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)
Santa Clarita County (126 freeway) · CA, USA
I witness the teleportation of an alien spacecraft, as well as the soarce of this technology in action.
Crestline · CA, USA
unexplained lights in southern california
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Triangle ufo over Santa Clarita. Possible man made!
San Francisco · CA, USA
San Francisco October 29th at 4:15am Bright moving white light ball moving left to right then disappeared in 2 seconds.
Anaheim · CA, USA
Large fiery orange object seemed to come apart then turned and climbed in altitude and speed.
Riverside · CA, USA
Blue and Orange lights floating stationary.
Springville · CA, USA
Three bright lights over springville
Santa Monica · CA, USA
V shaped formation with orange lights hovers over area and then seemingly vanishes
Sausalito · CA, USA
Glowing green object crashing
Healdsburg · CA, USA
I was at Lake Sonoma pig hunting,somethig caught my eye in the western sky.It was a bright light about ten miles high and moving west.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
strange lights rising in the sky moving back and forth
Rio Vista · CA, USA
Military Cloaks Plane
San Diego · CA, USA
September 3rd a glowing yellow and green cigar shape object was observed traveling fast upward from se towards nw into high clouds
Los Angeles · CA, USA
UFO with intense lights seen over LA on Sept. 3rd, 2009
Fair Oaks · CA, USA
Shinny disks in the sky.
Glendora · CA, USA
Silver Sphere over looking California wild fires
Escondido · CA, USA
2 lights up in the escondido sky
San Jose · CA, USA
Do not have time, just need to know if others saw it in San Jose, CA. Bright Red, almost blood red light, moving very very slowly. I ha
San Jose · CA, USA
Bright red light over Northern California.(non aircraft)
San Jose · CA, USA
Brilliant red light sighted over San Jose.
Montrose · CA, USA
Bright circular white light heading downward for about 4 or 5 seconds then disappeared
Newbury Park · CA, USA
2 bright lights, that maintained equal distance from one another, travelling at great speed, north-northeast,
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two steady, white lights heading northeast in the early evening over northeast Los Angeles.
Paradise · CA, USA
Two bright lights following each other seen in the sky when no stars were present. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of ISS. PD))
Santa Clara · CA, USA
brilliant mercury-sized light moving irratically at high speed over Santa Cruz mountains