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 Rafael · CA, USA
Triangular Object Hovers Over Marin County
Van Nuys · CA, USA
Object floating above the Van Nuys area. Did you see it?
Corning/Redding/Richfield · CA, USA
Three bright lights seen in many Californai towns
Burbank · CA, USA
One single reddish light dropping same colored particles
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
Two white-appearing, glowing orbs moving out of the West to the East, moving slowly (appx 30,000ft) in parallel formation, then stoppin
Van Nuys · CA, USA
4 Disk Shaped Objects sighted flying in formation over Van Nuys, Ca.
National City · CA, USA
strange lights over san diego
Azusa · CA, USA
Triangular Shaped Formation Flying in an unexplainable pattern.
Irvine · CA, USA
Triangular shape
Riverside · CA, USA
spinning, orange, glowing object disappears and reappears in a different area within seconds
Los Angeles · CA, USA
5 red orange lights coming together, forming a circle, and rising up out of sight.
Tustin · CA, USA
round spheres of light above my home vereyday and night, also the round spheres of light seem to be remolt control by a higher force ot
Sacramento · CA, USA
Cigar shaped craft high in the sky cruising from the west to the east,with a very loud deep hum.
Riverside · CA, USA
I was getting home on a very clear sky night. I was with a friend , we were standing at the front of my house and talking when I looked
Los Angeles · CA, USA
4 unidentified flying objects streak across the night sky at high velocities being chased by military aircraft.
Livermore · CA, USA
Strange light that shrunk and disapeared
Folsom (over/Cameron Park) · CA, USA
I saw a large triangular craft with three large white lights on the tips and dimmer light in the center.
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
Weird looking bright star
Ventura · CA, USA
Abruptly maneuvering black object hovers over Ventura County, CA, displaces cloud formations 12/06/02
Soda Springs (by highway 80) · CA, USA
A generally low flighing ball of light
San Diego · CA, USA
In Mission Valley: Black V-shaped object with faint glowing "dots" like stars on undersurface
Chattanooga · CA, USA
It was like a Grey but it wasn't. I was like 13 and seen him in a cabin by myself when moved.
Hesperia · CA, USA
While parked in front of my childs school, waiting for the day care teacher to arrive in the school quad. My child and I saw a jet fly
Northridge · CA, USA
This is how the UFO Appeared/
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Just happened to be in the backyard looking up and saw a bright pinpoint of light. Very high up, probably above the atmosphere. It's