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)
Pacific Palisades · CA, USA
I was at home in my condo at night.My condo faces the back of the 16 unit building.
Freedom (Watsonville) · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) 1/9/19 DURATION 20:00 FREEDOM CA IT WAS A TRIANGLE BUT FIRST IT WAS ONE LIGHT
Santa Fe Springs · CA, USA
Sphere like glowing objects hovering and then traveling in an incredibly fast speed then vanishing.
San Jacinto · CA, USA
A bright light hitting us while leaving at high speed
Lompoc · CA, USA
huge bright orange sphere appeared and dissapeared
Fairfield · CA, USA
Shape was black in color
Ceres · CA, USA
Fireballs seen from Ceres, California
Modesto · CA, USA
A diamond shapped object dimly lit and moving silent through the night sky
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Bright light changes color from blue to red as it circles, hovers, dips, and rises up, only to eventually circle back down.
Fresno · CA, USA
I used to want to see a UFO so badly, but now I wish I never saw it.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Strange brightwhite w/red luminous " ufo " vanished right before me and leave's the strangest smoke ....... I've ever seen .
North San Juan · CA, USA
Large bright orange moon looking object hovers over mountains near sutter yuba countys.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Loud cycling noise followed by multiple helicopters
Whittier · CA, USA
round saucer with bright lights circiling around it
Corona · CA, USA
White lights on triangular object over corona
Corona · CA, USA
CA, Corona White Flashing Lights
Grass Valley · CA, USA
I saw a very bright, white light at a very high speed shoot diagonally upwards into the sky.
Arroyo Grande · CA, USA
Two bluish-green lights moving NNE over Arroyo Grande, CA at unbelievable speed.
Azusa · CA, USA
Red lights blinking or turning on/off in an estimated shape of a triangle.
Pt. Mugu/Oxnard · CA, USA
Aurora borealis object
San Jose · CA, USA
I was in the back yard with grandkids,saw a bright light in the sky coming towards us,it stopped over my house,then i started taken vid
Lakewood · CA, USA
seen strange saucer shaped object in a picture i took from my backyard.
Pacific Grove · CA, USA
Observed 17 small light moving below the moon at 15:20PST on Saturday 1/23/10.
Santa Fe Springs · CA, USA
UFO manuvering directly in LAX final approach
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Two white spheres flying over an orange county freeway