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)
Long Beach/Lakewood City Limt · CA, USA
I also seen the shiny bright triangle!
Sacramento · CA, USA
At 5:10pm, going south on I-5 at the Folsom Avenue exit my girlfriend and I saw something very strange. She saw a greenish blue streak
Hayward · CA, USA
Occurred : 1/4/2004 10:40 (Entered as : 01/04/2004 10:40) Reported: 1/4/2004 9:02:07 PM 21:02 Posted: 1/17/2004 Location: Hayward, CA S
Hayward · CA, USA
3 egg shapes over Hayward, CA area
Palmdale · CA, USA
oval shape craft,very bright,many blinking lights.
Hesperia (SSE of) · CA, USA
Orange, non-blinking hovering object seen at approx 9:45 pm 1/6/2004 for approx 7 mins in Southern California (Hi Desert area)
El Segundo · CA, USA
High speed ball follows jet, and becomes two smaller objects.
Goleta · CA, USA
Saw 3 lights in a triangle shap and a still position in the night sky.
Riverside · CA, USA
Jan 8th 2004, there was a cirlce of bright red, green, and yellowish orange lights just sitting still in the dark skies.
Hesperia · CA, USA
orange triangle with 4 lights
Laguna Hills · CA, USA
Revolving light seen under moon two nights in a row.
Anderson · CA, USA
Strange bright lights in Northern California sky
Eureka · CA, USA
Can firballs move like that?
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
a huge flash and then lights
Barstow · CA, USA
Massive light illumination
San Bernardino · CA, USA
UNKNOWN HOVERING OBJECT
Hesperia · CA, USA
Fire like light moved like if gravity had no effect on it. Then it became a dot to hide but it acted the same way.
Union City · CA, USA
Girating ,shape changing ufos bouncing in the Bay Area sky with military planes monitoring the situation.
La Crescenta · CA, USA
long pencil-like fast moving craft wtih steady green lights and a flashing red light
Castro Valley · CA, USA
Object travels SLOWLY over Castro Valley, California
Redcrest · CA, USA
We live in Northern Californa in the small town of Recrest around 50 miles south of Eureka. My friend who was outside smoking a ciggare
Willits · CA, USA
video freeze framing reveals fireball turning into a rod of 11 connected smaller light balls and then going back into a fireball shape
Willits · CA, USA
bright fireball changing and flashing colors red to white to yellow to orange hovering for 30 minutes and then vanishing
Willits · CA, USA
video footage of fireball and inside interior which contains a solid shaped craft moving and hovering
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
it left at a high speed and it was not that far from the ground, like height of a BIRD