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)
Harbor City · CA, USA
Orignially, party of six looked up at a low flying aircraft then all six spotted at5000 feet AGL, clydrical shape with 4 dish fairings,
Cupertino · CA, USA
Stationary cyllinder in sky
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Floating light suddenly moves slowly then speeds off into space!
Claremont · CA, USA
odd dim oval shaped light near Mount Baldy in southern California.
Livermore · CA, USA
I saw a very large flourescent green fireball explode in the sky over the area of the Lawrence Livermore Lab. It exploded three times
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Bright, maybe burning, object traveling extremely fast explodes over Lake Elsinore
Landers · CA, USA
I saw a real something in the sky. Clear as a bell and very interesting
Escondido · CA, USA
orange light floating!!
Redlands · CA, USA
three flashing red lights. lights looked like they were dispersing. red lights flicked.
Davis · CA, USA
Saw two stationary orange lights in the sky, high in the sky, and nearby each other.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
well i was just really amazed.
Napa · CA, USA
Fireball across the napa sky around 9pm, looked like an airliner on fire but afdter checking nothing reported
Monterey · CA, USA
Non moving long rectangle over the ocean turned and went over my head at about 2000 feet
Los Alamos · CA, USA
I was driving to my hometown of Orcutt, CA. and as I was driving on the 101 North I witnessed a stringy black to grey object that chan
Oakland · CA, USA
u.f.o sightin in oakland california, object tries to drop lower to the ground
San Francisco · CA, USA
4 white lights high up in the sky over San Francisco
Chula Vista · CA, USA
A white, u shaped object viewed in the San Diego night sky.
San Diego · CA, USA
UFO's in sunny San Diego California
San Francisco · CA, USA
Two Bright Purple lights fly strangely through clouds over San Fransisco State University
Los Angeles · CA, USA
i was caming and this guy yelled out ufo. i was out side and i look up in the are and the ufo made a sound i never hered before. the so
San Clemente · CA, USA
Many colored lights flew into a strange formation turned into sideways discs (about 9) and lit up in all colors, blinking at eachother
Madera · CA, USA
If these are aircraft, they sure are quiet also.
New York City (Manhattan) · CA, USA
I saw an object flying extremely fast over Manhattan going north west at 6:45 am. I could not see a shape, just a ripple in the sky.
Quail Valley · CA, USA
UFO seen on Menifee,CA
Mount Shasta · CA, USA
A light over Mt Shasta that went within itself.