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)
Santee · CA, USA
Bright green light over Santee Ca.
Big Bear · CA, USA
It looked exactly like the daytime video I've seen from over mexico. Started out seeing one or two lights moving in a small section of
Seal Beach · CA, USA
Daylight black sphere descends over Seal Beach golf course and disappears behing trees.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fireball looking circle in the sky.
Baker · CA, USA
Ring in shape with appear to be 8 fireballs making the ring and then just disappeared.
Palo Alto · CA, USA
Silver cylindrical shape with 4 smaller cylinders around the center hovering over the oval area of Stanford Univ campus.
Hemet · CA, USA
Six red lights, each looked to be a round ring of lights, possibly solid, moving apparently west in the s.e. sky low on the horizon. Th
Temecula · CA, USA
Bright swaying long lasting light
Escalon · CA, USA
6/25/13 about midnight.Looking out my window toward the south, I saw what appeared to be two stars side by side. These were much l
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Bright White Light. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a star?? PD))
Alpine · CA, USA
Football shaped object w/no lights being chased by a helicopter.
Covina · CA, USA
Green oval and purple oval UFO in covina
Kelseyville · CA, USA
Extremely bright hovering light.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Jet black an so quite an so so big. ((anonymous report))
Hacienda Heights · CA, USA
UFO red light follows plane LAX path over Hacienda Heights.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Slowly falling red light with a second smaller white light shooting out of it.
Collegeville · CA, USA
Three Orange Lights at ground level, rising into night sky.
Grass Valley · CA, USA
1 to 4 red blinking and bouncing red lights.
Santa Maria · CA, USA
Red/orange object moves across night sky
Venice · CA, USA
Walking out the door going to my car get ready for work. I look up at the sky and see this Orange Fireball. First O.M.G. Aircraft is on
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Extremely fast moving triangular craft with white spheres observed over Huntington Beach. ((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
2 Large orange orbs sighted from Mission Viejo, CA.
Marina Del Rey · CA, USA
It was about 0015 on 5/4/13. I looked up into the sky when I got out of my car. I saw what looked like 5 fire balls hovering in the s
Sacramento · CA, USA
Never seen this before in my life. I was a little terrified.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Red/White pulsating fireball, intelligently maneuvering in Huntington Beach sky.