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)
Baker/Stateline (between) · CA, USA
A watery ripple in the sky like a ribbon flapping in the wind, then forming the shape of a craft (see below)
San Francisco · CA, USA
Every night - all through the night, there have been 5 "star-like" crafts in the sky over the San Francisco Bay. The brightest is in th
Oxnard/Camarillo (from · freeway), CA, USA
We were two driving south to LA on the 101 freeway through Oxnard. Suddenly the sky lit up in green and bluish flashes.
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Canyon Balls in Apple Valley California.
Moorpark · CA, USA
Oval shaped metallic rotating object with blinking lights. At first sighting it was rotating above a house then zoomed in closer to me.
Campbell · CA, USA
American stealth and flying sub dissapear into a portal above a house in Campbell ca 95008
Vallejo · CA, USA
triangle with four circular lights within moved in unorthodox patterns across the sky 4-5,000 feet above our heads
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
I hung up the phone with a friend and went to bed. I had pulled the covers around my shoulders and my eyes were closed. With closed eye
Redding · CA, USA
was watching kit of pigeons fly, saw out the corner of eye, noticed it and it was gone within a couple of seconds
Redding (a couple miles south of) · CA, USA
was watching my kit of birmingham rollers fly, then out the corner of my left eye I noticed something shinney, like a dule chrome, just
Roseville · CA, USA
small red fireball with long white tail, moving West at a very high speed parallel to the ground
Dublin (on U.S. Interstate 680 North) · CA, USA
In early a.m., already a bit light, at about 45 degrees, a fireball steaked in front of me for about 5 seconds. I was driving about 65
Yuba City · CA, USA
Large blue/silver sphere with green halo travelled across sky approx 20 deg. arc leaving a white trail. Event lasted 1.0 sec.
Desert Center (~west to 10 miles east of Chiriaco Summit) · CA, USA
At two different locations 15 miles apart we saw 4 huge orbs of bright light. Two very different formations. On the second sighting saw
Stanton · CA, USA
Well I was sleeping on the tope bed of a bunk-bed. You could say it was probably a dream but it's not. I was lying bed and I felt some
Crescent City (100 Miles South of) · CA, USA
5 points of light, quite distant, looked to be playing,having fun.
Duarte · CA, USA
Two lights flickering over the san gabriel mountains. The two lights were moving east quite fast without any sound.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Dark oval with something attached to bottom of object about half the size as the top object hanging in a "j" type.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Bright, fire-like object streaked from west to east in a level, horizonal attitude at a speed that took approximately 10 seconds to cov
Poway · CA, USA
Flash of the brightest light ever, fire colored, tail twice as long, travelling west to east,horizontally. Was in the Union tribune on
Harris Ranch · CA, USA
Faster than the speed of life.
Danville · CA, USA
i was looking up with my dad and this bright white fireball came out of the east and headed west and blew up/dissapeared over Mt. Diabl
Weed · CA, USA
Very bright blue-green fireball moved downward then went out.
Pasadena · CA, USA
I only submit this because of the increased number of sky sightings the past 10 days- what I saw was the largest shooting star [?] that
Escondido · CA, USA
Neon orange dougnut shaped craft drops blue balls of lights