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)
San Diego · CA, USA
white lights w/ sm. blinking red light, changing and waving like a firecracker, changing erratically, expanding and contracting.
Fairfax · CA, USA
I had reported this last year already, but wasnt clear. I had seen 4 or 5 black stationary dots. to the west ,at a low altitude. Sudden
Fairfax · CA, USA
black object
Fairfax · CA, USA
5 black orbs ,in formation, gather into one egg shape form and fly off at 20 miles an hour ,at 3 thousand feet.
Vista · CA, USA
Strange orb over Vista California
East Bay · CA, USA
Saw multiple UFOs flying in formation.
La Mirada · CA, USA
Single orange glow, very bright orange light traveling accross the sky
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Star-like light in the Eastern sky that came & went - Santa Rosa, California
San Clemente · CA, USA
Single black irregular shaped object rough red edges moving extremely slowly westward at about 1000 feet. Visible for about 4 minutes
Fortuna · CA, USA
My wife and I saw a bright red-orange apparently burning object ejecting material as it transited110 degrees of sky.
Marysville · CA, USA
Strange round lights changing colors in the dark sky on the same day of the Lunar Eclipse.
San Francisco · CA, USA
UFO over San Francisco during eclipse 10/26/04
Ridgecrest/China Lake · CA, USA
an object of size,color,and speed of likes I've never seen
San Diego · CA, USA
Walking my fiance out to her car at about 8:45 pm and i looked up into the sky and noticed that the clouds had cleared up so i took a l
SANTA MARIA · CA, USA
speeding about 1 mi up , took 10 secs to travel 1200 mile horizon
San Diego (Mission Bay Area) · CA, USA
Fireball over Mission Bay
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Police helicopter chasing sphere. ((NUFORC Note: No date indicated by witness. PD))
Temecula · CA, USA
Bright ball of light that dissapears soon after being noticed. Appears almost three times a week.
Rialto · CA, USA
large red circle (probably sphere) seen in broad daylight moving slowly and changing direction.
Arcadia · CA, USA
Approximately 10:45 PM on September 1, 2004 I observed an object moving from east to west while looking out my bedroom window which fac
National Park · CA, USA
Three smart bright white lights
Whittier · CA, USA
For the past few days I and some friends have been gazing at the stars ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" star, we wonder?? PD))
Hayward · CA, USA
strange light in the sky. had no directional lights was travling south eastery . witnessed for about 5 minutes then it vanished.
Watsonville · CA, USA
Bright red, plasma-type object seen hovering over Mt. Madonna, are for 45 mins.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
A shooting bright red light intermittently visible in eastern sky near Saturn.