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)
El Segundo · CA, USA
Floating Orb over LAX
Anaheim · CA, USA
Glowing Globe of Light
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Bright light above the mountians north of Rancho Cucamonga
Stevenson Ranch · CA, USA
Observed with the naked eye, an unusually bright white round object in the NW sky.
Palos Verdes Estates · CA, USA
Bright blue lights, characteristically a saucer, moving erratically and quickly around Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes.
San Jose · CA, USA
Two points of light over San Jose, CA seen moving in formation before disappearing.
Torrance · CA, USA
Gray/Green UFO sighting withe multiple lights around it, in Torrance, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Star or planet, we suspect. PD))
San Clemente · CA, USA
A long beam of light stretches across the sky.
Corona · CA, USA
I was driving with my girlfriend heading north on Temescal canyon road/Ontario avenue. Directly in front of me at a very far distance,
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Bright ringed object seen tumbling soundlessly over Redondo Beach CA.
San Diego · CA, USA
Black Triangle with 3 red lights observed for 20 minutes, no sound, football field sized.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Big triangular somethingchecks out former AFB.
San Fernando · CA, USA
ball of lie smootheys
El Cajon · CA, USA
3 bright red lights in triangle shape eastern sky San Diego County
La Mesa · CA, USA
Three bright red lights hovering in Eastern sky. Lights formed an equilateral triangle and then shifted sideways
El Cajon · CA, USA
Three red lights outline huge red triangle over San Diego Coutny sky.
Oxnard · CA, USA
Golden UFO entering earths atmosphere emitting 3 objects then going back out into atmosphere
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Orb that popped in and out of the atmosphere twice
Corral Hollow road vicinity (on Interstate 5) · CA, USA
small, white egg shaped craft.
Citrus heights · CA, USA
lights moved in an oblomg movement, disappearing and reapearing with no pattern. Height between 20,000 agl and 30,000 agl. The movement
Dinuba · CA, USA
Sphere-like aircraft flying in circle eight pattern at a flying height of a commercial airline.
San Pablo Bay (on Napa River) · CA, USA
spaceship like craft or object seen in the area of the sloughs off of the napa river and San Pablo Bay.
Tahoe City · CA, USA
fast moving object with flashing lights disappeared in 4-5 seconds
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
Triangular color changing object in the east
Valley Springs · CA, USA
fast criss crossing lights