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)
Anderson · CA, USA
On Dec 29,2011 at 2200 I saw 3 glowing orbs over Anderson, California
Temecula/Menifee · CA, USA
Little triangles, and one big one with multiple lights, huge.
Morongo Valley · CA, USA
A big bright ball of fire traveling at low altitude in the mid-evening.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Red orb light hovers over couple in San Francisco, CA 12/30/2011
El Cerrito · CA, USA
Dancing triangular light formations over California Bay Area
El Cerrito · CA, USA
Triangular and two-light formations seen over the California Bay Area.
Auburn · CA, USA
Two large orange colored lights over the Auburn skies at night
El Cajon · CA, USA
A white bright, close by light hovering in the sky. They are still there right now.
San Francisco · CA, USA
New years eve UFO sight over San Francisco
Pasadena · CA, USA
Two orange bright circular objects kept going back and forth in the sky, then disappeared, when the clock hit 12 and it was new years.
Anderson · CA, USA
Moving lights that changed colors and sped away at a high rate of speed.
Anderson · CA, USA
Orange orbs seen in Anderson, CA.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Super bright dark blue light in S.F. eastern sky at 1:15ish on Nov 1,2011 Seen by three from Ocean beach
Hermosa Beach · CA, USA
4 white egg shaped objects over Hermosa beach
Anaheim · CA, USA
I saw a light object in the sky streaking very fast, then it faded away quick.
over many · CA, USA
NOAA weather radar shows streaks moving northeast to southwest.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Blinkings lights with no structure or purpose, with little to no movement.
Capistrano Beach · CA, USA
Bright glowing ball huvering over the ocean,jerked to the right than down,than vanished!!
Tracy · CA, USA
Green ball of light in the sky floats and the vanishes within 3 seconds.
Northridge · CA, USA
My wife and I saw what appeared to be an oval shaped chrome colored craft closely circle it’s way around a private jet that was ascendi
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
One small orange orb or ball of fire that changed direction and drifted across the horizon
Sebastopol · CA, USA
Orange fireball seen one thousand feet up in the sky by social worker and contractor. It continually rose but also changed direction an
San Pedro · CA, USA
White sphere heading west, disappeared into clouds
Malibu · CA, USA
A huge craft flew over my building at close range so that I could view underbelly.
Canyon Lake · CA, USA
California Fireball Western Sky November 10, 2011