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)
Lathrop · CA, USA
Formation of floating lights in Thanksgiving night sky
Visalia · CA, USA
4 lights moving in a precise pattern as though on the perimeter of a sphere. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising light. PD))
Chula Vista · CA, USA
Fast West to East moving equilateral triangle with three white lights one on each point.
Long Beach · CA, USA
VANTAGE POINT AND SIGHTING DIRECTION Standing at GPS coordinates (per Google Maps) 33.778603,-118.198761, if you face north and then tu
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
One Round circular pale orange object rising almost vertically to the South,then over us heading North.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Yellow aura around bright red center low in sky and lossing the aura to then grow faint and rise up in the sky to vanish completly.
El Monte · CA, USA
Star/Light object with circular counter and clockwise movements.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
I was late for work park my car got out start walking up the street, hey shooting star that weird 2 grey oval flying in close formation
Alameda · CA, USA
I saw yellow lights being shifted around in to different shapes.
Glendora · CA, USA
Several white dots racing accross sky over glendora mountain range in california
Grass Valley · CA, USA
Lighted(glowing) chevron shaped craft with individual lights moving east to west then just disappeared
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Light then 3 of then, was not a plane and hovered and went up then down. Hard to explain
Goshen · CA, USA
Bright round light in sky moving slowly
Hamburg · CA, USA
Extremely bright twin lights in night sky - moved off in unison.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
I was driving south on the 5 Freeway this evening. I was passing Canon Road in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California. I saw 3 bright
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Wife and I saw lg, round neon green disk moving in SE direction and returned. It hovered, dropped, rose high, and darted to the NE.
Fullerton · CA, USA
Two, quick bright flashes of light.
Fresno · CA, USA
Circle of bright lights hovering slowly and than disappearing.
Cypress · CA, USA
I saw a triangle shape thing I live 20 minutes away from lax this thing was higher than a plane landing and super super huge triangle t
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Red lighted UFO flying over Ortega Mountains, Lake Elsinore side
Fresno · CA, USA
UFOs seen near the intersection of Hwy. 41 and Avenue 12 north of Fresno, CA
San Diego · CA, USA
Fast moving orange light over San Diego.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
7 spherical orange lights/UFO's w/ rectangular aura sighted in night sky at Redondo Beach, Ca. 10-8-11 at 23:58
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
Oct, 09, 2011, first v shape lights after few second the object changed in onother shape
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Sphere moving westward through the San Bernardino Valley at a high rate of speed, then it slowed drastically and hovered.