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)
San Jose · CA, USA
2 orange lights moving slowly/oddly fading out one at a time.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
we saw a UFO that was only 30 feet off the ground, rapidly changing color, with something orbiting it. movement was instant
San Jacinto · CA, USA
Orange lights.
Lancaster · CA, USA
Hwy 14. Submarine shaped black, no visible windows, reflective bottom, top 3/4 green fog like coloring. Made no sound, did not move. W
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
UFO sighting in Santa Rosa, California.
Stockton · CA, USA
Observed a bright brilliant red light sitting low and still in the night sky. The community that it was hovering over was Weston Ranch.
San Anselmo · CA, USA
Bright orange light moving away, then returned and disappeared.
Santa Paula · CA, USA
Silent orange lights in the sky.
Burbank · CA, USA
Orange Lights seen near the 5 fwy in Burbank, CA.
Richmond · CA, USA
White dots forming triangle with one trailing dot. Silent propulsion.
San Rafael · CA, USA
Not sure what this group of lights were?
Oakland · CA, USA
Triangular black object with red lights seen over Alameda
San Jose (??) · CA, USA
Helicopter pursues/escorts ufo.
Orange · CA, USA
Orange light pulses then disappears.
Watsonville · CA, USA
6 orange circles holding formation in sky.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Four fireballs changing directions.
Laguna Woods · CA, USA
Two ufos flying behind house.
Saratoga · CA, USA
Orange ball of light.
Upland California · CA, USA
Cross shape shifting ufo
Upland California · CA, USA
Cross shape shifting ufo.
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Two white teardrop lights drop or were propelled from an orangish red sphere southwest of Garden Grove, California.
Culver City · CA, USA
There were at least a dozen red star like objects floating overhead-- Some would disappear and more kept coming.
San Diego · CA, USA
Slow low movng then rise, hover. south west sky over ocean.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Irregular flashing light near the star Betelgeuse in Orion, slowly moving in various directions.
San Jose · CA, USA
White point of light.