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)
Sacramento · CA, USA
Fast white light in Sacramento sky off of Interstate-5
Nice · CA, USA
Flashing Light Sighting 5/9/11 in Nice (Lake County) CA
Palo Alto · CA, USA
Silent, red and blue lights, hovering, circling then dropping fast.
Red Bluff · CA, USA
Two Orange Orbs/UFO flying by Red Bluff, CA.
North Palm Springs · CA, USA
Fireball traveling from Palm Springs, Ca. towards Joshua Tree National Monument at 4AM on May 11, 2011.
Escondido · CA, USA
blue light
Hermosa Beach · CA, USA
Speeding light flying by window
Buena Park · CA, USA
3 very bright lights in triangle formation move across sky
Fontanna · CA, USA
2 toned grey oval object.
Fullerton · CA, USA
Giant fireball in the sky as well as a huge blue flash
Hayward · CA, USA
STARS RE ARRANGING AND LIGHTS FALLING FROM THE HEAVENS.
Arcata · CA, USA
Yellow Light UFO Formation over Arcata, CA
Lincoln · CA, USA
grapefruit sized blue globe!!
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Oval, single craft, 2 white lights, 2 multi-colored lights, within 500 feet.
El Segundo · CA, USA
Sighting off in El Porto (popular surfing area) in El Segundo, CA.
Lakeside · CA, USA
It was bright blue, round, moving unlike any aircraft I have ever seen, then disappeared!!!
San Diego · CA, USA
Phone camera catches a square or triangle shaped craft accidentally from a moving vehicle near Miramar, San Diego.
San Leandro · CA, USA
UFO San Leandro California
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
A light with a haze doing figure 8's through the sky at a moderate pace.
Modesto · CA, USA
UFO making weird descent at a weird angle I've never seen before and I've seen all kinds of craft overhead for 30+ years, military/non.
Fremont · CA, USA
Lights that, at first glance looked like a plane that was going to crash.
Redding · CA, USA
UFO in a lighting storm
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
3 rectangular light-colored objects observed while driving north on 405
Natomas · CA, USA
Saw a quick graceful moving object with a line of lights (mostly bright blue) that turned on and off quickly. Object disappeared.
Escondido · CA, USA
lights my wife and i see alot