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)
Fontana · CA, USA
Fireballs in Fontana, CA.
Capitola · CA, USA
Bright red torch-like object seen ascending rapidly, making a right angle turn, and disappearing from view in Capitola, CA
Davis · CA, USA
Red triangular Lights, With Multicolored Lights Randomly Between them (31sec. Video)
Corona · CA, USA
10 oval objects flying over Corona, California in broad daylight.
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
Large, bright white orb due east of Yucca Valley
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Ufo flying circles then speeding off with three smaller objects behind it, it was not producing light just reflections from moonlight
Chula Vista · CA, USA
I glowing light unlike anything I have ever seen moved across the sky a d behind a cloud faster than anything I have ever seen. Not a b
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Giant black plane
San Francisco · CA, USA
3 Bright Orange Circle UFOs in the SF night sky & two men in military clothing
San Jose · CA, USA
Bright object over mt umunhum, vertically rises, saucer shaped object over san jose.
Petaluma · CA, USA
Two sightings in Petaluma
Bakersfield · CA, USA
White ufo looked like a humungous pcp pipe (747 size) no protrusions heading from Los Angeles, to the north. Silent too. No vapor.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Recorded a dark disk shaped object fly in between 2 blue angles.
San Jose · CA, USA
Yellow-green-white lighted objects flying over mt umunhum mountain range.
Hamburg · CA, USA
Reviewing stars used for surveying when two extremely bright lights suddenly appeared very hight directly above us. They were not movi
Torrance · CA, USA
I was sitting at my computer when I saw a light flash down on the tree between me and my neighbors houses. Then it happened again about
North Lake Tahoe · CA, USA
Hovering then moving very bright white oval w/red light ball
Agoura Hills · CA, USA
Intense bright white round light with purple blinking within it; darted up, down, sideways, circling around & repeated the motions.
Hayward · CA, USA
Stealth bomber looking craft, maybe drone, silent, low-flying, 25 ft wing tip to wing tip, probably US military
Ocean Beach · CA, USA
Orange UFO
Visalia · CA, USA
It was moving very fast, steady, moving silently and it was brown but very dim, in a crescent shape
Vista · CA, USA
I was out on my porch that faces south. Wind 1-2 mph from east, scattered puffball clouds. Night sky Illuminated by city lights. I saw
Susanville · CA, USA
Stars which becomes extemely bright, and then disappear
Madera · CA, USA
White spherical object w/possible point at the bottom and blinking red and green lights.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
There were 5 aircraft in the sky tonight, 3 went into the formation of a triangle, then drifted apart. 2 lingered around and disapeared