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)
Parker · CA, USA
Small lights with a larger eye-like object.
Santa Maria · CA, USA
Santa Maria: 2/16/2011: 7:01 PM: clearly saw stationary light orange circle to the south-east high in the sky
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Two aircraft looked like they were gonna collide and after passing there were 3 or 4.
Chino Hills · CA, USA
On February 18, 2011 at approximately 8:30 PM My boyfriend and I were parked at a horse stable down the street from my secluded neighb
Sacramento · CA, USA
Quick flash of white light near Erydan near Rigel below Orions Belt.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
The weather was partially cloudy (few clouds)I was at the parking place located at the east of the Huntington Beach library. I started
Fullerton · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) It was flying low and looked as if it was leaking lava, but the lava never landed.
San Diego · CA, USA
lights over san diego tijuana border
Fontana · CA, USA
Round fire object dropping smaller fire objects and quickly disappearing.
Palm Spring/Indio · CA, USA
5-6 bright lights in straight line from afar, stationary, not blinking whitish-yellow, up close it's light from a round silent craft.
Marysville · CA, USA
Bright , white, round light flying from west to northeast in a crooked manner before it suddenly faded out and disappeared.
Redding · CA, USA
Star looking object moving in a very odd pattern, just a white light just like a star. ((NUFORC Note: Star, Sirius. PD))
Prunedale · CA, USA
Flashing MultiColered Light In Prunedale, CA.
Van Nuys · CA, USA
UFO delays launch of Taurus XL rocket form Vandenberg AFB.
Urrieta · CA, USA
small orange yellow spot light in sky moving then stopping then pulsating then dimming north east murrietta california
Cathedral City · CA, USA
Bright growing and shrinking spherical light hovering high over east Coachella valley.
Carpinteria · CA, USA
Late Thursday, Feb. 24, I saw 2 oval orange lights over the Santa Barbara Channel for 10 minutes.
Escondido · CA, USA
It was 10:30 at night when I spotter a grey triangular flying object that was at a very low altitude.
Oakland · CA, USA
I was standing on my roof around midnight and saw a flying object no more than 3000 Ft in altitude travelling south silently and at a h
Pacific Grove · CA, USA
i was looking in direction of the ocean when i noticed this 2 very strong red light in the sky ..it seems not far up was making
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
large groups of lights flying in the same direction silently
Fresno · CA, USA
We were looking SouthEast when in the sky we saw around oval shape object that was changing color
Imperial Beach · CA, USA
2/28/2011 Fast moving UFO, disc/oval shaped, sighting lasted about 10 seconds
Paso Robles · CA, USA
I went out to have a cig on the back porch of the hilltop home I am staying at, that's when i noticed a bright silver sphere object in
West Covina · CA, USA
saw two ufos in west covina heading east orb obeject and a disk shape obeject.