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
Strange oscillating white and red flash seen over Novato, CA, 10:15 PM on Friday, March 13, 1998.
Los Osos · CA, USA
Possible UFO abduction,
Arroyo Grande · CA, USA
3 disks flying silently at high speeds, stopped to hover, then climbed out of the atmosphere.
Death Valley (Furnace Creek Ranch) · CA, USA
A fireball travelled north to south, from horizon to horizon, due east of our location, at an elevation of about 45 degrees when due ea
Indio · CA, USA
Bright light or dot with orange tail shot upwards and south across the sky. Tail stopped and so did light. Hovered in sky, then flew pa
Mountain View · CA, USA
This is just a short note regarding any sightings that you may receive for the above mentioned "UFO". The sighting may have been seen
Newbury Park · CA, USA
It was the largest thins I've ever seen well over a mile in length, and it hovered near the navel base.
East Los Angeles · CA, USA
Long thin gray or black leading edge. Could not tell if I saw the rest of the craft or mirror image of clouds above object, which was m
Twenty Nine Palms · CA, USA
Deltoid flying wing, dull golden brown bottom, dull off white top, small fuselage area, no propeller, no jets, no sound, wing tip fins,
Crescent City · CA, USA
Orange object over Crescent City glowed like a burning fireplace log.
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
Green flames, same color as traffic lights. Flames were horizontal but otherwise looked like flames in a fireplace. Lasted only about 1
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
I witnessed a red object aprox 300-500 yards off a comercial airliners left wing, it kept the same speed for about 20 sec, then it vani
Oceanside · CA, USA
A row of 10 lights shaped in a chevron shape moved very fast from the West about 300 deg. to the East. they moved right over my Condo.
San Jose · CA, USA
Driving south on Hwy 85, on way to work, saw gleaming silver cigar shaped object floating beneath a cloud.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Mr. and Mrs. J.S. were travelling westbound on the 60 Fwy through Moreno Valley when Mrs. S. looked towards the mountains due NW of the
Fairfield · CA, USA
While at lunch and sitting in my car I noticed an object moving across the Southern Sky. It was Saucer shaped and provided a beam aspec
Hesperia · CA, USA
A bright blue object that streaked across the southern sky from east to west.
North Highlands · CA, USA
2 PEOPLE WITNESS A BRIGHT OBJECT SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTH AND FADING AWAY
Highland · CA, USA
Mr. S.C. was proceeding to pull out of a driveway into traffic on Del Rosa Ave. in Highland (east of San Bernardino) when he looked to
Phelan · CA, USA
Mr. D.F. was outside in his yard when he looked up and noticed a huge, slow moving, black cigar-shaped object with wings coming from th
Camarillo · CA, USA
Multiple lights decend in formation, stop and form a swarm, then form two bright lights and mimic cessna and dissapear over horizon.
Chico · CA, USA
Reported by my girlfriend's son, seen over North Chico. He described a very large craft with several lights, not blinking.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Around 9:30 p.m. 1/24/98 I open my front door, to let my Son in. I notice behind him 3 huge balls of lights coming toward us. (They we
Anaheim Hills · CA, USA
Bright bluegreen light streaking across sky from South to North.
San Francisco (Observed from) · CA, USA
Large sphere and cylinder space junk reentering atmosphere southeasterly of San Francisco probably in Central Valley or Nevada.