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)
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) It was an spiraling object.
Orange · CA, USA
Three orange-red fireballs, coming from horizon and following upward-right trajectory then fading away, one appearing after the other
Play Vista/Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Bright white ball with tail.
Hinkley · CA, USA
While searching google maps I came upon this image. I have looked at it several times and I do not understand it. I lived in Hinkley.
Santa Maria · CA, USA
Bright flamelike silent flame-like object seen over central coast of California,
Riverside · CA, USA
A triangular object with 5 bright lights.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Lights inside lights.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two rapidly blinking red lights in the west at dusk over Los Angeles.
Lancaster · CA, USA
Fireball beamed me.
San Diego · CA, USA
Ribbon like object flies across the San Diego skyline.
Potter Valley · CA, USA
5 reddish/orange lights moved slowly towards viewers, then turned north and faded out.
Glendale · CA, USA
TWO "RED FLAME WITH YELLOW CENTER" TEAR-DROP SHAPED CRAFTS -BURBANK, CA.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
White bright flash lit hole sky twice 5 seconds apart.
Sonoma · CA, USA
A powerful blue beam of light 20-30 miles long at least with a very slow rotation. It was not coming from the ground.
Lennox · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Three orange fireballs in the sky. They were shifting from side to side at first.
Oxnard · CA, USA
Orange planet orb.
Santa Barbara County · CA, USA
White orb appeared then flashed twice then moved quickly across the sky.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Dark Gray Metallic Sphere Flying at Constant Speed across LA
San Diego · CA, USA
Neon blue light with a smaller reddish part moving faster than the incoming jets and making erratic turns.
San Jose · CA, USA
Multiple variations of blinking and or fluttering objects that hover up higher or fly lower inbetween trees and buildings at night.
Mariposa · CA, USA
Motionless bright twinkling red and green lights in the southeast horizon of the sky.
Pomona · CA, USA
From front yard of my house, it was perfectly clear skies when I looked straight up and saw a white dot that I almost looked away and d
Sacramento · CA, USA
Two strange all white objects seen by two witnesses at Sacramento City College
Sacramento · CA, USA
Two college students spotted triangular and spherical UFOs on campus.
Stanford · CA, USA
UFO Over Stanford University's Hoover Tower. ((NUFORC Note: Bird with wings folded. PD))