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)
Redding · CA, USA
Large orange shape changing object emits smaller orbs, winks out reappearing instantly in other locations
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Stationary,high altitude, bright pulsing light
Death Valley · CA, USA
((HOAX)) The Truth Is About To Happen....!
Fresno · CA, USA
Very bright light receding toward the East over the Sierras
South San Francisco · CA, USA
Formation of lights over south san francisco and L.A
San Jose · CA, USA
I saw a bright, moving, red light in the sky.
Highland · CA, USA
Big triangular-shaped craft with many lights underneath, including a large white one.
Pioneer Town · CA, USA
Found unusual object on Photo of Mountain
Burbank · CA, USA
Black rectangle shaped object hovering above Burbank: I was driving down Stagecoach St. in Bell Canyon when i saw this object.
Sausalito · CA, USA
Several white orbs of diffuse light circling and zig zagging above my house in Sausalito. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
Walnut · CA, USA
object flying right above a sedan vehicle
San Jose · CA, USA
Spotted 7 total objects in the daylight sky. 2 stayed for over 10 mins before flying away. Polarized sunglasses aided view .
Oceanside · CA, USA
Not a plane. Not a helicopter. Red and blue lights that vanish and come back within a second
Cathedral City · CA, USA
Oval shaped, color-changing lights, erratic movements, appearing and reappearing.
Corona · CA, USA
Triangular shaped object flying erratically yet fluid in the sky.
San Diego · CA, USA
Walking back from lunch noticed 2 other people on street looking up on a clear blue sky. My friend and I looked up and saw a formation
Three Rivers · CA, USA
Star/Satellite like object in the sky that changed direction
Orange · CA, USA
blue and red row of lights flying unusaul pattern over orange county, califonia
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Craziest thing i've seen in my life, truly unexplainable
Cypress · CA, USA
Orange/Amber Light seen from Cypress over Orange County Sky, turned & moved towards the beach.
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
was at the neiborhood with a few friends and sighed a round ufo.
San Clemente · CA, USA
i was getting ready to go to bed and looked out my window and saw a bright yellow, orange,ball of light. I thought nothing about itunti
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Unexplained orange glow, craft, over Los Angeles. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a celestial body. PD))
Los Altos · CA, USA
glowing horizontal saucer-shaped light seen hovering over Los Altos Hills, CA.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
8-10 Amber colored lights seen in the Eastern Sky above Santa Cruz, CA