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)
Calabasas · CA, USA
Bright purple light hovering silently and color shift.
Downey · CA, USA
Saw a fast moving object in sky in the east for 30 seconds, or so......no nav. lights.
Imperial Beach · CA, USA
I was walking east on Palm Avenue and a triangle shaped object appeared low flying towards me flying west.It was moving very slow a
El Soreno · CA, USA
Large sized electric surveillance drone over Lincoln Heights/El Soreno.
Roseville · CA, USA
It was staying still then would move about 5 degrees either way then a red smaller one would follow it's movement then it started to mo
Roseville · CA, USA
Stationary object spotted in Roseville (Day Sighting).
Sacramento · CA, USA
Aircraft circles near. 2 white glowing dots.
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
UFO TWO GIRLS YUCCA VALLEY CA GREEN AND WHITE LIGHTS ON OBJECT
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Approximately in the NW direction from the front of my house at approximately 30 degrees elevation, I saw a single large (much larger t
Orange · CA, USA
Glowing orb being chased by two jets
Loma Linda · CA, USA
2 red lit spheres hardly moving.
Madera · CA, USA
Saw 3 glowing lights that were apart two up top one below, at approximately 6:30 am in the horizon, after a few minutes they slowly dis
San Diego · CA, USA
Huge, unmarked, completely white aircraft - no windows, not moving, just sitting in the air - almost as high as other airplanes. In da
Hayward · CA, USA
3 seperate sightings in one night
Modesto · CA, USA
Yellow-orange light seen approaching Modesto, CA.
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
Chevron-shaped flying boomerang with dim running lights on the bottom.
Tehachapi · CA, USA
Looking west from my home in Bear Valley Springs, a community approximately 17 miles from the town of Tehachapi.
San Jose · CA, USA
Globe-shaped object brilliantly lite, switching colors, hovering high in the sky over Mt. View/Sunnyvale. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Roseville · CA, USA
Saw UFO above a red helicopter in sky.
Moro Bay · CA, USA
Craft, red, green & orange light moved with bursts of speed erratically sped & side to side, went dark threw off sparks, disappeared.
Roseville · CA, USA
Saw what appeared to be 40 round orange lights in a vee formation quickly and silent cross over the treeline in our backyard.
Carpinteria · CA, USA
Three very bright lights in the night sky forming a large triangle stay motionless for 90 seconds, dim and go out.
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
THREE GIANT FLASHES OF LIGHT ILLUMINATE THE MIDNIGHT SKY OVER MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
Fairfield · CA, USA
I was on the west side of my house looking south west at clouds passing the path of the moon when a bunch of little white dots that at
Novato · CA, USA
Cigar shaped UFO with blue, red and green lights passes over campers.