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)
Burbank · CA, USA
yellowish/orange lights over Burbank / N. Hollywood Area. 4th sighting !
Santa Ana · CA, USA
I am not sure if my original entry got sent, here is a duplicate. If you read this already you can ignore this one One thing I forgot
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Small red globes going to and from a satellite to the earth. Satellite has since has disappeared.
Napa · CA, USA
Dark chevron shape zooming across the night sky with no lights on it.
Fair Oaks · CA, USA
Glowing orange object
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Extremely bright object moving very slowly at a extremely high altitude
Escondido · CA, USA
Cone shaped craft
Martinez · CA, USA
It was going way too fast to be a jet and it made sudden changes in direction
Burbank · CA, USA
1/17/03 6:12 am unknow craft moving from west to east shooting from anterior side followed by explosions
Los Angeles · CA, USA
2 light green lights appeared and had synchronized patterns,...to fast to be a plane
Calistoga · CA, USA
I was working a swing shift and went outside for some air towards the shifts end and noticed what appeared to be an airplane but the fl
Panorama City · CA, USA
Brilliant red light above Panorama City, in the San Fernando Valley, California
Burbank/Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two strange lights over Los Angeles
National City · CA, USA
i was at the kitchen ,,then i heard a strange sound,.sounded like an UFO hovering on the top of our roof,.n all of a sudden,. all of ou
Temecula · CA, USA
Did my son see a UFO that night?
La Jolla (On I-5 at Gillman Road Exit) · CA, USA
u.f.o. siting in la jolla, california
Burbank · CA, USA
Strange orange lights over Burbank. Over 40 sightings of these objects.
Yucca Valley (rural) · CA, USA
I was feeding my dog when I saw it, the silver, dimond like craft with flames at the end.
Sequoia National Park · CA, USA
Three campers witness peculiar lights, accompanied by "roaring" sound, in eastern sky.
Shasta Lake · CA, USA
There was a white dot traveling very fast, zipping from one point to another very fast.
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
NSAS photo's show ufo behind the shuttle Columbia STS-107 Day 7 2/22/03
Oxnard · CA, USA
it whent back and forth it was red in color and emited shower of lite and we caught it on video and will call on hot line.
Burbank · CA, USA
Amber colored lights over burbank i saw 6 new years day and have been seeing more since then.
Napa · CA, USA
Orange glowing glob of light shifting shapes like a lava lamp one night while driving.
Modesto (west of) · CA, USA
very bright light on other side of the mountain, hovering craft with bight light on top and red lights flickering along bottom