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)
Cerritos/Buena Park area · CA, USA
The star-like object traveled at a tremendous rate of speed across the moon lit sky.
San Pedro · CA, USA
Unidentified Celestial Object over San Pedro, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of the star, Sirius. PD))
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Simi Valley, CA Bright red light high in the sky moved for a while then stopped and it changes color-red to white..
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
ufo was captured during a family picture at the end of santa barbara pier. ufo is present on the upper left corner.
Antioch · CA, USA
Bright red flash of light hovering over Fairfield/Antioch area
San Bernardino · CA, USA
very bright white triangler. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of one, or more, celestial bodies. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Green light appears in front of my brother and I and takes off across the sky away from us.
Boulder Creek · CA, USA
Bight point of light drifting slowly over the Monterey Bay 1/6/07
Downey · CA, USA
Bright Fire Object moving over city in Downey, California
Sacramento · CA, USA
Very fast moving, dark grey teardrop-shaped object flies over Sacramento CA.
Ventura · CA, USA
Flashing orb
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Three lights or fireballs over Los Angeles, one was green, purple and blueish/white, at 7:40pm 1/8/07. Exact incident in Singapore
Encinitas · CA, USA
7-photo sequence of flying object, Encinitas CA Jan 10 2007
Riverside · CA, USA
I live in Riverside,California and the reason I decided to post this picture on a forum (Generally a ufo site) is to find an explanatio
Manteca · CA, USA
I saw it until I went inside at home.It a disc shape.
Oxnard · CA, USA
Bright unusual lights in sky
Burbank · CA, USA
It appeared to be a white cylindrical object near Hollywood/Burbank airport.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
2 possible UFO's seen by Griffith Park Observatory 1/13/07
Stockton · CA, USA
"V" shaped object with white or blue lights on the rear of the wings, traveling across the night sky
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
Unidentifiable Craft with three lights (non-standard lights for flying human aircraft)
Oakland · CA, USA
I saw a fireball drop rapidly in the sky in front of me then obviously shoot away and disappear.
Daly City · CA, USA
strange lights hovering and flying over San Francisco bay. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star? Sirius?? PD))
Burbank · CA, USA
Silver disk seen in Burbank, CA 1/16/2007 at 5:50 pm PST
Paincines (Pinnacle Rocks in Pinnacles National Monument) · CA, USA
These incidents occurred on the same night as the other incident that I posted about before in which a UFO star-like object moved in sp
Salinas · CA, USA
I was observing a small plane at night when I noticed dim lights behind first aircraft.