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)
Visalia · CA, USA
Multiple craft forming patterns and flying in unison.
Tracy · CA, USA
Very clear almost as if meant to be seen!
San Gabriel · CA, USA
Strange Red lights over Irwindale, Ca.
Burbank · CA, USA
Small silver sphere split into two yellow lights.
Fresno · CA, USA
Large dark craft, chevron-shaped, no lights, no sound, no windows, geometrically sharp edges.
Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
Dim red glowing boomerang shaped craft looked as if it was hovering but moving forward fast not in a straight line, As if flown like re
Fresno · CA, USA
I saw three orange redish glowing globes in the sky!
Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
Green triangular craft blinks with white light, then leaves tail of fluorescent green as it shoots into space.
West Sacramento · CA, USA
Lights in a chevron shape flying over West Sacramento, CA
Roseville · CA, USA
7 fireballs three the first in triangle then four, dark orange, no sound
North Hollywood · CA, USA
Bright Orange Light Moving Silently, Low In The Sky
Irvine · CA, USA
About 8 fireballs over Irvine, CA.
Nipomo · CA, USA
Diamond shape appeared with a red streak then vanished no trace of the red colored smoked after the other 2 were just floating.
Vista · CA, USA
My family and I were driving home from a Christmas eve at my dads house , when my wife said look at that. to my utter amazement I saw 1
Vista · CA, USA
Several bright colored orange balls of light floating north, about 1/4 mile high. No noise or trails.
Hollister · CA, USA
Long black, long tendrils at one end and a changing shape like the tail of an aircraft at the other. No sound.
Glendora · CA, USA
Fireball, yellow center, amber red outer edges. Two witnesses; clear night. UFO stops, hovers. Vanishes into thin air. Double pass.
Fairfield · CA, USA
Sighted a bright orange pyramid-shaped object descending through the atmosphere, leveling off, and flying in a Southeasterly direction.
Los Angeles (Westlake Village) · CA, USA
Flash of light that leaves a trail - spotted over Los Angeles, California!
Templeton · CA, USA
Buzzing triangle aircraft.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Transparent disc shape flying & caught reflection around the sun set. Full on saw this looked away looked back it was flying.
Cambria · CA, USA
Bright, star like light that hovered over ocean for 3 min, dropping into ocean with glow on horizon.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Orange flame/fire ball disappears up into space.
Lancaster · CA, USA
((HOAX)) Every shape size form there here in Lancaster, California.
La Canada · CA, USA
Large sphere appears in photographs of flying Hawk near Jet Propulsion Laboratory.