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)
I-5 and Lerdo Highway · CA, USA
Blue and white craft in clear sky around 9pm on 4/2/04 near Arvin on the I-5 in the Central Valley of Calif.
Sonora · CA, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Large bluish/white light and possible abduction.
Sonora · CA, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Large Bluish White Light
Sonora · CA, USA
Large Bluish-white Light Flies Slowly Northward over Sonora, CA
Antioch · CA, USA
The thing look like oval shaped but not round. ((NUFORC Note: We are uncertain as to whether this is a serious report. PD))
Middletown · CA, USA
My girlfriend and I looked up into a moonless night, and saw an object with 3 lights which where about as bright as a plane's normal li
Fair Oaks · CA, USA
low flying aircraft light blue in color was there and then gone
San Francisco Bay Area · CA, USA
Two bright amber lights hovering, separating, rejoining, then leaving in different directions silently.
Fullerton · CA, USA
Standing ouside looking at the stars and a boomerang like object 100 foot wing span 1/2 mile up, no sound, and no lights.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Light Blue "boomerang" shaped object hovered.
Lemoore · CA, USA
"Cluster" of red flashing lights moving at high rate of speed from North to South.
Blythe · CA, USA
saw no planes in the sky, the spot was just in the photo.
Riverside · CA, USA
Driving southbound on the 91 fwy in Riverside C.A. at about 11:30 pm a green orb appeared out of nowhere to my eleven o'clock it seemed
South Lake Tahoe · CA, USA
Bright light over South Lake Tahoe, CA ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus. PD))
Merced · CA, USA
Small agile triangular object with lights on the corners seen along I-5 south of Merced
Dana Poinr · CA, USA
I saw a triangular shaped object glide through the sky, stall for a split second and then shoot off at a high rate of speed.
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Teardrop shaped ufo, no lights, goldish glint, two witnesses, and the ufo accelerated away south east.
Murrieta · CA, USA
I saw a distant light while going somewhere.
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
night time sighting of triangular shaped object or lights moving quickly on claer night
San Clemente · CA, USA
A quick round like craft in the sky and vanishing when i knoticed it while walking at night.
Frazier Park · CA, USA
I noticed a bright light coming from the South / West part of the sky.
Tustin · CA, USA
UFO over orange county california
Windsor · CA, USA
Glowing Orb - looked like reddish-orange fire burning on the inside of a transparent round ball.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
A bright ball of light hovered for a couple minutes
Victorville · CA, USA
multiple contrailed objects falling together from the sky all turned at once ((NUFORC Note: Possible flight of mil. aircraft?? PD))