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)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Hovering black object spotted over my house.
Trinadad · CA, USA
silvery sphere with attached rectangle emerges from clouds and heads out over ocean
Palm Springs · CA, USA
AN OBJECT THAT I THOUGHT WAS A SIDEWAYS AIRPLANE CAME CLOSE TO HITTING MY CAR.
Modesto · CA, USA
Orange translucent sphere's traveling at high speed just below the clouds in the direction of 135 degrees SE.
Irvine · CA, USA
SILVER SHIMMERING OBJECT. COULD NOT DEFINE SHAPE. CAME TO COMPLETE STOP IN SKY.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Shiny silver sphere moving at steady pace and altitude
Riverside · CA, USA
Red sphere with fire tail
San Francisco · CA, USA
Light Color Formation Shapes Changing
Paradise · CA, USA
In Paradise,California I observed 2 parallel lines of light at an angle between 3am and 4am in the west not moving or changing.
Eagle Rock · CA, USA
Mirror-like, saucer/disc shaped object
Santa Monica · CA, USA
STAR. AT 10 O CLOCK POSTION. LOOKING WEST TOWARD SANTA MONICA BAY JUST OVER SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. THE ONLY STAR WITH A SOFT LIGHT.CYL
Encinitas · CA, USA
On beach north of San Diego, a multi-color light cluster appears in southern sky, strobing, drifting silently east.
Baker · CA, USA
giant triangle spotted of I-15 N to vegas between barstow and baker, Ca, june 24th at 11pm.
Lake Arrowhead · CA, USA
large oval shaped object surrounded by lights seen over San Bernardino mountain ridge
Fresno · CA, USA
Sighting of flying triangle with lights in weaving motion like a sting ray about 150-200 ft. off the ground
Silverlake (Los Angeles) · CA, USA
A bright dot over LA, and in my photos, many other dark dots with red centers....
Hesperia · CA, USA
,I Had seen 2 Matilic shape crafts in the sky ,i had gone in to the Building in which ,I work and got my Friend she came out and ,I had
San Jose · CA, USA
One huge bright light fliying North East.
Healdsburg · CA, USA
A bone chilling sense of REALITY
Laguna Woods · CA, USA
My elderly mother saw golden disk flying over trees
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Black disk shaped object motionless observing airport free falls and wobbles back up and vanishes.
Downey · CA, USA
4 orange-reddish objects lights in the sky traveling in non-static formation @ equal speeds and change in appearance
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Huge bright liigt
Palmdale · CA, USA
dancing light above lancaster
Angels Camp · CA, USA
Strange Object in Angels Camp, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of the star, "Sirius," we suspect. PD))