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)
West Los Angeles · CA, USA
Metallic Object, Gunships Arrive. ((NUFORC Note: Student report?? Describes self as "game designer." PD))
Lancster · CA, USA
Saw 2 lights in the sky that looked just like stars, but when one brighened and then both lights dimmed to nothing.
Yreka · CA, USA
The UFO hovered, not moving, canging color and was 10+ times brighter than any star.
Vista · CA, USA
small dark object in sky, not traveling.
San Jacinto · CA, USA
Dark triangular object seen over San Jacinto, CA
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
Dropped off son at school, witnessed floating sphere / heart shapped almost that went left to right, thought it was a balloon until it
Torrance · CA, USA
An oval-shaped flying object appeared on one of my photographs that i have taken for school's yearbook duty.
Long Beach · CA, USA
2 oval shaped lights in the sky. Moved quickly, following each other in circles and various directions then vanished very rapidly when
Laguna Hills · CA, USA
Five objects moving together in close formation, hovering, and then moving off in seperate directions.
Lodi · CA, USA
slow, noiseless craft, with 6 lights
Yosemite Valley · CA, USA
Saw a Bright rectanglular object looked like it had 3 horizontal rows of lights that seemed to get brighter or it flashed and it took a
South Pasadena · CA, USA
It was very early in the morning, in the predawn hours. Under a clear sky filled with stars (or at least as clear as it gets in the Los
Fresno · CA, USA
ufo triangle transparrent !
San Francisco · CA, USA
Egg shaped object over San Francisco
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Fuzzy capsule does a zig zag
Reseda · CA, USA
Rectangle, no wings, no sound, no lights
Auburn · CA, USA
The craft was about 500 feet in the air,and was a circle and moved up down right left every way possible. The craft had a yellow and re
Lake Forest · CA, USA
circular object spotted flying in a "pendulum" flying pattern above Lake Forest, California
Garden Valley · CA, USA
Training Missions every night over Sacramento
Fremont · CA, USA
strange shiny silver object flew fast over the hill, stops, then disappears
Chatsworth · CA, USA
5:40 a.m. 8/9/06 HugeTriangular Craft Seen flying over Chatsworth, Ca
San Diego · CA, USA
UFO white light reported accelerating at extremely high rate of speed spotted in San Diego!!!!
Sacramento (east of) · CA, USA
Commercial Flight from Chicago to Sacramento, Ca
Sacramento (east of) · CA, USA
While flying on United Flt 601 from Chiago Il., to Sacramento, Ca. on August 11, 2006. This is the day after the discovery and break u
Bridgeville · CA, USA
Seen low on horizon moving very fast headed east. No sound. Blueish lights.