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)
Fontana · CA, USA
UFO over San Bernardino Mountains
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
Bright white orb flashes,expands,contracts,moves off slowly,then vanishes
Ben Lomond · CA, USA
Looked like stars but they changed direction and moved in random like patterns and multiplied and then faded.
Victorville · CA, USA
Numerous Moving Stars
Alhambra · CA, USA
Bright flash of light and streak of light over Alhambra, CA
Carson · CA, USA
It was a blue fireball shaped object.
Irvine · CA, USA
I saw blue lights that were formed into a circle moving right to left for 30 seconds then went all the way to its right and disappeared
Hemet · CA, USA
Triangle craft in hills by Ramona Bowl in Hemet California.
Burlingame · CA, USA
I saw a very large, metallic object descend from over the hill crest to within 15-30 feet above the houses in full daylight.
Calabasas · CA, USA
Fast bright object in Calabasas
Sacramento · CA, USA
cloaked stingray shaped object lowflying only saw moisture build up around front end of object
Furnace Creek · ca (death valley), CA, USA
Small light like moving star over Death Valley
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Grouped Lights / No noise / No body
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Distant very bright object holds position over 20 minutes then moves rapidly, slows to near stop then explodes and falls toward earth.
west morland · CA, USA
bright light traveling 5mi p/h 100ft from us at night made no sound
Cameron Park · CA, USA
My report yesterday was mistaken. It appears the planet Venus was what I was observing and it fooled me as I can never recall it being
Yucaipa · CA, USA
Orangish Light emitting flashes or sparks
Redlands · CA, USA
i saw it at about 11:30 P.M. and it was a couple miles away from my house.It was an orange light that was fairly bright. It slowly move
Union City · CA, USA
Flying Unidentified Black Pyramid.
Roseville · CA, USA
silver round object in the sky
Roseville · CA, USA
Black UFO with possibly red flashing light
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Changing lights over Santa Cruz CA. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius, we suspect. PD))
Garden Grove · CA, USA
We saw a bright white light that was hovering.
Westminster · CA, USA
Noted fast streaking ball of light moving south over Westminster, CA before disappating
Fairfield · CA, USA
Traveling east to west, egg shape object with brown flood lights beginning to flash and then spark.