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 Diego · CA, USA
Line of 5 white light that looked like it was towed by a green light always kept formation and was going to land.
San Jose · CA, USA
5-6 bright lights traveling southeast in a vertical formation, above three bright lights moving independently, and sporadically.
San Jose · CA, USA
3 lights in the sky over San Jose, CA on 04/01/2013 - 20:31 / 8:31pm.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
3 white lights the size and brightness of stars "playfully" circling around each other then flying out of sight in triangle.
Pacific Grove · CA, USA
Bright Orange Sphere Seen At Night Over Calif. Coast Line.
Fresno · CA, USA
Blue orange red dots very bright.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Witnessed orange orb over a light pole across the street. Orb moved over a neighbors house.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Three orange to red undulating lights above cloud cover, in series, at somewhat regular intervals of five to eight minutes.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Three orange lights in a triangular formation hovered over my neighborhood for several minutes and disappeared last night.
Hilmar · CA, USA
Triangular shaped object, with serpent like moving tail, and blue, red, green, orange, and white lights.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
String of lights travel across night sky in Huntington Beach Ca
Redwood City · CA, USA
6 yellow lights in two triangle formations
La Puente · CA, USA
Hovering light seen over La Puente.
Fairfield · CA, USA
4/8/2013 - Large Slow Moving Triangle shaped craft - Fairfield, CA
Indian Wells · CA, USA
Amber ball of light glowing moving from Northeastern sky to Southeastern sky making no sound as it moved.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
2 very fast silent objects pass over being followed by a helicopter.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Faster than any aircraft I've seen that is completely silent.
Redwood City · CA, USA
3 red flashing lights blinking 1 at first 3-4 times then all 3 a few times. Repeatedly
Los Alamitos/Cypress · CA, USA
Red orb near Orange County, CA military airfield.
Redlands · CA, USA
Blue-gray glowing object moved very fast and disappeared.
Burbank · CA, USA
https://www.youtube.com/edit?ns=1&video_id=NALTcgYla70.
Torrance · CA, USA
3 to 5 orange lights hovering in night sky and then slowly rising and moving into clouds in a cyclic pattern.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Huge triangle of lights. Looked like really bright stars till it rotated and flew off almost like it was gliding. It made no noise and.
Sacramento · CA, USA
It was dark above the sky and there was three circle with white lights moving very slowly. We pulled over and park at the parking lot.
Livermore · CA, USA
UFO sighting over Livermore, CA. Bright Blue lights on wings.