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)
Arcadia · CA, USA
A large flying saucer with white lights all around it, in the greater L. A. area,
Glendora · CA, USA
Saucer in the San Gabriel Valley
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
slowly moving cross shaped object with brilliant orange lights, hovers and drops two much smaller objects with the same color.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Orange ohject moves slowly, drops smaller objects then blinks out.
Mill Valley · CA, USA
Strange light above San Francisco Bay
Healdsburg · CA, USA
Not made in U. S. of A.
Wasco · CA, USA
I was on my way to work and saw a fire ball that seemed to be just above the tree line before it hit the ground.
San Rafael · CA, USA
possible genuine paradoxical dream (unexplained event) i know it sounds dumb.
Antioch · CA, USA
Sept 6 2001 4:50 a.m. Contra Costa co. Ca Looked like shooting star but right to left.Slight left turn before gone.
San Diego · CA, USA
signals are returned from space hours or days later
Angeles National Forest Area · CA, USA
missile like ufo by southern california coastline.
Shingle Springs · CA, USA
meteor like object
Los Angeles · CA, USA
3 UFO over Los Angeles
Mountain View · CA, USA
Observed a bright red object (Looking South) traveling diagonally from right to left at about 45 degrees, leaving a faint red trail. D
Sacramento · CA, USA
Disk shape clear day, no clouds in sky just hovering over no sound, no lights 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Big Sur · CA, USA
Stars in the sky dancing in the middle of a clear day.
Carmichael · CA, USA
I saw a circular craft .The size Of a dime frrom my hand. There was sun from the west. The object was not vissible to my whife. It wa
Agua Dulce · CA, USA
Object aproached along ridge, ascendded and vanished.
San Rafael · CA, USA
solid object with 3 lights floats overhead, blocking out sky and stars in Marin Co., Ca.
Saugus · CA, USA
Bright star-like light, moveing erratically and at high speed over L.A.'s San Gabriel Valley and Mountains 9/14/01
Vallejo · CA, USA
They might be observing us to see if we destroy each other because of what happened.
San Bruno · CA, USA
Four flying objects that at times were stationary and also moved at tremendous speed
Arroyo Grande · CA, USA
Sphere of light traveling quickly across the sky at dusk, yellow, orange, white with a long trail behind. The sphere was heaing south o
Riverside · CA, USA
Eight objects seen within 10 minutes in broad daylight.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
intense red dot high in the sky that started to blink.