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)
Ukiah · CA, USA
Bright but silent slowly moving light with occasional red flash low in sky east of Ukiah, CA ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Sirius? PD))
Hayward · CA, USA
Bright, non wavering light. solid circle. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))
Laguna · Irvine, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
09/22/2011, Orange County, California, Triangle, 15 minutes. Blinking light headed toward large triangle viewed from Central Orange Co
Vista · CA, USA
Slow moving slow pulsating fireball that stopped in sky then dropped sparks and starting falling with sparks
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) huge blue violet light
Palm Desert · CA, USA
palm desert ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of a star. PD))
Lemoore · CA, USA
The stars are visible and look normal. This looks to be very high altitude, and appears to rotate slowly. It's mainly bright yellow lig
Westminster · CA, USA
UFO shoots up into the sky from outside my window at about 5- 5:30 am. computer freezes and no sound after that.
Anaheim · CA, USA
Three lights flying in triangular formation but did not move in a way that could have been a simple military formation.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Triangle craft with lights seen over SF
Arcadia · CA, USA
Light blue/white light near the hills North of the 210 Freeway
Ventura · CA, USA
Large formation flight groups.
Sonoma · CA, USA
UFO spotting in Nothern California
Long Beach · CA, USA
Big, extremely bright, bluish-white, silent light that changed shape in the sky over the ocean in Long Beach, CA.
Burbank · CA, USA
V shaped Craft's in V shaped Formation
San Francisco · CA, USA
UFO light zooms across san francisco night sky in august 2011.
Rocklin · CA, USA
Small dot of light grew rapidly into a brilliant rectangle and then vanished.
Lakeside · CA, USA
Orange circle of light above East County
Riverside · CA, USA
Two bright lights overhead, travelling S to N
Harbor City · CA, USA
Trapezoid shaped object flew silently overhead from N to S and ten minutes later a flying wing about half a mile wide flew from W to E.
Arcata · CA, USA
Multiple Northern California UFOs photographed at sunset with the evening crescent moon.
Mount Shasta · CA, USA
Lights on Black Butte in Mt. Shasta, CA in an area not accessible to humans or animals in symmetrical lines.
San Jose · CA, USA
Highly reflective object moving over homes in a populated area
Long Beach · CA, USA
Bright green light over north Long Beach CA.
Canyon Lake · CA, USA
Bright red triangle craft flying over Menifee, Quail Valley, Canyon Lake, California