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)
Galt · CA, USA
It was diamond shape with three or four lights that change color every few minutes.
Mojave · CA, USA
very bright light blinked out 1000 ft over Edwards Air Force Base.
Wilmington · CA, USA
Two Billboard Crafts fly over yard party moments apart then turning and riseing out of site over LAX air space
Simi Valley · CA, USA
faint yellowish color. Edges appeared to be vibrating I first noticed it near overhead. It was moving east steadily.It disappeared
Inglewood · CA, USA
10-15 lights around sun down. One blinking, all moving slowing across the sky. Possibly satellites, don' t know.
Goleta · CA, USA
3 bright objects in triangle formation seen moving across the night time sky near Goleta Ca. at Refugio Beach Campground 11:30pm
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
I was on the beach and there was a red light in the sky. It was perfectely still for a very long time and then it sarted to move vertic
West Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright sphere little larger than a star moving north to south across West Los Angeles 9:50 PM July 29, 2002
Hayward/Castro Valley · CA, USA
Blue and White lights over Castro Valley and Hayward California
S.M · CA, USA
UFo's Extraterrestrial visits?
Hanford · CA, USA
cylindrical shaped and changes colors
Tuttle Creek/Lone Pine · CA, USA
It was about 1000 feet up, and and it didn't make any sound.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
A saucer flew over the roof of my car several times. ((anonymous report))
Concord · CA, USA
Chrome orbs size of a basket ball moving from 0mph to speed of ?at about 10 thousand feet up.
Mount Whitney · CA, USA
strange light formation in sky above mount whitney in broad daylight!
Fresno · CA, USA
Triangle shape moving slowly approximately 600 feet to the southeast moving southwest over Fresno. Brilliant red lights flashing, fain
Holtville · CA, USA
unusual lights in the sky
Chatsworth · CA, USA
It was a large, round, very shiny with little black jets and a small dome on top. It was rotating and it made no sound at all.
Gilroy · CA, USA
Triangular Craft in Gilroy California
Gilroy · CA, USA
TRIANGLE FORMATION OF FUZZY SOFT WHITE LIGHTS 150' FEET OFF GROUND FAST, QUIET!
Sacramento · CA, USA
its a rectangle and half circle on top shaped, the rectangle side has flashing white "windows" it flashed across randomly one by one "w
Joshua Tree National Park · CA, USA
green flash lights up desert sky
Ventura · CA, USA
I was outside late monday night, having a cigarette. standing in my backyard , looking at the stars. suddenly , what i can only describ
Camp Pendleton · CA, USA
TRAINED OBSERVER SPOTS SUPICIOUS OBJECT IN OR AROUND CAMP PENDLETON AIR SPACE.
Sacramento · CA, USA
My cousin and I saw a light that looked like a star that moved very fast accross the sky and then disappeared.