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)
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Ridgecrest CA Documented 20 Sept., 2003 Sighting of unknown flying craft: Date: Wed 23 Feb. 2000 Time: Late afternoon, estimated abou
Hollywood · CA, USA
Bright, bi-colored, stationary lights above clouds. Hundreds of witnesses.
Olancha · CA, USA
from my vehicle, I spotted dozens of small silverey spheres high above the mountains in a group that looked like birds, or how bats fly
Antioch · CA, USA
Observed a bright orange glowing light in controlled flight which abruptly disappeared, replaced by spark like lights which continued o
Bakersfield · CA, USA
I have found the proof we all been waiting for Reply and ill show you
Los Angeles · CA, USA
High speed weird noise over Los Angeles midnight new years 2000.
San Diego · CA, USA
Instense Green light traveling from NW to SE. Paused momentarily (3-5 sec) before turning in a Southerly direction.
Clovis · CA, USA
It's a plane, it's a star, NO it's a UFO!
San Francisco · CA, USA
It's a cold, clear, sunny, windy day, with large, rapidly moving clouds. probably preceeding a storm front. Observed a bright, starlike
Murrieta · CA, USA
From intersection of Las Alamos and Hancock, looking east I witnessed a single whitish object break into 3 or 4 pieces across the sky
Oroville · CA, USA
These lights(egg shape)put on a dazzling show they would go in a long oval circle probably a football field in length the egg shape lig
Studio City (San Fernando Valley) · CA, USA
BRIGHT BLUE RECTANGLE FLYING LOW AND "QUICK" FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
Anaheim Hills · CA, USA
We witnessed 3 green and 1 pink light flying in formation
Temecula · CA, USA
White light, changing to green, trailing flame, disintegrated, probably a meteorite.
Redlands · CA, USA
Flaming Green Fireball reported over mountains in San Bernardino County Sunday Jan. 2, 2000.
Glendale/Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) · CA, USA
Apparent meteor apparent meteor
Big Bear Lake · CA, USA
I seen a object low on the eastern sky traveling to the south almost horizonal maybe 5 degrees down the object was blueish front trali
La Quinta · CA, USA
4 lights in diamond shape formation
Sanger · CA, USA
SAW OBJECT IN SKY , BLUE FLAME TAILING BEHIND ,HUGE
Claremont · CA, USA
pulsing colored lights streaking across the sky northwest to southeast
Vista · CA, USA
We saw a disk from the side so it appeared like a cigar. It was bright, "neon" green with a bright orange, firey trail running behind i
Jurupa · CA, USA
White light moving towards earth got bigger, faster, and became bright pale blue, split and burned up.
San Fernando Valley · CA, USA
I was traveling East in the middle lane on the 118 freeway in the San Fernando Valley area of California. Immediately in ahead of me ap
Sierra Madre · CA, USA
While traveling east on Grandview St. and approaching Santa Anita Ave. I saw..a green object...at first I thought it was a pyrotechnic
Tustin · CA, USA
I saw a bright blue stream of light with a long trail behind it directly compass north of my home. It flew level accross the horizon fr