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)
Livermore · CA, USA
We where driving on tesla road when we turned the corner we seen a brown object floating above the road and also wider then the road an
Oakdale · CA, USA
oval shaped iridescent object.
none · CA, USA
us navy ship see ufo
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
Flight of 6 cheveron shaped craft .
Alpine · CA, USA
Sighted a triangle object, dark moving at a tremendous speed, silently out of sight past the horizon in 5 seconds.
Los Angeles (Westwood) · CA, USA
Chevron shaped flying object with round lights...
Tecopa · CA, USA
Stationary light in Tecopa CA 4/29/01
Panorama City · CA, USA
Cloaking craft, Invisible to the sight but can be see in specific conditions
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Many different colors and lights.................
Forestville · CA, USA
red diamond light object western sky just before midnight 3-6-01
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Glowing object in the sky, which sparked with sparks, that moved very unlike an airplane or helicopter.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
A green fireball passed over my car north of the San Fernando Valley at 3:36 a.m. on 03/09/01.
Venice · CA, USA
Observed 3 or 4 fast-moving, silver-copper-colored oblong objects for up to ten seconds as they whizzed by my house.
Beaumont/Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Very big black diamond shaped but slightly flat oval object with bright red lights. The object darted around a few times.
Dublin · CA, USA
White, cigar-shaped, silent object flying at low altitude.
Antioch · CA, USA
Extremely bright green object, with red lights and a strob, randomingly changing its position in the sky.
Irvine · CA, USA
At the above date and approximate time, I was travelling northbound on Interstate 5 in south Orange County, CA area. It was early to m
Redding · CA, USA
Unknown object cruising over town suddenly changes direction and accelerates up and out of sight, witnessed by 4 people.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Half moon shape over San Francisco Bay
San Francisco (Golden Gate Bridge) · CA, USA
Military Fly By in San Francisco Bay
San Jose · CA, USA
Elongated, ablong, all black object floating end-over-end and quickly accelerating out of view to S. San Jose.
San Jose · CA, USA
White triangular craft over San Jose CA in broad daylight.
Orangevale · CA, USA
Bright fireball
Whittier · CA, USA
Pale, ruddy starlike object
Kelseyville · CA, USA
White disc moves perpendicular to wind in clear sky, then suddenly disappears.