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)
New Castle · CA, USA
8/13/07 Silver Spheres seen on Hyway 193 New Castle Calif. 12:20pm
Vallejo · CA, USA
a alien figure, blueish agua color tall and ugly
Irvine · CA, USA
Two yellow spheres rotating about each other (barrel rolls) moving right to left and vanishing.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Additional note to previous report same date Santa Rosa CA - Object was silent and did not bank in turns
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Triangle shaped bright lights with one red in the rear floated slowly southwest over Santa Rosa CA
San Jose · CA, USA
Triangle shaped 3 red or orange lights in corners
Redding · CA, USA
Single light making 90 degree turns, starting and stopping instantly without acceleration.
South Lake Tahoe · CA, USA
two following lights moving extermly fast south east accross the sky. ((NUFORC Note: ISS and Space Shuttle? PD))
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Glowing orange orb in the sky...
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Bright orange oval light seen dropping smaller lite objects and then disappeared.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Cigar shaped object, white and silver/metalic in appearance, hovering over Sacramento at noon today
Canoga Park · CA, USA
Cigar shaped object glowing orange over topanga canyon blvd.
Foster City · CA, USA
Undeniable stationary flickering speck
Vacaville · CA, USA
Bright white kite shaped light morphs into sickle shape as it turns before flattening out over Vacaville Hills on Aug. 19, 7:45pm.
Chico · CA, USA
We saw2 bright lights traveling across the night sky at a high rate of speed in formation. ((NUFORC Note: STS and ISS? PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
two high speed, high altitude lights Sacramento California 9:15pm + 8-19-07. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle and ISS? PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
I saw one craft, that I thought was thespace shuttle...then it floated fast... then dissapeared..then 4 more formed circle... then
Fountain valley · CA, USA
there was a round shaped object that glowed a dull red collor in the night sky; that moved very slowly
Porterville · CA, USA
Triangle shaped Bright Red Strobes Observed
San Ysidro · CA, USA
Four white lights horizontal with ground and moving higher into sky, pivot into vertical position, begin twisting and then vanish
Fresno · CA, USA
I saw a flash in the sky Fresno,Ca 8/23/07
Pacheco · CA, USA
Bright moving circle of light over Pacheco, California
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
Round, white, slow moving object seen in San Luis Obispo California
Aliso Viejo · CA, USA
Oval-shaped circle of very bright lights hovering and gliding from sided to side laterally in the sky over Aliso Viejo
Dinuba · CA, USA
White or silver triangle observed, no sound or lights, moving at a very high rate of speed.