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)
Norwalk · CA, USA
UPDATED REPORT- 3 different objects in the sky Norwalk,CA
Ventura · CA, USA
Bright orange object, incredible speed, diamond shaped and turning
Fremont · CA, USA
Fast Moving
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Black ciggar shape craft. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Barstow · CA, USA
Object observed over mountain rage for several minutes before shooting strigh up and out of sight.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Sighting in San Francisco
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
FRONT: LARGE BRIGHT WIDE LIGHT/ THE TAIL END CIGAR/SILVER OR WHITE . ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY, VERY CLEAR NIGHT
Palmdale · CA, USA
Unidentified orange light travelling at high speed with sudden changes in direction.
Chatsworth · CA, USA
Solid light in a boomerang shape slowly moves across Chatsworth, CA sky.
Cloverdale · CA, USA
bright red sphere moved radically in a clear starry night sky and we got the feeling that we were being watched after it disappeared.
Parlier · CA, USA
Lost UFO Firing Up as it ascends for dissapearing in an instant. ((NUFORC Note: Hoax, or not, we cannot be certain. PD))
Petaluma · CA, USA
My girlfriend reported seeing a cigar shaped craft with blinking lights around the middle south east of town as she stepped outside.
Lake Forest · CA, USA
Three bright red lights moving toward the sky
Dana Point · CA, USA
01:15 06/21/08 observed disk shape craft over ocean in Dana Point / Laguna Beach area
Winnetka · CA, USA
shiny object in the clear sky hoovering, then suddenly disappears
North Hollywood · CA, USA
6-21-08 Spherical UFO in North Hollywood CA
Lake Arrowhead · CA, USA
Moving star, among stars
Agoura Hills · CA, USA
Strong, pulsating light that changed colors from red to green to white. Object appeared stationery in sky
Santa Clara · CA, USA
two lights moving very fast high in the night sky on June 22,2008
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Two lights moving very fast high in the night sky
Simi Valley · CA, USA
I got off of work looked to southern sky saw a red bright light no blinking.I thought wow mars is really red. I drove home looked up in
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
Extremely fast, dark gray colored octagonal craft with equidistant dim red lights
Lone Pine · CA, USA
Saw a flat, elongated, oval-shaped, grayish object with three lights on the underside gliding silently east of Death Valley
San Ramon · CA, USA
Disc/Saucer shaped with running lights
Salinas · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) i wish my mom could see that she saw this and dont think that im crazy. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes