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)
Pacific Palisades · CA, USA
White glow in large plume of clouds, white glow changed to blue then green.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
A bright lit flying object, with trailing blue/green streak, bright light instant vaporized, leaving blue/green streak for 20 minutes.
Covina · CA, USA
Grey Object hovers over house in Covina, surrounds observer with a beam of light then bright blue shape remains in sky.
Sacramento · CA, USA
light in sky, exiting atmosphere, which then exploded.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was driving uphill to my home, and was pointing upward to the sky, i noticed the sky was clear and can clearly see the moon...To the
Sacramento · CA, USA
Long Lasting Fireball blazes accross Sacramento Sky
Riveside · CA, USA
very bright ball of light looked like a huge flashlight shining down from the sky , disapeared up into the sky in a blink of an eye aft
North San Francisco · CA, USA
2 aircraft circilling each other
Ceres · CA, USA
Blue Streak with UFO Trailing in Ceres, California
Poway · CA, USA
Very strange, luminous blue "cloud" at around 8:pm.
Santa Rosa/Forestville · CA, USA
Fast moving greenish object going from east-to-west somewhere southeast of Santa Rosa, CA at about 22:00 on 07-08-00
Big Pine · CA, USA
strange car occupants?
Monterey Park · CA, USA
brightlights it moved like a snake or wave motion look like a sting of lights with curves at each end
Fresno · CA, USA
A Rumble over Fresno California, at aproximately the same time as both a craft of some sort and a shooting star with a silver streak.
Quincy · CA, USA
Bright oval light covering 30 dgrees in 15 seconds on 07/14/00. Winked out of sight.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Brief sighting of a group of black triangles that suddenly disappeared.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
TRIANGLE SHAPE WITH TWO LIGHTS AT EACH END
Orange · CA, USA
On a perfectly clear day I observed the shadow of an object 125-140 ft wide moving at 150 mph.
Mananita · CA, USA
bright green ball of light
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Orange, transluscet, plasma-like sphere traveled overhead from west to east, observed 10 sec.
Lake City · CA, USA
Bright at rapid speed in NE corner of Calfornia
Marysville · CA, USA
The object rose from the invertion covered horizon as if it was using the combined smog and partial cloud layer for concealment. The c
Venice · CA, USA
A single, silent, white, cigar-shaped craft was sighted in a clear sky, one hour before sunset.
Nothridge · CA, USA
Two completely different objects floating in the sky near Van Nuys CA.
Chula Vista · CA, USA
Black, shaped like a clover, slowly rotating, surrounded by what looked like heat waves.