Spherical light above Idyllwild
Benicia · CA, USA
Witnessed another Orb off in the distance
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Dense, bright blue light in a long oval shape observed and then faded into a dark cloud over Silver Lake/Glendale area of LA.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Bright Blue light flashed in sky, left small smoke puff. No sound.
Ukiah · CA, USA
For a whole month strange lights had kept appearing in the sky almost directly above me for a whole month.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
I was out with a group of friends during the day in Carlsbad, CA. It’s hard to describe on paper, I was siting down at a restaurant an