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)
Northern California · CA, USA
The light made no sound then split into two lights.
Soquel · CA, USA
Greyish green wing shape travelling upthe coast Santa Cruz California
Edwards AFB (vicinity) · CA, USA
Airine pilot sights UFO over California; USMC F/A-18 vectored to object by Joshua Control.
San Diego · CA, USA
About 15 feet wide alomost a sphere, silverWhile on a practice training flight, my student and I noticed a sm
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
one object sighted
El Cajon · CA, USA
Observed object, nothing around it. Pulsing red light, bright-dim-bright-dim. Moved slowly toward us. Through binoculars, could see m
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Shinning craft at midday.
Spring Valley · CA, USA
Red orb lights above Spring Valley CA.
Corralitos · CA, USA
An airbourne craft.An irregular triangle with rounded edges. Had an orange glow around it.Had 3 white lights along the bottom that illu
Yucaipa · CA, USA
we saw a round bright light in the sky, it had no flashing lights. it did not seem to move very fast. after a few min we saw the brigh
Richmond · CA, USA
Disk over Richmond, CA
Milpitas · CA, USA
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Lafayette/Moraga (Between) · CA, USA
Unusually bright meteor/re-entry event
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
A comet-like thing, about the size of a dinner plate. It had a tail that was greenish with sparks in it. No sound.
Hollywood · CA, USA
I SAW 2 LIGHTS CROSS THE SOUTHERN HORIZON THAY GLOWED DULL ORANGE AND CREATED A FAINT GLOWING TRAIL THAY KEPT A TIGHT FORMATION TRAVELI
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Sitting on the beach, a man yelled and told people to look at the sky. many observed the craft. Material did not look like metal
Reno (30 miles due east of · in California), CA, USA
Object appeared to look like a star moving SE overhead. Object stopped then continued. Picked up speed and turned a perfect 90 degrees
Beal AFB · CA, USA
When I notice shiny object, whatch it for 8 minutes before it turned black and disipared in 4 seconds.
Goleta · CA, USA
Day sighting disc craft geostationary chased away by jets.
Butte County · CA, USA
A single star-like object moved in straight line, west to east, traversing overhead from horizon begining to horizon ending within 18-2
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Metallic sphere over Los Angeles International Airport.
Los Penisquitos (San Diego) · CA, USA
the object traveled from the south to north west in a downwards direction, the event lasted roughly 5 seconds, the object if I held a p
Quincy · CA, USA
It was an object, blood red, about magnitude 1, travelling NW to SE. No sound. 4 contrails.
San Jose · CA, USA
At approximately 1:30pm on 3/13/98, a group of seagulls caught my eye. As I looked up at the gulls,I noticed above them at about 4-5 wh
San Diego · CA, USA
phoenix lights over san diego