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)
Porterville · CA, USA
Fireball above Porterville, California. ((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))
Redwood Valley · CA, USA
High altitude brightly lit fireball with a brightly lit trail which ended in a huge explosion/disintegration, seen in the southern sky.
Grass Valley · CA, USA
Test minuteman or intersepeter rocket ? ((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))
Murphys · CA, USA
Meteor like object moving slowly eventually breaking apart leaving a blue streak. ((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))
Fall River Mills · CA, USA
Comet like light in sky over Northern Calif mountains. ((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))
Anderson · CA, USA
almost rocket like, but like nothing I ever saw ((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
I NCOULD HEAR A FAINT HUM OF WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A JET THEN A HELICOPTER FLEW BYEI WENT OUT AND COULD SEE THE VAPOR TRAIL OF THE ROCKET.
San Jose · CA, USA
I have video of UFO seen over silicon valley on 10/14/02 ((Vandenberg rocket launchZ PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Laurel canyon TRIANGLE craft '02
San Luis Obisbo · CA, USA
Extraterrestrial being in Camp San Luis Obisbo.
San Diego · CA, USA
U.F.O. WAS CIGAR SHAPE. COLOR WAS A BRIGHT SILVER. I SAW IT WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON MY WAT TO SANDIEGO. THE SPEED OF THIS CRAFT WAS SL
San Marcos · CA, USA
I was able to capture an UFO using still photography
San Clemente · CA, USA
Triangular object cruzes north slowely along the 5 freeway in San Clemente CA( 10/15/02)
El Cajon · CA, USA
at around 1:55 pm me ad my friend were standing at the front door of our other friends house when we notice a red light in the air whic
Long Beach · CA, USA
8 crystal clear crafts at Queen Mary
Truckee · CA, USA
Quick flying "v" shaped object, red and white lights outside Truckee/Tahoe CA
Temecula · CA, USA
Huge submarine shaped craft in the sky in Temecula 300 yards wide.
Burbank · CA, USA
Sudden appearance of a circling group of 7 or 8 red-orange "orbs"
San Francisco · CA, USA
Cigar shape,sliver color,hovering,in a group of trees,and it had two lights.
South Pasadena · CA, USA
It was blue, crescent-shaped, and wobbling from side to side.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Single saucer shaped object in sky, just before sunset. Strange energy field emitted, making it difficult to see clearly.
San Jose · CA, USA
bright white sphere flyes over head
Sacramento · CA, USA
Four, extremely bright orange circles in the sky catch my attention
Auburn · CA, USA
The craft began as a white triangular shaped craft with luminescent orbs around the periphery.It then changed it’s shape to that of
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
I observed three pale white lights spaced equalaterally rapidly moving in the the sky from east to west above Santa Barbara California