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)
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Extremely fast moving light high in the stars!!
Hemet · CA, USA
((POSSIBLE HOAX)) ufo in the orange groves.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
some stars are ufos.....
Amboy · CA, USA
driving in the desert saw lights moving rapidly, and saw the craft on the ground.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Friend and I saw a planet or moon. Reddish yellow and craters. Half showing in west, 20 times size of moon half showing with horizon.
Visalia · CA, USA
Orange objects in the sky
Burney · CA, USA
Thousands of strange objects streaking across the night sky
Davis · CA, USA
Y or V shaped light formation seen moving from South to North over Davis, California.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Two large Triangle shaped objects that flew over San Francisco Bay Area near Mt. Davidson
Norwalk · CA, USA
Pulsating Magenta light over L.A. County
Folsom · CA, USA
I was in my backyard the night of 12/3/05, admiring my landscaping. There was a formation of 4 lights rapidly moving from west to north
West Los Angeles · CA, USA
3 pts of Lights, later just 1 hiding in the Sun's Coronoa
Santa Ana · CA, USA
An object flew across the face of Saddleback Mountain twice, and vanished in plain sight both times.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Light (s) routinely spotted from East to West during the past one an half years
Acton · CA, USA
Driving north on 14 Freeway, 5 miles south of Escondido Drive, bright clear skies as I was driving north on the side of the mountain I
Riverside · CA, USA
I thought it was a blimp that just happened to be lit, but it was moving too fast to be a blimp.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Giant triangle stealth like craft hovering over California dessert
Riverside · CA, USA
Lime Green Egg-Shaped UFO Over Riverside,Ca
Redlands · CA, USA
large glowing object that changed shape and color
Redlands · CA, USA
((Venus??)) Observed a very large, half circle object with faint lights on top that reshaped into a circle and changed color.
McCloud · CA, USA
Huge flash of light and then 4 UFOs enter into our atmosphere
Orland · CA, USA
bright multie,colors,flareing, and one light. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial body?? PD))
San Francisco · CA, USA
flew like no other, a fireball in the sky u can say..
Pittsburg · CA, USA
IT WAS SEEN FLYING IN THE CLOUDS WHILE IN THE BACKYARD OF SOMEONES HOME THEN WE FOLLOWED IT TO THE FRONT YARD. AS WE WATCHED THE CRAFT
Fairfield · CA, USA
the three light rotated and changed colors and shape