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)
Fresno · CA, USA
bright lights
Bloomington · CA, USA
ORANGE OVAL LIGHT WITH RED LIGHT ORBITING ORANGE LIGHT. . .
Cupertino · CA, USA
7-9 very bright yellow lights in equal spacing, some hoovering, very fast, no sound, cupertino
Redwood Valley · CA, USA
A soundless, bright blue light that moved very fast and felt as though it was not a thing but a person.
San Diego · CA, USA
Fast flickering light over San Diego, CA
Palo Alto · CA, USA
Hovering bright disc
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
Moving lights on aircraft
Sebastopol · CA, USA
Glowing yellow disc north of SF Bay.
Woodland · CA, USA
Yolo county: 3 Orange lights with wings?
Roseville · CA, USA
Triangle shaped object seen in No. Calif
Concord · CA, USA
Fluoresent-green short lived fireball over Concord, Ca
Mojave · CA, USA
It was something I can't explain!
Kettleman City · CA, USA
Red/Orange glowing light near powerlines.
Fortuna · CA, USA
Circle shaped orange object sighted in southeast over Fortuna CA with two black dots in circle and no trail or tail
Woodland · CA, USA
two fireballs moving swiftly then just hovering in the sky too bright and big and steady for an airplane then disappeared.
Santa Paula · CA, USA
I observed a light move across the sky traveling northeast, at a very high rate of speed. I am possitive it was not a satelite or meteo
Carson · CA, USA
Red disc shaped object over Los Angeles
Pasadena · CA, USA
Bright green fireball travelling east to west over Pasadena, California at 7PM Pacific on 12/28/00
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Observed high altitude single white light traveling from south to north over Orange County, California
Shasta Lake · CA, USA
white light with a blue flare when moving
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Sharp V shape object, heading from Zenith toward West horizon, dim gray with evenly spaced white lights, appeared large at high altitud
Simi Valley · CA, USA
2 lights flashing in some sort of pattern moving rapidly across the sky making sharp turns
San Francisco · CA, USA
Four of us witnessed a large triangular formation of lites moving westerly directly overhead.
San Francisco · CA, USA
triangle formation, up to twenty objects headed north west over city to pacific- silent, fast
Pismo Beach · CA, USA
THIS WAS NOT A PLANE OR HELICOPTER/