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 Diego · CA, USA
white light zips by silently
San Diego · CA, USA
white light
Studio City · CA, USA
The disk was white. It was shaped like a normal saucer but it had a little dip at the bottom. It was able to gain altitude while remai
San Diego · CA, USA
San Diego Hovering/Moving Gold Light
Visalia · CA, USA
Two bright yellow/orange lightd moving slowly from south, south east to north, north west.No sound. Moved evenly appprox. 20 degree
Newport · CA, USA
Young woman, and her boyfriend, witness a bizarre dis-shaped obj. hovering nearby.
Richmond · CA, USA
This wasnt a Plane or Blimps . Lets get this straight
Concord/Walnut Creek · CA, USA
Unusual shape, (triangle at one angle and round when it rotated) with white lights
Novato · CA, USA
Two glowing lights sighted from backroads in Marin.
Burbank · CA, USA
2 glowing objects that manuvered closely to each other then left in opposite diections rapidily
Joshua Tree Nat'l Park · CA, USA
Mojave Desert Mystery Circles are actually an old Military Bomb Target
San Rafael · CA, USA
clouds chasing each other,orbs, cresents and circular shapes with consistancy of clouds.
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Unusually large star catch's my baby's attention..
Joshua Tree · CA, USA
White lights in a row that came one one at a time and went out all together
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Ball of fire was dancing around in the sky above Ridgecrest, Ca at exactly 8:40 p.m.
Susanville · CA, USA
Now I believe
Pleasanton · CA, USA
Saw a silver round object high in the sky, unsure what it could be.
calistoga · CA, USA
unidentified aerial entity / lifeform, shape changing, smoke colored / reflective / transparent, 40 seconds observation.
Ventura · CA, USA
Dark spherical shape glowing brilliant lime-green, leaving a glowing green trail.
Manteca · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) 12-24-06 to 01-03-07 UFO sighting at least 50 seen over a 10 day period.
Manteca · CA, USA
Chirstmas eve 2006 sighting in Manteca California 3:35am.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
LIGHT TOO CLOSE TO THE EARTH
Woodland · CA, USA
We observed and orange light appear move north and south and then vanish.
Porterville · CA, USA
orange glow that droped what looked like fireworks twice and the fadded away
San Diego · CA, USA
Exploding light in San Diego!