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
I witnessed an elongated, triangular aircraft moving at a very slow speed approximately trenty feet above the Redwood trees.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Brite White and Red lights Have Video taped it.
Temecula · CA, USA
Light turning on and off
San Francisco · CA, USA
Dark oval object photographed over San Francisco
Berkeley · CA, USA
Fast moving (UFO)object over Berkeley
Ft. Bragg · CA, USA
Two thin football shaped objects were seen flying in, towards landfall, from the Northwest, by me and my girlfriend, right about sunset
San Diego · CA, USA
fireball as big as truck in San Diego
Novato · CA, USA
Three objects equal distance from each other following same course.
Hollister · CA, USA
These were 4 or 5 connected globs of white material floating down out of the sky, no sound, no aircraft seen.
Petaluma · CA, USA
6 small disks grouped together, changing formation, variable brightness, visible for 15 minutes, no clouds.
Pacific Palisades · CA, USA
TWO UFOs in LA 22 sept 2005
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fast moving object heading South to Northeast.
Paramount · CA, USA
LOOKED LIKE DUCKS FLYING SOUTH BUT THAY GLOWED
Felton · CA, USA
close encounters 3 times
Santa Clara · CA, USA
A very bright multi colored light that shot across the sky and then vanished.
Fresno · CA, USA
Side by side cruise over Fresno CA.
Mojave · CA, USA
white triangular shaped object appeared suddenly below an aircraft then hyperjumped into space
Santa Rosa / Novato · CA, USA
Luminescent blue "lozenge" flew across nose of airplane at night. 6-8 feet long. Santa Rosa / Novato, CA
Davis · CA, USA
Strange Crescent Light Phenomena: Davis, CA
San Francisco · CA, USA
Large bright green fireball moves slowly in the sky.
Sebastopol · CA, USA
3 lights, bright red, orange, faded white in color in a close, touching, triangle formation, slight cw/ccw rotation.
West Sacramento · CA, USA
It left skid marks in the sky with a trail of smoke. It was a blue light of a flash which I thought were fireworks that never popped. T
Camarillo · CA, USA
Changing shapes
Camarillo · CA, USA
filmed 20 minutes of a UFO in the sky ((Venus))
Mojave · CA, USA
15:30 observed 2 spheres flying high altitude from west to east. VERY fast, passing below sun I could see spherical shape