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)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Eight fireballs in the sky
Imperial Beach · CA, USA
3 red fireball lights one after another over Imperial Beach, CA South to North along coast line.
Weed · CA, USA
Mt. Shasta sighting of disk in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Seagull, flying to the left. PD))
Ventura/Oxnard · CA, USA
Strange light above Oxnard and Ventura tonight
Placerville · CA, USA
A large orange orb in night sky broke up into five small lights, slowly fell toward the ground
Ventura · CA, USA
Extremely loud jet from high altitude, 3 AM Ventura, CA.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Triangle UFO over Santa Monica heading East.
Bay Point · CA, USA
Looks like a shooting star moving erratically all over the night sky. It's bright, then fades, hovers, then circles.
Hercules · CA, USA
Sphere heading from West to East first with a fire trail but later a reddish orange sphere
Oceanside · CA, USA
Silent group of lights moving overhead. Hovered briefly then reversed course and disappeared.
Cardiff · CA, USA
6 orange spheres moving south along the coast
Newbury Park · CA, USA
Unusual light spiraling above Boney Mountain
Tracy · CA, USA
04/21/2013 04:45 oblong orange/yellow bright light traveling west to east in Tracy, CA for 30-60 seonds, then disappeared
Palm Springs · CA, USA
UFO over Palm Springs Metallic object sighted west of Pam Springs, CA around 11:40am on Sunday April 21st. Object was stationary over
Temecula · CA, USA
Round object with changing lights. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Elk Grove · CA, USA
A long bodied object hovered in the air over Elk Grove, too high in the sky to be a chopper. The object moved. ((Star??))
Escondido · CA, USA
STRANGE ORANGE LIGHTS IN THE SKY
Huntington,beach · CA, USA
Seen them four times in my life but white light comes down turns off on off on ends up in a different spot as fast you can move your ar
Temecula · CA, USA
I was looking for shooting stars a few minutes ago with my wife. This oval object zoomed onto the sky, hovered for a few seconds.
Modesto · CA, USA
Sonic boom FELT.
Fresno · CA, USA
Fast moving 'star' travelling at fast speed, changed directions. When it disappeared so other stars disappeared in that area.
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
A large bright round orange object moving at supersonic speed is sighted in the Sunnyvale, Ca skies.
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
A large bright round object moving at supersonic speed is sighted in the Sunnyvale, Ca skies.
Irvine · CA, USA
Continuous shrieking sound.
Mercey Hot Springs/Firebaugh · CA, USA
White Flashing Object Over Mercey Hot Springs