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)
In-flight (Danver to Los Angeles) · CA, USA
We saw bright lights that we could not explain.
Sebastopol · CA, USA
Unusually bright orange oblong blip in low western sky similar to Mars sighting but much brighter and slightly elongated.
Pacifica · CA, USA
4 orange bright lights appear from the west, hoover and then they all dissapear.
San Diego · CA, USA
Firey object crossed the sky.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Reddish/Orange ball of light seen over Monterey Bay.
Pleasanton · CA, USA
Orange glow.
Auburn · CA, USA
Illuminated large spher object, completely silent, sighted over Auburn, CA December 31, 7:58pm. Not fireworks..and we don't drink!
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Intense slow moving white light, size of medicine ball: no noise, no trail.
La Jolla · CA, USA
Orange balloon-like fireballs traveling upwards and slightly south from the Pacific Ocean and disappearing.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Reddish/Orange "Top" shaped flashing spacecraft 12-31-13, Palm Desert, CA.
Hesperia · CA, USA
Bright orange lights in the sky.
Eastvale · CA, USA
4 fireball red light in formation.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Orange ball of light.
South El Monte · CA, USA
Abnormal red sphere moving fast stoping and fading away into nothing.
Stockton · CA, USA
Stockton UFO 2014.
San Francisco · CA, USA
5 pink/orange lights rising over Bernal Hill in San Francisco.
San Francisco · CA, USA
A group of tiny fiery red star-sized lights.
Roseville · CA, USA
Two very slow moving "stars" seen well past sunrise.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Hundreds of lights over Lake Elsinore 11/01/2013 7-7:30 pm.
Pismo · CA, USA
Egg shape bright light over pismo beach ocean.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Hundreds of mini stars flying low above the ground.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Small, silent, unlit triangle craft.
Port Hueneme · CA, USA
Orange Lights Over Port Heneme, CA.
West Hills · CA, USA
Single crystalline light in sky, changing colors, moving slowly.
Discovery Bay · CA, USA
Reddish orange sphere seen by off duty police officer and his family.