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)
Simi Valley · CA, USA
A brightly lit reddish round object in western sky on March 13Th at 3:05 am.
Milpitas · CA, USA
White 3 sphere coupled object seen in Milpitas, CA capture on video.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Four red lights pass directly over head and seem to be one solid chevron shaped object, making little to no sound.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
2 flying disks over Santa Ana.
Crestline · CA, USA
Small metallica white spherical craft in Southern California.
Fortuna · CA, USA
Bright, low flying orange craft drops several orange orbs before vanishing.
San Diego · CA, USA
Two orange lights in formation over the community of Clairemont in San Diego at 8:35PM PDT
San Francisco · CA, USA
Long and short flashes of bright yellow/orange in San Francisco southwest sky on 3/19/08.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
The clincher was that after viewing the bright peachy/orange/red light it moved perpendicular to where I was standing vanished in 2sec.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Bright colored sphere shape in the Western sky
Calabasas · CA, USA
shiny oval in sky that changed shape and then disappeared.
Isabella · CA, USA
OMG UFO's OMG!
Lake Isabella · CA, USA
Boomerang shape lights at Lake Isabella, CA. They were NOT planes!
Fremont · CA, USA
Formation of gold lights hovering over open space
Graton · CA, USA
Due west bright white light, then golden, red&green. Hangs in sky over Bodega Bay, nightly.
Berkeley · CA, USA
pin head object disolves into vapor trail
Torrance · CA, USA
The thing we saw was a diamond shape and it was really slow, not an airplane's speed. It had around 5 lights around it. It moved for on
Tahoe City · CA, USA
I SAW A LIGHT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A STAR BUT IT WAS MOVING IN A N TO S COURSE. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of satellites and star?? PD))
Tahoe City · CA, USA
I STILL AM SEEING IT, IT HAS MOVED NOW IN A COURSE GOING EAST TO WEST ALMOST OVERHEAD. I SAW A HELICOPTER GO BY BUT THIS LIGHT WAS VERY
Modesto · CA, USA
object in broad daylight staying in one spot in the sky, was there for about 5 minutes then it went away.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Three round chevron-formation lights in Santa Barbara sky March 24, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.
San Diego · CA, USA
San Diego, CA sighting
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I watched the egg-shaped Endeavor shuttle in the sky and saw a second egg-shaped object following the Endeavor.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I saw the returning white and egg-shaped Endeavor space shuttle in sky followed by a second egg-shaped object.
Redlands · CA, USA
Two fast lights matching speed and distance across the night sky