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)
Harbor City · CA, USA
Male witness reports witnessing a bright red "fireball" move across the Los Angeles sky very rapidly from north to south.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
We would like to know what this may have been: We saw a bright light (brighter than the planet Mars) and it was moving Northeast. We
Pismo Beach · CA, USA
my girlfriend and i decided to take the usual walk on beach from my house in grover.its about a 2 minuete walk to pismo state beach. we
San Francisco · CA, USA
Orbs appearing in increasing infrared light from setting sun.
Escalon · CA, USA
Super fast streak of light
Clearlake · CA, USA
Two objects steady burning / high elevation , no sound .
Los Angeles · CA, USA
approx. ten lights over Los Angeles on 7/24/2001
Mt. Laguna · CA, USA
Black triangluar craft seen near Mt. Laguna Air Force Station.
Escondido · CA, USA
Second sighting of a craft near Escondido, CA the night of 7/23/01
Catalina Island · CA, USA
pausing, pulsing objects near Catalina
San Jose · CA, USA
Dark gray object going straight up, changing shape as it went.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Blue spherical light moving in a corkscrew spiral, very fast with no sound, moving west in Northern California.
Coalinga (just outside) · CA, USA
3 of us saw a UFO on HWY 5 on 7/27 at 3:32 am -- 3 white lights with very bright beam, then red flashing light
Rubicon (Tahoe) · CA, USA
A bright object very high in the sky which moved too fast to be a manmade craft, zig zaged like a bug and was bigger than a planet appe
Temechula · CA, USA
three stars make a triangle, move very, very slowly heading south across the california sky, it was beautiful.
Chatsworth · CA, USA
light seemed to turn off like one was turning off a flashlight
San Diego · CA, USA
Sighting? over UTC in San Diego
Various · CA, USA
So I will tell you the rest of the story in this one report. About 10 years ago I'm staying at my fathers house...laying in be
Coulterville · CA, USA
Red/orange round object launching off the ground.
Lancaster · CA, USA
no doctors no what the foreign objects are
Fresno · CA, USA
Sphere/disc shaped object that appeared in the sky over fresno ca.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright light motionless in the sky, then quickly changes direction and shape.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was walking to the restroom from the parking lot of Carl's Junior when I noticed an object far away. Not caring, because of so many
Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
In the summer of 2001 my brother (Mark) called me (Allen) I live here in Salem, Oregon. Mark was and still lives there in Sacramento, C
Redlands · CA, USA
orange ball drops tiny orange lights