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)
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
cigar shaped craft, huge in size with a number of red lights slowly crossed the moon lit sky with a small craft chasing after it.
Adelanto · CA, USA
something drew my eyes to it, as I do not always look in that particular direction when walking on my walkway
Rocklin · CA, USA
Brilliant white light that pulsated, enlarged, pulsated again, faded and moved away.
Hayward · CA, USA
Trianglular object
Pasadena · CA, USA
Driving East on 210 Fwy, looked to right, and my Daughter and I saw a saucer, fluorcent lights, just kept on hovering, did have a red l
West Covina · CA, USA
Cloud-like saucer shape with top and bottom domes having flashing lights moving slowly at low altitude.
Chino · CA, USA
Watched as hovering green circular craft stopped and then flew off.
Watsonville · CA, USA
Disk shaped object flew low, had 4 light and an antenna, once i began to run after it, it lowered as if it were goin to land.
San Jose · CA, USA
stationary Object apeared at first to be star than faded and became two or three objects then faded out ocmpletely.
El Monte · CA, USA
Oval flying object across my window screen 5-10 seconds
Livermore · CA, USA
I was driving down Lido Lane in Livermore, California, driving northwest. Something caught my eye that at first glance looked like a st
Vallejo · CA, USA
STARTED WITH 4 COMING OUT OF THE SKY THEN 5 THEN 7 THEN 8 THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER THE LEAVE
La Canada Flintridge · CA, USA
didnt see object very well but saw a HUGE amazing yellow light covering my WHOLE window and saw only one of its lights from the object
Twenty Nine Palms · CA, USA
Fast moving vehicle with no sound.
Santee · CA, USA
Four saucers in a diamond formation.
Coachella Valley · CA, USA
Group of fuzzy, oval illuminations in the desert night sky
Tracy · CA, USA
I had just left tracy, CA traveling west on I-205 towards San Francisco. The sky was a little stormy but there was a clearing in it ju
Sacramento · CA, USA
We heard and felt an unearthly object pass down our street, traveling incredibly fast.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Stars in the mid-day sun.
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Intense, White Light Streaks Across The 101 Freeway Towards Simi Valley!!
NV/CA state line (near; above the I-15) · CA, USA
Dark object spotted over Interstate 15 near CA/NV state line
San Diego · CA, USA
Walking back to my apartment and noticing the sky had cleared between storms, I looked up to see and appreciate the clear, dark sky and
Corona · CA, USA
two white lights with red light blinking back and forth,moving to the right then back to the left.
San Francisco · CA, USA
What looked like shooting stars over the east in the San Francisco bay area.
Burbank · CA, USA
A bright gold sphere in Burbank, CA @ 8:30 pm seen in the southern sky