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)
Pomona · CA, USA
illuminated object in the sky
San Francisco · CA, USA
A shiny dime sized metalic object appeared out of nowhere and vanished within 20 seconds overr San Francisco
Sacramento · CA, USA
Triangle object, moving sideways, south-by-south west over Sacramento, CA.
Vacaville · CA, USA
Disk shaped object hovered briefly then travelled eastward, captured video footage of it as it left.
Modesto · CA, USA
Triangle shaped object with red and blue lights hovered for sometime.
Bishop/Mammoth Lakes · CA, USA
Pinpoint of light grows larger and shines bright blue/white and staggers it's course.
Torrance · CA, USA
OBJECT BLACKER THAN THE SKY HOVERING ABOVE GIANT POWER LINES
Anaheim Hills · CA, USA
Very slow almost hovering lights that seemed like aircraft lights but only moved maybe a mile in 27 minutes in an odd shaped path
Clovis · CA, USA
UFO MAKES HIGH SPEED TURNS
Pomona · CA, USA
well it might be a bit long. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Van Nuys · CA, USA
The circular "star" appearing object moved slowly to the east at an extreme altitude and disappeared.
Clovis · CA, USA
It was between 4:00 and 4:30 in the morning and I was laying in the back of my dad's truck smoking a cigarette and looking at the stars
Phelan · CA, USA
Large object that consisted of a configuration (in a row) of very large orange lights in High Desert.
Oakdale · CA, USA
Orange glowing object zig zagging across the sky at a high rate of speed and was silent.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Triangular dull orange glow object moving very fast across mountain range.
Hinkley · CA, USA
string of 6 orange balls of light float in formation slowly low over open desert northwest of Barstow, CA
Carizzo Plains National Mounument · CA, USA
Object slowly moved cross the sky and exploded into three objects.
El Cajon · CA, USA
12 noon clear sky wagon wheel obect flying east then banked to the north emitting a blue light
La Quinta · CA, USA
Sunday, April 10th, around 1pm I noticed a round object in the sky. It didn't go fast, but changed shapes and disappeared into the sun.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
2 red lights moving together and apart with a hazy cloaked craft inbetween. Dark sky.
Ludlow · CA, USA
strange clouds near ludlow ca by hy 40
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Dark grey triangular object cruising slowly north over Santa Monica making loud engine noise. ((NUFORC Note: B-2 bomber? PD))
Ricmond · CA, USA
Oval or blimp like object moving faster and disappering, next to Jet aircrafts going in and out of SFO
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A triangular - silent object glided through the skyscrapers in downtown LA ((NUFORC Note: B-2 bomber? PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Gray Triangle no lights no sound no markings completly flat ((NUFORC Note: B-2 bomber? PD))