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)
San Diego · CA, USA
Solid triangular object with lights on each corner making periodic 90 degree turns without slowing or banking.
Lakewood · CA, USA
Two bright hazey ball shapes wobbling and traveling upwards
Woodland · CA, USA
Three sets of lights, like a formation of airplanes in the distance, hovering instead of moving.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
White light over Los Angeles flew away at impossible speed
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
Three bright lights in the morning on a bright and sunny day.
Weed · CA, USA
Four metallic disks sighted on the north side of Mt. Shasta.
Tustin · CA, USA
Two bright white lights that appeared and disappeared
Burbank · CA, USA
Stationary Red Glow Caught On Mini DV Cam.
Woodside · CA, USA
silent black diamond outlined in lights crossed the sky very quickly, shortly afterward another smaller passed
San Rafael · CA, USA
faint blue flashing object in the binoculars
Bellflower · CA, USA
red fireball in sky over lakewood california dripping tiney red dots
Lakewood · CA, USA
Small bright orb appeared about 15 feet from me.
Hollywood · CA, USA
i saw what appeared like a star during the daytime-ithought it was mars but after i few seconds of looking at it it i realized there wa
San Marcos · CA, USA
Bright green in formation --others smaller following.
Montebello · CA, USA
looking at Mars
San Marcos · CA, USA
Moving lights with very bright colors moving from horizon to horizon.
Montebello · CA, USA
A very bright red light appears and disapears in three minutes after just huvering in the sky.
Montebello · CA, USA
The large red light moved accross the sky, and stopped on the north side of our home. Affter about 15 min. it just vanished.
Mt. Laguna · CA, USA
they where blue lights very high in the sky, may have even been in space!
Monterey Park · CA, USA
FIVE RED BRIGHT LIGHTS IN A CRICLE RISE SLOWLY THEN DISAPPER
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
My family and I observer a silver disk shaped object moving in a straight line turning end-over-end.
Anaheim Hills · CA, USA
It looked like the light from a satelite.
Mount Shasta (on) · CA, USA
Two occurrences of lights appearing to play leapfrog on eastern slope of Mt. Shasta
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Red pulsing light above Los Angeles in August
Grass Valley · CA, USA
A bright flash of lightning the craft appeared while sitting in my missing daughters room, contemplating where she might be..;..the