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)
Novato · CA, USA
we were traveling east on hwy. 37 and saw moving slowly above us from the north/west, what looked like three giant bars of light, simil
Chico · CA, USA
Four glowing objects slowly moving across the night sky, leaving a short trail.
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
Saw 3 lights in triangular type formation. with clouds glowing around each light. No blinking just solid light. traveling in perfect fo
Marinwood (northern part of San Rafael) · CA, USA
Standing on the back deck of my friend's house, facing east, we observed 3 objects to the north/northeast moving in a perfectly straigh
Northern California (16,500 ft over Sierra Mountains) · CA, USA
6-7 flaming light objects with comet-like tails viewed by pilot of aircraft at 16,500 feet in dark over Sierra Mountains.
Auburn · CA, USA
Traveling across the entire horizon in less than 2 minutes, 7-8 comet-like objects blazed across the sky. One of the objects trailed of
Auburn · CA, USA
Sparkling Streaks- First impression was that it was space debris entering- What was unusual was that there seemed to be a formation of
Sacramento · CA, USA
streaming,flow of light,similar to that of northern lights (aurora)
Orland · CA, USA
We have a Dairy in Northern California just east of Interstate 5. I was out side feeding the cows and to the east on the horizon level
Donner Summit (15 miles West of; Interstate 80) · CA, USA
Driving West on I-80 about 10 miles West of Donner Summit; saw red light formation approaching from Northwest to Southeast. As it came
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
An orange stick shaped object paused at about 80 deg. and slowly went down over harbor area to the south.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright orange vertical cigar shaped something at 45 deg. slowly drop into ocean?
Chico · CA, USA
a fast moving object appeared in the raod while I was driving, blue and white lights, I stopped and watched, the object stopped and hov
Los Angeles Airport · CA, USA
2 military jets heard very loudly, moving low and fast, heard and gone in 20 seconds around 2AM near L.A. Airport. Related to West Coas
San Jose · CA, USA
I saw a strangely burning object about 10x as large as a flair. It wobbled, and an angular shape could be seen within it. #2 sighting
Salinas · CA, USA
My sister in Salinas saw a green light - about the color of a traffic light. At first looked like a shooting star but was slower and t
Pittsburg · CA, USA
Fireball sighting
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Bright light appearing in the sky which then accelerated at a rapid rate till it was no longer visible.
Placervile · CA, USA
falling green ball of light that leveled out changed color and dissapeared.
Berkeley · CA, USA
Listening to Art Bell 9/9, I was struck by the report of glassy cigar shaped object seen in Florida. Similar object seen here.
Hanford · CA, USA
Facing south I observed a round, green fireball traveling straight down almost vertical, with a vapor trail as it burned out.
Baker (approx. 25 mi. S of) · CA, USA
OVAL OBJECT TRAVELING IN THE SKY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED THEN SHOT DOWNWARDS INCREASED ITS SPEED THEN TOOK OFF LEAVING A TRAIL BEHIND I
Los Angeles (20 minutes E of) traveling via 737 to Denver · CA, USA
Leaving Los Angeles International Air Port (737) FrontierAirlines (Departure flight was set at 07:00) about 20 minuets into the flight
Elk Grove · CA, USA
tracked 10 starlike objects across sky 8 were traveling south to north, 1 traveled west to east and one traveled north to south
Redding Airport · CA, USA
Chased light approxamentley 1400 miles in plane at mk. 3.8 for 1.8 hours