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)
Rimrock · CA, USA
Three objects appeared in the sky
Orinda · CA, USA
Cigar-shaped UFO, silver, non-descript moving North/Northeast in East Bay Hills of Contra Costa County, CA
Monterey · CA, USA
scary but interesting all the dogs in neighberhood were howling like the had seen a demon
Victorville · CA, USA
TWO BRIGHT YELLOW LIGHTS LINE ABREAST APPEARED FOR 30 SECONDS OVER A FIVE MINUTE PERIOD.
Tulare/Bakersfield · CA, USA
Flashes and fireballs in the south-west sky in central california
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright and quick-flash lit up WHOLE sky for a split second, like a nuclear explosion at 1:04AM
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
Bright light with red around center moved towards us
Lake Alpine · CA, USA
While fishing at Lake Alpine, I saw what I thought to be a silver aricraft, possibly a Cessna 140 or an Ercoupe, as these planes often
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
About 7pm PDT 6/5/04 I saw two small bright objects to the South East about 45 degree elevation over Sonoma Mountain. The tiny dots wer
Sacramento · CA, USA
I captured on camera, a UFO flying over the state Capitol in Sacramento Ca.
Springville · CA, USA
triangular and transparent flying craft seen saturday night
Edwards AFB · CA, USA
Green orb hovering about 20 feet over the highway.
Temple City · CA, USA
Blue light trail over San Gabreil Valley making circles!
Cotati · CA, USA
satalite due-3 viewed ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of NOSS satellite triplet. PD))
Chula Vista · CA, USA
they were very visable as if they were at the same level that planes fly at.But they moved realy fast.The light seemed to follow them!
San Leandro · CA, USA
Humming oval shaped object with tiny red lights on bottom
Sonora · CA, USA
Cylindrical UFO Videotaped over Sonora, CA
Torrance · CA, USA
High up metal object w/sun reflecting from it @times,moving west,then northwest,7 min.time of viewing.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Lights moving over SoCal in the afternoon
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two people observe pair of very bright comet-like objects over Los Angeles.
San Francisco · CA, USA
self-illuminated triangle-shaped craft flying in "v" formation
San Diego · CA, USA
a beautiful bright light
Pacific Ocean (in-flight sighting) · CA, USA
An oval shaped ship with a metallic color shot away from our plane with speed not seen before.
Clovis · CA, USA
"V" shaped object with seven, dim, whitish lights, towing an orange dimpled disk that rolled from side to side.
Poway · CA, USA
I was playing basketball and when I shot, I looked in the air and saw a little dot of light moving between the clouds. It moved forward