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)
Lodi · CA, USA
My daughter and I in Lodi, California watched a Orange/yellow glowing object moving slowly over my house.
Pleasant Hill · CA, USA
Circling translucent light in counter-clockwise direction, above clouds, with no apparent light source from ground.
Pleasant Hill · CA, USA
Circling translucent light in clockwise direction, within clouds, with no apparent light source from ground. ((Advertising light?? PD)
Antioch · CA, USA
Lights above Antioch, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Witness remains anonymous. Possible advertising light, or hoax?? PD))
Sacramento · CA, USA
ovoid orange/whitish object seen sacto
Shingle Springs · CA, USA
Large planet like object in southwest sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
10 minutes of a orange orb floating under the clouds
Calabasas · CA, USA
Strange moving orangish-white light seen midway up in the western sky zigzagging quickly before it disappears
Fremont · CA, USA
Two bright stars faded simultaneously in approx. 4 seconds.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright light that vanished
Redding · CA, USA
white light , which would have been larger than full moon, but less intense and no definite shape circling
Ventura · CA, USA
Two Orange Oval shaped objects sighted moving together vanishing then reapearing.
Rialto · CA, USA
I now know we are not alone........
Perris/White Water (between) · CA, USA
Followed by pulsating triangular lights in the night sky for 45 mins through the desert
Cottonwood · CA, USA
BRIGHT LIGHT IN SKY, APPEARS BEFORE OUR VERY EYES!
West Los Angeles · CA, USA
2 Pinpoints of light against a Bright Blue Sunny Day
Dos Palos · CA, USA
UFO Sighted in Central California - Dos Palos. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
North Hollywood · CA, USA
I saw a Fireball heading north west over my head. I first saw it at about 10 degrees to the right above my head and I watched it fall d
Petaluma · CA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Mars. PD)) Unknown light following moon.
Fullerton · CA, USA
green star like object shot across sky
San Francisco · CA, USA
At 1:56 AM, My friends and I went outside of my backyard. We looked up on the sky, and saw light moving slowly toward the moon. I t
Martinez · CA, USA
Glowing object moves across San Francisco Bay Area sky
Escondido · CA, USA
Just a photo. Did notice untill viewing photo today 2/28/06
Camarillo · CA, USA
Lewis Rd./ Camarillo FLYING SAUCER UFO seen in daylight during November, 2005
Moraga · CA, USA
White pulsating object viewed from Moraga CA 94556 at 8pm.