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)
Tulare · CA, USA
It was a round object of amber color was seen hovering over homes, it shot straight up and out of sight.
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
Bishop's peak visitor?
Glendale · CA, USA
strange light above Glendale, CA
San Francisco · CA, USA
solid, white object seen over S. F. Bay in high atmosphere, momentarily stationary
McKinleyville · CA, USA
Bright light making quick, fast turns across the sky
Oxnard · CA, USA
Bright as a star it silently flew overhead turned red then disappeared into the night sky.
Santa Clara · CA, USA
White oval object hovered high in the sky for about three minutes
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
I saw an enormous fireball streak from north to south in the western sky very low on the horizon.
San Luis Obispo/Morro Bay (between) · CA, USA
Bright white cyl. Obj. near Hollister Peak in San Luis Obispo Co., CA, on June 10, 2008. ((NUFORC Note: Several other reports. PD))
Visalia · CA, USA
Green circular of lights spinning and zipped across the sky in Visalia California within seconds. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Van Nuys · CA, USA
Their were 4 straight lines of lights with a trail of yellow tail traveling across the sky at a very fast speed and disappeared. 50
Cypress · CA, USA
Bright white fireball with a blue tail over Orange County.
Sierra Nevada (Gross Ridge area) · CA, USA
A small object in sky that got bigger and emited a bluish aura for a moment then returned to its orignal form.
Panorama City · CA, USA
panorama city ca silver circle space sheep ufo 20 minutes over my house 6/14/08
Pacific Palisades · CA, USA
A bright flash like lightning followed by a fast moving very bright object like a comet
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright Fireball in the Los Angeles Sky
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Bright white round object with orange and purple tail at high speed observed in mountains - 3 adult witnesses
Castaic · CA, USA
one bright greenish yellow spherical object shoots across the sky
Corona · CA, USA
Green Fireball witnessed over Corona, CA
Orange · CA, USA
Very large blue flashing light falling fast from the sky in Orange, Califronia (twice in ten minutes).
Chula Vista · CA, USA
clear rectangular plastic bag object with lights and hovering powers, with no sound only soft humm!
Sun City · CA, USA
Fireball and something "falling" from it viewed over Sun City California, June 16, 2008
Calexico · CA, USA
i was outside and i waslooking at the sky when i see the lights in shaped of a triangle and it hovered slowly from south to the north.
Vallejo · CA, USA
AS I WAS LOOKING IN UP,THROUQH THROUGH BINOCHULARSAND ABSURVED FLNG GRY.TRI. LONGRwingsTHNstlthWASquietBUTmdeWINDYwhen QUIET,andFOG/MST
Norwalk · CA, USA
3 different objects in th sky Norwalk.CA