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)
Silver Lake (Los Angeles) · CA, USA
Circular object with 4 legs and red and green lights spotted in Silver Lake, CA at 5:00 PM
Sacramento · CA, USA
Orange lights near downtown.
Grass Valley · CA, USA
6 yellow orbs traveling west then turned south and went out.
Oakland · CA, USA
Blinking, stationary light.
Perris · CA, USA
Blue light over the horizon.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
January 14, 2013, at 7:00 a.m. UFO sphere with fire in Rancho Cucamonga, CA near Alta Loma High School.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Sighting and dreams.
Elk Grove · CA, USA
2 Craft seen in Elk Grove, Ca. Defying inertia and gravity with no sound. Seen by USMC Scout/Sniper.
Sacramento · CA, USA
7 red lights floating upward over Sacramento 1/25/13.
Turlock · CA, USA
Golden-orange bright star fell from the sky & changed into flat black floppy object, landed in tree then flew away.
Long Beach · CA, USA
3 Whitish-yellow lights in the shape of a triangle at 1st glance i thought it was a shooting star but it kept going fast and silent.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Sighted just below where the Orion Nebula would be.
San Jose · CA, USA
Strange increasingly loud noise over East San Jose that is indescribable.
Patterson · CA, USA
Triangle shape object, followed by 2 lights, 1 very bright and the other about the brightness of a star.
Monterey · CA, USA
While videoing at the Orion area I saw some large flashing lights don't no what they are. No airplanes!
San Jose · CA, USA
Orange in color, teetered like a ballon, demateralized or increased altitude till unobservable, backround night sky from northwest.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Loud sound and a search light coming from sky - definitely not a helicopter.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Orange UFO over Huntington Beach, CA.
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
Propeller shaped object rights itself and then vanishes in broad daylight.
Quail Valley · CA, USA
I WENT OUT TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE AND SAW A BRIGHT RED LIGHT WAY HIGH MOVING SLOW STEADY IN A TRIANGLE SHAPE WITH 3 FLARES OUT EACH PEAK
Burbank · CA, USA
Bright light disappeared with no trace; blue flash following.
Escondido · CA, USA
LARGE Ship of some sort.
Phillips Ranch · CA, USA
Bright blue-green neon like light seen for 2 seconds.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Fireballs over San Francisco.
Eagle Rock · CA, USA
UFO over Eagle Rock, CA.