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)
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
Bright blinking light very far away that moved right to left and vertically with 2 smaller object's leaving it.
Dana Point · CA, USA
Black object flew around coastal cloud, then flew into the cloud, cloud dissipated 20 min. later.
Campbell · CA, USA
Single fireball spotted over Silicon Valley.
Menifee · CA, USA
Sphere light ball dimming out then pulsating an tranforming to plane lights an moving north west when noticed.
Desert Center · CA, USA
Mystery objects seen over Desert Center Ca and disappeared thru a puff of smoke.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Yellow light in the flight path of a 747 that quickly vanished as the plane got it it's sight over garden grove ca.
Tujunga · CA, USA
Saw a reddish light move up from the little tujunga mountain on the south side. The object went up and down very quickly in a perfect a
Willits · CA, USA
Fireballs in the sky over Willits, Ca.
Westminster · CA, USA
Single craft bright red and green lights moving very fast and changing directions often. NOT helicopter RC? Too fast I say?
Pleasanton · CA, USA
Firework like spark close to ground with an oddly high and long Chem trail behind it.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Fireball in the sky over Carlsbad State Beach, California.
Redwood Valley · CA, USA
Red, Green, Blue lights that flash around item in eastern sky nightly.
Walnut · CA, USA
It is a cloudy night and the circular shaped lights are.comstantly moving in unison. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
El Cajon · CA, USA
two friends in daytime view multiple statiopnary lights for more than 15 min in El Cajon, Califoria.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Sacramento red and white lights in sky.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Unidentified, red and blue lights seen moving together at a high rate of speed and in random directions in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Mariposa · CA, USA
Two mulicolored Ufo's over Madera, California.
Oakley · CA, USA
Craft over Oakley.
Vacaville · CA, USA
I saw 5 red lights hoovering/moving slowly in the sky that I'm convinced were not normal air crafts.
Marysville · CA, USA
Seven balls of light towards Sacramento, California.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Very high, very large boomerang shaped craft, ex-ray like white soft translucent glow color, turn and sped away at rapid speed.
Eureka · CA, USA
White light being followed by red blinking light, moving slowly across sky.
Walnut Creek/Concord · CA, USA
Three irregular shapes flying in close proximity in Walnut Creek, Ca.
Arbuckle · CA, USA
Quiet floating balls. Reflecting sun light.
Campbell · CA, USA
Blue U-Shaped UFO moving extremely fast with a lot of activity after.