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)
Ventura · CA, USA
Three orange spheres traveling silently in triangle formation until lead sphere broke formation.
San Diego · CA, USA
They flew silently, straight, and very quick.
Hermosa Beach · CA, USA
A triangle of three flashing red round objects moving very fast and changing formation.
Newbury Park · CA, USA
A chevron shape that appeared several miles away and flew over me and away in less than 20 seconds.
Placerville · CA, USA
On November 15, 2004, in Placerville, California, My daughter and I had both gone to bed. Right when I was just about to fall asleep I
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Mute, flying object shoots straight up into the sky, then falls back down to leave the same way it came.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
An orange triangular craft that made no sound observed in the Mojave Desert.
Salinas · CA, USA
Round white object near Salinas freeway
Downey · CA, USA
The object was a circle that was blinking red blue and green at diferent times then another one was doing the same
Orange County · CA, USA
very big teardrop shaped,many small lights it had a haze around it that changed color and left a trail.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
Laguna Niguel CA 3 lights moving from same point on the horizon to differnt points in space.
Valencia · CA, USA
2 large flashes of light
Campbell · CA, USA
contrails and lil orbs real pics taken from a hp 735 digital ((NUFORC Note: Photos are ambiguous. PD))
Lake Forest · CA, USA
ufo flying around my neighborhood, i got a couple pictures before it left at an unhuman rate of speed! ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax.))
Antioch · CA, USA
3 fireballs dropping smaller balls of light seen in the north sky moving east over antioch california
Sacramento · CA, USA
Fast light approaches me and I shoot 2 Quicktime clips of it passing overhead while driving!
San Marcos · CA, USA
Orange Light over Highway 78
San Marcos & Escondido · CA, USA
SMALL ORANGE LIGHT - flew low over Hwy 78 and then South along I-15 (nearly overhead) with seemingly no visible craft attacted to it.
San Jose · CA, USA
It looked like a saucer... It was all light up and quite large in size.
Gardena · CA, USA
huge disk with others nearby changing direction/speed in a blink of an eye. lights very quiet no noise at all. came over my apartment l
Fresno · CA, USA
Large meteor or UFO spotted in Fresno.
San Francisco · CA, USA
there was a blue streak from the sky, then showering yellow and after the showering, there was left a red oval shape craft with one bli
Yuba City · CA, USA
I see these from time to time by the small mountain range by hw 99 and hw 20 and I-5. and hw 113 ......this time i was answering the
Irvine · CA, USA
the object emitted sparks from the side and rear and hit the earth at a fantastic speed. no light was emitted upon impact.
Auberry · CA, USA
Bright white light seen traveling N to S for 1-2 min., with apparent fighters in area immediately afterwards.