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)
Oakland · CA, USA
I was looking up at the stars as I and a couple of friends were walking to grab a bite to eat, when I noticed an object flying across t
San Diego · CA, USA
the object jeted across the sky like a shooting star the stoped the jeted again across the sky and stoped and this continued for hours
Red Bluff · CA, USA
Triangular, possible aura, definately morphed shape.
Live Oak · CA, USA
Hovered with bright lights over the house for 2 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial body?? PD))
Vallejo · CA, USA
Balloon like object rotating, dull gray in color, had a vibrating aura.
Hollywood · CA, USA
unknown shape over the hollywood bowl.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Triangle Dim Lights, Silent, See-Through, and very Fast
Porterville · CA, USA
3 white dim cicular fast moveing crafts no sound moved like nothing i have never seen before
Moorpark · CA, USA
At night,looking out window. All of a sudden 5 bright dots (not blinking), come blasting through the sky in this formation: (this 1 i
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Strange lights over Palm Springs, CA
San Jose · CA, USA
3/26/04 san jose, ca. wedge shaped light flying low, fast, and silent. look like a shooting star, but kept going. FAST. 1 solid light
Watsonville · CA, USA
Four slowly moving white round objects seen in sky over Watsonville, CA.
Wilmington/Carson · CA, USA
Ball of orange/white gaseous light seen over Los Angeles suberb for 10 minutes.
San Mateo · CA, USA
Black saucer, hovering 200-300 feet from ground.
Hayward · CA, USA
standing outside staring at the moon, i noticed a quiet craft with four lights in an unusual pattern pass overhead. It seemed that the
Martinez · CA, USA
Fireballs performing amazing feats.
Hayward · CA, USA
Chrome colored object in western sky.
Burbank · CA, USA
Ghostly enormous lights of soft color with a foggy auora fly across Burbank, CA
Los Alamitos · CA, USA
This one has bin seen before it has 4 spheres.
San Rafael · CA, USA
Taking shots of contrails, I later noticed unkown objects in 3 of the pictures
Fontana · CA, USA
I was driving around my friends house when my friend came out saying to look at the sky because he saw circle shape things.Then I came
Los Angeles · CA, USA
2 strange craft over downtown and greater los angeles basin
Hawthorne · CA, USA
Two white round star objects moving very slowly over Los Angeles during daytime bright blue skies.skies
Sultana · CA, USA
On the night of February 3, 2004 me and a friend where watching the night sky we noticed a strange craft in the western hemisphere it w
Sun City · CA, USA
Menifee, Ca: 4 Spheres seen by 3 people