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)
Monterey · CA, USA
3 very bright white light larger than planets 2 nearby one another 3 a different location i 2 minutes still then completely fading away
Cameron Park · CA, USA
3 bright stationary lights above hill, low in the sky. Disappeared after about 3 minutes.
Hemet · CA, USA
Was it a jet contrail, a meteor or what?
Hanford · CA, USA
Object appeared and disappeared (blinked in and out), no noise, no colored lights, no wings.
Monterey · CA, USA
Cigar shaped UFO over Monterey, CA October 24, 2007
San Diego · CA, USA
4 white lights in a v-shape flying above the clouds across the sky in about 5 seconds.
Emeryville · CA, USA
I saw a very shiny orb come out of the clouds then made square moves in the sky then another one came out and did the same thing then d
Monte Nido · CA, USA
Sited 5 exhaust trails, then a cigar shaped UFO appeared in front of them, after a bright flash it disappeared and the trails just stop
Torrance · CA, USA
Black Cylindrical UFO seen over Del Amo Mall, Torrance Oct. 29, 2007
Bryson · CA, USA
Bright light forms in the night sky .
Irvine · CA, USA
Sighting near Irvine Spectrum.
Chicoe · CA, USA
Bright light seen over Chico, CA dimmed and then moved eastward and disappeared.
Rowland Heights · CA, USA
Star-like light pulsating and slowly moving across the sky.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
unidentified hovering object in the morning sky above Riverside, CA.
Tujunga · CA, USA
UFO In Foreground of Wildfire in California
Modesto (on I-5; 130 miles south of Sacramento) · CA, USA
Triangular shaped, low altitude, white, solid lights were sporadically moving in the night sky in complete silence, lasted 40 sec
Novato · CA, USA
TRIANGULAR GLIDER, no propulsion noise, very fast.
Tracy (20 miles outside of; on I-5) · CA, USA
Driving towards San Francisco between 12 mid night and 1 am on the morning of Tuesday Sept 4. A triangle like device was making h
Irvine (enroute to) · CA, USA
A triangularly shaped, noiseless aircraft almost crashed into our car.
Santa Maria · CA, USA
It was oval and grey white with no lights traveling really fast and really low with no sound.
Grover Beach · CA, USA
Small Triangular object seen while flying at 9,000 feet over Grover Beach, California
Orange · CA, USA
Formation that moved in circles up in the sky.
Antelope · CA, USA
strange object over north sacramento 9:30ish pm sunday sept. 9th 2007
Anaheim · CA, USA
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Agoura Hills · CA, USA
Saucer shape w/lghts around rim that were in a chasing pattern. Red light on top in the center.