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)
Sacramento · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Pink floating orb? ((anonymous report))
San Jose · CA, USA
Here has been a bright light object above my apartment for three hours now.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Saw red lights in the sky, moving out towards ocean. They were moving very fast and made sudden up down movement.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
My cousin and I were off of hageman and old farm and one by one 3 what looked liked floating balls of fire went from NW to SW dir..
San Diego · CA, USA
UFO Fleet Observed Passing Over Tecolote Shores Park Near Mission Bay, San Diego.
Tracy · CA, USA
Looked like a green laser falling from the sky but not straight down perfectly. Did not look like a typical meteor. Was more like a gre
Riverside · CA, USA
Star-like light with a tail disappears mid-flight
Folsom · CA, USA
Craft visible by 2 very bright lights and high speed 45 degree angle to earth disappears
Long Beach · CA, USA
Ball shaped, green fluorescent blob in Long Beach at the Pike.
Bartow · CA, USA
Big grey sky-diamond joyriding the air. ((anonymous report))
Bass Lake · CA, USA
Large green fireball flashing across the tree line. Did not look like anything I have seem up here before. Went out of view.
Brawley · CA, USA
I saw a flying obj. flying above the clouds. Obj. was dark and barely lit. I saw a hint of red light coming from it.
Redlands · CA, USA
White lights going around massive circular object.
Lakeside · CA, USA
I was watching the sky from my bedroom window and a orange round illuminated object proceeded through the sky from left to right.
Van Nuys · CA, USA
I OBSERVED A ORANGE ORB MOVING ABOVE VNYS AIRPORT.
Goleta · CA, USA
White orb that turned into cross like light.
Sacramento · CA, USA
10 round red (like fire) lights flying in line traveling up then fading out of view.
Rosamond · CA, USA
Blue lights in the sky
Marysville · CA, USA
3 reflective (catching the sun) objects moving around each other really close then far away from eachother.
Palos Verdes Estates · CA, USA
One moving light. Speed consistent with air travel. approx.. 20,000 ft. in sky. W to E travel. NO LIGHTING OR NOISE OBSERVED.
Napa · CA, USA
Multiple satellites in one group moving south to north across California.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Two Fast Moving Synchronous Green Lights over Palmdale, CA.
Van Nuys · CA, USA
Five shiny objects flying in formation over Van Nuys
El Segundo · CA, USA
I saw a pitch-black flying wing shaped object soar across a brightly lit area and then vanish into the dark.
Whittier · CA, USA
I was in my back yard looking west towards Los Angels and seen red dots gliding and then dissaperring. ((anonymous))