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)
Southern California Operations Area · CA, USA
UFO Sighting on aboard Naval Ship while at sea
Richmond · CA, USA
Silent "Airplanes" at Low Altitude
San Fransisco · CA, USA
from a roof top one nighit I was lyeing lookin at the sky when i saw two faint lights in the night skyover to my far write. AS I looked
Hayward · CA, USA
It was hat-shaped and and entirely lighted up and it landed in an in an industrial area
Santa Clara · CA, USA
It sped off at a teriffic speed, changing size and color.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Red orb moving in slow, fluid elongated "s" path. Orb was being chased by at least 3 helicopters over the 5 fwy running alon
Monterey (north of) · CA, USA
saw blue green bright flash covering entire horizen, then few miles down the road off of highway 1, saw two perfect circles of fire in
Beverly Hills (adjacent) · CA, USA
I tried to get on to Art Bell on 1/17/04, but could not. What compelled me to write was that a) I am a journalist, and you talked about
Ludlow · CA, USA
enormous pulsing red smoke bellowing lights
Colorado Springs · CA, USA
When my sister and I were little kids, we saw a disk-shaped ufo hovering over our apartment building.
Borrego Springs · CA, USA
Superstition Hill UFO sighting summer 1997 I went camping off of Old Kane Springs Road, Borrego Springs, California just south of High
Irvine · CA, USA
Craft (looked exactly like Gulf Breeze pictures) flew along nearby hillside, close enough to be seen clearly. Completly silent.
Sun City/Menifee · CA, USA
Green shapes flying across west horizon above hills where other people had been saying they had seen stuff around there before.
Petaluma · CA, USA
The object, which was about 30 degrees above the horizon and towards the south, moved. It shot from its stationary position at a speed
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
black,low flying from north to south,like from civic center to long beach silent,pencil thin very quick less then 1000ft elev.? appeard
Willow Creek Campground · CA, USA
Late in the evening, just before retiring, A luminous object was spotted just above a mountain, and in between two trees. It appeared t
San Francisco · CA, USA
close oval white object transforms self to a circular green object - both had trails of same color
Fresno · CA, USA
western sky i observed a bright light just after the setting sun.about 9:pm
Camarillo · CA, USA
1997 Camarillo, Calif. huge bright light moved at a fast rate of speed then hovered over my car then disappeared. 30 min. pos. 5/31/06
Oceanside · CA, USA
What appeared to be a slow-burning, orange-colored object was slowly "floating" in a northernly direction directly over the beach just
Oceanside · CA, USA
AN ILLUMINATED OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED IN THE SOUTHEAST,ILUMINATED WITH AN ORANGE LIGHT OF MEDIUM INTENCITY.THE OBJECT WAS FLYING AT A
Newport Beach · CA, USA
It was a clear night on Sunday,May 4 '97 at 10.20pm. The craft approached from the sea, the west, and made a slight change on course to
Turlock · CA, USA
I saw a line of bright lights like star, it lasted about 3 seconds and disappeared.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
On May 7, 1997 I was looking north to the Santa Monica mountains and saw what I believed to be a helicopter shining its lights down on
Sylmar · CA, USA
Object looking like a shooting star but going upward. Going higher, a beam of light shone from the object until it disappeared.