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)
Eureka · CA, USA
Orange light cruises Humboldt Bay
West Covina · CA, USA
white, caterpillar contrails over Los Angeles County
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Orange light traveling parallel to the Pacific coast emitting streaks of orange light.
Porter Ranch · CA, USA
Extremely bright yellow-orange light zipping across the San Fernando Valley.
Hayward · CA, USA
Lights above Hayward, CA
Wildomar · CA, USA
Silent fixed wing craft without lights.
Placerville · CA, USA
8 objects flying in a figure 8 pattern..at a very high altitude..
Oakland · CA, USA
While on field trip with astronomy class, sighted noiseless craft flying at a very high rate of speed while performing erratic flight
Alameda · CA, USA
Single object met up with two other objects and all 3 flew in formation. Unique strobe sequence.
Placerville · CA, USA
I saw 5 saucers above Placerville CA. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of twinkling stars?? PD))
Angwin · CA, USA
2 large disk shaped saucers hovering over a part of the valley for 4 minutes, then dissappearing into the sky.
Berkeley · CA, USA
i have 20/20 vision. it was a clear day in berkeley. i was lying in a lawn of the university watching planes from oakland airport fly
San Diego · CA, USA
White light in San Diego skies
Berkeley · CA, USA
While driving my car in the mid afternoon of a day in the fall of 2004 on HYW 580 East-bound I had just crossed the San Rafael / Richmo
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Large, rectangular, pale green-blue object spotted at approx. 2:37 am, 10/11/04, moving east over the San Fernando Valley.
San Jose · CA, USA
Light traveling at very high rate of speed across the morning sky.
Salinas · CA, USA
Large formation of UFO's seen over south Salinas, CA on Oct. 11, 2004, in broad daylight.
Arroyo Grande · CA, USA
observed Angel Hair type UFO
Fresno · CA, USA
Rectangle over Fresno, California.
Ripon · CA, USA
Looking up in Nother sky at 12:06am 10-12-04 I by myself seen a boomerang shaped object heading west. It passed over 90 dgrees in 4-5 s
Santa Anna · CA, USA
Lighted object sighted in broad daylight over Santa Anna Calif.
Hayward · CA, USA
More UFO's in Hayward
Rocklin · CA, USA
I first saw the object at about 10:30 last night. It remained in one place. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a twinkling star?? PD))
Calexico · CA, USA
several sightings in imperial county october 2004.
Saugus · CA, USA
UFO was seen