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)
Half Moon Bay · CA, USA
Orange lights and triangles over field south of Half Moon Bay.
Azusa · CA, USA
Silver Reflecting Disk shape object over Azusa.CA
Adelanto · CA, USA
very strange and it looked very like a UFO.
Davis · CA, USA
huge ball of light that seemed out of place with the given context of the sky when I looked up
Burbank · CA, USA
A falshing red light. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
La Mesa · CA, USA
Shape changing object sited in southeastern skies of La Mesa, Ca
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
Morgan Hill, CA, 3 min., white object tumbling down 200-300 feet,2 sets of lights, stops and flies horizontally.
Janesville · CA, USA
Flashing light object that flew low to the ground, was quiet, and was not fast, nor slow.
Lancaster · CA, USA
huge bright light moving crazily in the sky and then disappearing in lancaster, california and have a video.
Taft · CA, USA
looked like a star but bigger and brighter, in camera seemed to pulsate and have a pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius??))
Milpitas · CA, USA
small winking light traveled across sky, then stopped and hovered
Hayward · CA, USA
Unknown Red Oval in the sky over the San Francisco Bay Area
Davis · CA, USA
from my direction it was over to the west. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly not a serious report. PD))
Brea · CA, USA
several balls of fire fall from sky and then hover a few hunderd feet above the ground,disappear and then reappear. 500 Lights On O
Anaheim/Brea/Diamond Bar · CA, USA
2 Orange Orb hovering the california sky.
Anaheim · CA, USA
While Driving West bound on the 91 freeway around the State College exit. I thought I saw a falling star, but when they started to fly
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
Large bright white objects falling from sky with a tail of fire, then hovering and moving laterally over LA county California 1/26/08
Fullerton · CA, USA
Two bright fireballs seen in the northeastern sky above Fullerton, California.
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
Fireball falling to earth, stops mid fall, hovers and then engages in horizontal movement, disappearing and then reappearing.
Placentia · CA, USA
Two oval orange disks leaving a trail & turning on and off intermittently over Yorba Linda Boulevard in Placentia, CA.
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
What fell from the sky Jan. 26th, 2008?
Los Angeles · CA, USA
1-28-08 5 Large burning pieces entering atmosphere over Los Angeles
Lost Hills · CA, USA
Blue streak that split into two, seen over 5 freeway in Kern County
San Diego · CA, USA
Bluish white and incredibly fast object witnessed over San Diego between cloud cover.
Corona · CA, USA
Very bright brilliant white object flying low altitude at an absurdly stunning speed.