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)
Sonora · CA, USA
Large, low object shot across night sky.
El Monte · CA, USA
FIREBALL IN CLEAR SKY
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
I was standing on my driveway when I saw a sliver spherical object hover above my neighborhood high in the sky.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
a whiteish pink object shaped as a circle about 40,500 feet in the air that had a haze around it
Three Rocks · CA, USA
triangle shaped craft flying low, rotating and turning before a freeway then taking a dive below some bushes.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
a circl dottish kind of thing in the air that changed colors and move a few times
Sonoma · CA, USA
Large Orb Expands, Then Vanishes
Novato · CA, USA
Mysterious gold light in the night sky in north San Francisco Bay area
Azusa · CA, USA
egg shaped orange light braks in 2 then disapears over azusa
Richmond · CA, USA
One round white ball that sat in the sky.
San Bruno · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) thin rocket shaped, flying apparition,smoke cloud colored,fast ,no lights was i could tell it wasnt a meteor
Danville · CA, USA
Dull yellow non flashing light traveling from south to north making no noise above the San Ramon Valley
Chula Vista · CA, USA
A friend and I saw flashing lights in sync. before violently flashing and disappearing.
Colinga (near) · CA, USA
LIGHTS SEEN ON 5 NORTH NEAR COALINGA
San Fransisco · CA, USA
bright light over San Fransisco
Fresno · CA, USA
fresno early morning sighting
Antelope Acres · CA, USA
odd single light in the sky
Canyon Country · CA, USA
V shaped, sequential red strobing lights on lateral surfaces, enormous size1/4 mile or greater, no sound.
Richmond · CA, USA
Electrical magnetic affects on at least three homes, lightning like flashes observed and blue haze in clouds
Sonoma · CA, USA
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Sonoma · CA, USA
An extremelly bright circular orange/amber light traveled NW to SW pausing for 20 sec. 3x. Not far away
Sonoma · CA, USA
very bright orange/amber light moves, freezes, no noise not in usual air trafic path about 10 min.
Marysville · CA, USA
Three triagle craft fly near Beal Air Force Base and make sharp turns that normal planes could not do.
Bodie (near) · CA, USA
The object was approximately 30 feet in diameter; it appeared as a round sphere with yellow and orange pointed shafts of light eminatin
Sacramento · CA, USA
A small sphere casting downward white light and a white orb appeared over/around Tower Bridge, downtown Sacramento in 2006.