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)
Cardiff-by-the-Sea · CA, USA
Triangular object with three LARGE, white lights seen on Easter night
Riverside · CA, USA
2 star looking lights that fly in the same direction and blink before they dissapear.
Hemet · CA, USA
A beautiful, round, pure red light in the sky just after dark.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Object moving slowly then at an extremely fast pace from the skyline
Newark · CA, USA
Never saw anything like it - If it's military (ours) is decades ahead of "known" technology!
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Arrow shape lights over Los Angeles, CA
Fallbrook · CA, USA
white marbell shaped object
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
star-like objects in changing formations
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange Light in the Sky Pacific Beach
Milpitas · CA, USA
The UFO was VERY CLOSE to the ground, it was perhaps 60-70 ft over the freeway
Calabasas · CA, USA
Two large white lights in the sky over the hills in Calabasas, CA.
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Two Ch-47 Chinook fly low and look for something then disappear.
Toluca Lake · CA, USA
Circles of Light dance behind clouds for over an hour.
Beaumont · CA, USA
V shape to U shape object in Sky April 2003 this item was hugh!
Glendale · CA, USA
Pulsating glow behind cloud.
Los Altos · CA, USA
Greenish glowing craft flies over Peninsula Bayland/Palo Alto area
San Diego · CA, USA
Ball of light that left a trail behind it. Would disappear and reappear in a different place in the sky.
Warner Springs · CA, USA
In the eastern sky (over head, not near the horizon) A bright yellow 'star' at first glance. It began to move in a straight line then
Hollywood · CA, USA
Green fireball falls from the sky above Hollywood.
Fresno · CA, USA
One Bright Orange/ Red Light - Diminishing Straight Up Into Outer Space.
Kentfield · CA, USA
Aliens are real.
Stanton · CA, USA
slow moving orange fireball
Desert Center (near) · CA, USA
THE LIGHT WAS VERY LARGE, LIKE A SMALL FULL MOON. THINLY POPULATED AREA !!
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Wobbling silver craft seen in Carlsbad, CA with bright light in broad daylight.
San Jose · CA, USA
Possible alien encounter. Not UFO, actual alien...