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)
Davis · CA, USA
Object blurred by orange, yellow lights going northwest extremely fast over my rooftop in Davis, CA headed toward direction of Woodland
Vista · CA, USA
Oval, spotlight, UFO or UFOs
Los Angeles · CA, USA
birght object steaks upward, burns out, another object continues on and sprays some kind of "rain" like cloud and keeps moving.
Riverside · CA, USA
as me and my wife were siting in our lawn as i looked up to the south i saw what looked as a low long light passing then falling at a 9
Crescent City · CA, USA
a flash f light then a craft fly north toward brookings
Pasadena · CA, USA
very fast object over pasadena,ca
Camarillo · CA, USA
On June 30, 2006, My 2 daughters and a friend were exiting south-bound 101, Pleasant Valley\Santa Rosa Exit left, when they looked up t
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Saw a black saucer like object fly out of the Woodland Hills, CA area south of Ventura Boulevard.
Ukiah · CA, USA
gituar pick shaped object traveling north that was very thick and larger than the valley
San Onofre · CA, USA
Light caught on camera while camping at San Onofre.
San Jose · CA, USA
I saw a bright red VERY LARGE "star looking" object that shrunk and grew, Then shrunk to a small white blinking object that flew away.
San Leandro · CA, USA
four round ligths flying in triangle formation spoted over san leandro
Westminster · CA, USA
Twin orange balls seen over Westminster Ca
Pomona · CA, USA
bright light then it was gone
Lafayette · CA, USA
Triangular bruise with three red lines horizontal inside
Palmdale · CA, USA
The 3 of us watched the closest object for 30 minutes and noted 4 more farther out and higher up and could not figure out what it was
Twenty Nine Palms · CA, USA
Huge Boomerang shaped ufo with single front bright light and tiny bright lights in sequence on edges
NAS Lemoore · CA, USA
Strange light In NAS Lemoore airspace.
Sacramento · CA, USA
did anyone else see this? looked like a comet? dispersed after a 30 Sec.
Los Altos Hills · CA, USA
apparent aircraft develops comet-like tail which grows steadily, eventually losing its fan shape, becoming a luminous cloud
San Jose · CA, USA
An artifically created cloud masks a bright light, then light and cloud disappear.
Yuba City · CA, USA
bright lighted aircraft forms a cloud and disapears!
Somes Bar · CA, USA
Witnessed airplane sized light triple in size, shrink back and speed away at incredibly high rate of speed
Oakland · CA, USA
Flyby of strobing aircraft over bay area
Folsom · CA, USA
bright orange object moving across horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail?? PD))