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)
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Sitting on Balboa Island looking in the direction of the pavilion which is NW two objects.
Foresthill · CA, USA
Obj. was flashing different color lights, blue red and chrome like. Was hovering above the mountain top. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius? PD))
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
My husband and I watched 4 orange lights fly slowly and quietly towards us over a fairly busy intersection.As they ascended the lights
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
Orange fireball, emitted a blinking object and flew upwards until it was as small as a star.
San Rafael · CA, USA
Triangular and rectangular formations of hovering lights over Bay
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Saw an unidentifiable flying object in the sky shooting beams of light during an earthquake.
Tracy · CA, USA
Blue light streaking across Tracy.
Livermore · CA, USA
Cone shaped several colors falling fast right in front of moon
Riverside · CA, USA
Strange light appears out of thin air and shoots down into earth, but not before disappearing again.
Rancho Bernardo · CA, USA
A formation of objects swirling and changing brightness.
Lompoc · CA, USA
Mysterious light activity observed during rocket launch from VAFB
Rubidoux · CA, USA
Bright blue ufo and major power outage in my town.
Chula Vista · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Lights that moved abnormaly.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Multiple lights in the sky, burnout.
Mojave · CA, USA
Line of lights high above the Mojave Desert near Mojave.
Edwards · CA, USA
Line of numerous lights moving in unison toward the W, disappearing and reappearing, multiple witnesses. Possibly a single object.
Elk Grove · CA, USA
6-7 peach-colored craft moving easterly direction. Sacramento area. Midnight 2016 New Years.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Missiles or flares seen on New Year.
Sacramento · CA, USA
I seen along with my fiance an orange fireball covering at about hundred feet and proceeded to get home.
Aptos · CA, USA
Driving northbound on Highway 1 coming through aptos. Noticed three bright orange/yellow lights in the sky. They formed the shape of a
Imperial Beach · CA, USA
Two fireballs side by side.
Santee · CA, USA
Wife and I facing N, fluorescent green streak moving E. Appeared low in atmosphere, and larger in diameter than a shooting star.
Chula Vista · CA, USA
Yellow ball of light flies over Chula Vista California.
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Colored lights in the sky over Sacramento
Orangevale · CA, USA
Pulsing, changing colors, but relatively stationary in the NE sky, at about 30 degrees from horizon.