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)
San Francisco · CA, USA
Small White Sphere Stops Above Transamerica Building and Then Floats Away
Napa · CA, USA
Bright orange light drifted across the sky.
Long Beach · CA, USA
White colored upside down V shaped light/craft.
San Fernando · CA, USA
Large object that spawned 8, 10 or more bright saucer-type bright objects
Cardiff · CA, USA
Very bright, stationary bright object, cycling thru reds, blues, greens and white. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Lee Vining · CA, USA
Saw a blue-green glowing rectangular craft streak across our field of view while driving up the eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas.
San Diego · CA, USA
Three Brilliant UFOs of various shapes in close proximity to each other.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
grayish yellow flying boomerang sighted in Orange County
Foothill Ranch · CA, USA
Light/Round
Dublin · CA, USA
I was driving home around 11:00pm on 2-27-09 when I something flying in the sky ahead of me. It struck me as odd because it was way too
Allendale · CA, USA
3 Triangle ufos over Allendale, Ca ((NUFORC Note: Student report. Possible hoax, we wonder. PD))
Burbank · CA, USA
Five orange lights appear over San Fernando Valley, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Possible party lanterns?? PD))
Burbank · CA, USA
Orange-Red lights seen over Burbank, CA on New Years. ((NUFORC Note: Possible party lanterns?? PD))
El Cajon · CA, USA
orange light flying through sky during new years. ((NUFORC Note: Possible party lanterns?? PD))
Fremont · CA, USA
Formation of circular lights traveling across the sky.
Antioch · CA, USA
Five lit objects high in the sky... New Years Eve in Antioch, California...1/1/08 at 12:05 AM
Burbank · CA, USA
3 unusual red lights in sky
San Diego · CA, USA
9 bright balls of amber light, shifting formation, initially making two groups of triangles and then a linear string
San Diego · CA, USA
My wife and I saw this at 12:30 am we had just arrived back in Pacific Beach from a party in La Jolla and saw 7 yellow / orange lights;
San Diego · CA, USA
Lights over San Diego around 0:30 New Year day. (NUFORC Note: Possible party lanterns, but that is a guess. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Red lights over San Diego. ((NUFORC Note: Possible party lanterns. Many other reports. PD))
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Four gold glowing globes of light in formation, then breaking formation.
San Diego · CA, USA
New Years Amber light formation San Diego.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright light in broad daylight changing intermittently to black object moves slowly across sky in Sant Barbara.
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange brightly glowing balls of light