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)
Spring Valley · CA, USA
Satallite/faint star-like object does 90 degree angles, circles, and splits in two.
Modesto · CA, USA
I wanted to photograph comets on 11/18/01 and put my camera on a star that has meany times showed me pictures. I filmed for 3hrs and lo
Modesto · CA, USA
known about this object for about 35 years and finally got a picture. you need to see before you beleive it. the sound couldn"t be hear
San Francisco · CA, USA
Two amber glowing lights in San Francisco sky.
Chico · CA, USA
Huge slow flying triangular object blocking out sky during meteor shower on california's I-5 outside chico.
Foster City · CA, USA
Bay Area Sighting During the Morning of the Peak of Leonid Meteor Shower
San Diego · CA, USA
Wedge shaped UFO spotted over San Diego, CA 11/19/01
Palo Alto · CA, USA
strange aircraft over Palo Alto
San Diego · CA, USA
I was driving on freeway when I saw two boomerang shaped objects flying slowly in the sky. All of a sudden as If they knew I saw it the
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
It was a light moving across the sky, but then it turned into 3 lights that were circling, then it shot a light out of it.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
5-6 glowing orange spheres shoot across the Hollywood skyline Thanksgiving night 2001.
Redlands · CA, USA
ufo sighting in redlands, california
Van Nuys · CA, USA
background of sky - deep blue Too high maybe over 60,000 fts or more
Sacramento · CA, USA
Giant fireball like that seen in recent singapor video appears than vanishes.
Oakland · CA, USA
Fast moving Green light over Oakland, CA
Modesto · CA, USA
I saw a bright light in the sky, it looked like a small plane,it was florescent aqua blue and looked like it was crashing.
Fresno · CA, USA
Bright rapidly moving blue white light
Palo Alto/Stanford · CA, USA
Bright blue oval-shaped glowing object hovering then proceeding downward
Foster City · CA, USA
Green glowing square/rectangle shape with trail seen 11/25/01, Foster City CA
Grover Beach · CA, USA
It was about 5:40 in the morning , I was leting the dog out and in the sky looking south I saw a bright light traveling west to east At
Sacramento · CA, USA
sacramento light beam- 11/26/01
Bellflower · CA, USA
Two small red lights extremeley high. At first sight object dropped what seemed to be a flair.
Rancho Dominguez · CA, USA
Brigth silver spheres
Redwood City · CA, USA
Fast moving glowing white light changed direction suddenly and zig-zagged out of sight.
Anaheim · CA, USA
dim light mocing oddly