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 Barbara · CA, USA
Dim Green Lights viewed in the University of California, Santa Barbara
Livermore · CA, USA
The event took place at roughly 10:15 PM. Me and three other friends where out in a large pitch black field playing "Airsoft" wile stan
Oakland · CA, USA
Clear blue sky on Sunday morning. Very bright light at high altitude, probably about 6x brighter than Venus, but not larger than a very
Bass Lake (near) · CA, USA
Prospecting for gold in california but found a UFO, or they found us
Alhambra · CA, USA
bright light lit up Alhambra, CA 12:45am, so bright that all street lights turn off
Lincoln Heights · CA, USA
Objects seen near Dodgers Stadium Los Angeles, CA Lincoln Heights area on 05-22-09
Morongo Valley · CA, USA
Hovering disk ascending.
Lincoln · CA, USA
On the morning of Tuesday the 05/26/09, I was in my bedroom and looked out my bedroom window and saw a very shinny object, very high in
Los Padres National Forest · CA, USA
A bright light started flying along the ridge of the mountain above us. ((NUFORC Note: ISS over-flight?? PD))
San Leandro · CA, USA
On april 28 2009 at 3 am pacific time an alien appeared in the living room as i was sleeping on the couch.
Clovis · CA, USA
8 to 10 multi colored objects flying rapidly fast over Clovis, CA.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Single bright light in southwestern sky at 75 degrees with single side to side movement and disappearance.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Five or six hovering lights formed into a triangle in the sky in Santa Rosa, California.
Wilmington · CA, USA
3 spheres above the Los Angeles Harbor
Carson · CA, USA
Invisible Craft flying above it was VERY LOUD!
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
It seemed like it was in orbit but was way too big to be the space station. It was moving towards the WNW over Santa Barbara, CA at a
Los Angeles · CA, USA
White shape changing orb in Los Angeles sky
Arcadia · CA, USA
An tight formation.
Encinitas · CA, USA
solid reddish orb, no lights 100 feet up and northbound at about 30mph.
Newark · CA, USA
Orange Triangle shaped craft
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Silent Soaring Triangle with greyish tips heading West very Ominous.
Isla Vista · CA, USA
Triangular UFO with 7 dim lights in a V shape flies over Isla Vista in Santa Barbara, CA.
Oxnard · CA, USA
oxnard big brown craft passes jet airliner
Hemet · CA, USA
Light changes direction when military jet approaches.
Sun Valley · CA, USA
super Fast Bright light in the sky of Los Angeles