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)
Point Mugu · CA, USA
IT WAS BY A CAMPSITE NEAR A NAVAL BASE OVER THE OCEAN. AT FIRST THEIR WERE TWO LIGHT IN THE WATER AND A LIGHT ABOUT 100FT ABOVE THE TW
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright diamond objects with pulsating blue lights.
San Bernardino County · CA, USA
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Monterey · CA, USA
Silent, craft flying at an average speed with lights in a triangular pattern.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Eastern part of the sky towards direction of brightest star in the sky.Dull orange colored orb.High altitude much higher than a
Hayward · CA, USA
Large bright red light hovers and shoots off before dropping smaller red/orange lights, one drops then moves at a right angle.
Oakland · CA, USA
Stationary, bright white light blinking smaller, colored lights in eastern sky.
Antioch · CA, USA
Two orange objects seen one dropping smaller orange lights underneath it.
Banning · CA, USA
A structure of lights, resembling the Phoenix Lights, appeared near Banning & Morongo, California on 01/23/02 at 1910 hrs.
Del Mar · CA, USA
Five silver disks produce five different messages in the sky on a clear bright Sunday afternoon.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Huge, moving, bright formation of lights seen very close to buildings around Lower Pacific Heights, in San Francisco, CA
Reseda (San Fernando Valley) · CA, USA
object moving at great speed, stopping as if at the end of a pendulum, and then swung back, repeating the same movement many times.
Antioch · CA, USA
Fireball Frequesntly Seen In Antioch CA
Antioch · CA, USA
Witnessed three glowing objects in sky in a perfect isoceles triangle and watched two accelerate into the distance very, very fast.
Fortuna · CA, USA
Bright orange object once again seen over Fortuna, CA
Jewell Valley · CA, USA
INS Border Patrol Officer observes cluster of discs, and a boomerang-shaped object, fly over his patrol vehicle.
Monterey · CA, USA
I saw a craft-like object, huge bright light in the middle, surrounded by blinking red lights, hanging in the sky for 1 1/2 min.
Colton · CA, USA
Sighting in Colton, CA
San Mateo · CA, USA
A spherical craft shot into the air from a large patch of intensely bright light.
Santa Ana/Garden Grove · CA, USA
Lighted Blimp south of Disney Land
Anaheim · CA, USA
Triangular formations over Anaheim, CA
Big Bear City · CA, USA
A triangular shape flys overhead and hovers over trees.
Pasadena · CA, USA
white ball of light streaks to earth; makes a 90 degree turn and streaks out of sight
Calistoga · CA, USA
Erratic movement of single light which split into two and back to one again repeatedly, as well as hovering.
Placentia · CA, USA
orange saucer shaped misty looking object seen in placentia