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)
Riverside · CA, USA
The reports of various UFO events over the Arizona sky on March 13 ofthis year has prompted me to reveal the experience my wife and I h
Hemet · CA, USA
My friends and I saw 1 very large, triangular shaped UFO, silently hovering approx: 100 ft in air and about 35 ft away from our car.
San Francisco · CA, USA
2 small (about 1 ft. long & 200 ft. away at closest) dark objects circling each other then sped south,followed min. later by 2 more.
Rohnert Park (Sonoma State University) · CA, USA
I 1st noticed 3 small objects/stars/points "excited state", were Iscoceles their locations from each other. One then vanished, two re
Monrovia · CA, USA
FIVE DISK SHAPE THREE POINTED AT ONE SIDE DESENDING FROM EAST TO NORTH IN A 90 DEGREE TURN.
Brentwood · CA, USA
I saw three lights forming a V shape in the night sky about 300 feet in the air. There was no noise and they were moving slowly in an e
Monterey · CA, USA
March 13, 1997 Monterey, CA UFO incident
Fresno · CA, USA
AS I SAT IN MY PARENT'S BACK YARD FACING DIRECTLY SOUTH, I NOTICED 6 LIGHTS SIDE BY SIDE MOVING AT A FARELY FAST PACE. THEY WERE SIDE
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Silent, gliding boomerang with no lights
San Diego · CA, USA
UFO seen at Camp Pendleton, San Diego, CA.
Mountain View · CA, USA
While travelling eastbound on Moffet Blvd at 6:48p.m. I observed what I first thought to be a plane. The object was spherical in shape
Salton Sea · CA, USA
Saw across the Sea a big red flash, then white-orange orbs appear, about 10-15, not moving, all in a straight line except for one which
Aquaduct (near · over desert, before entering California), CA, USA
Flying Westward in a UAL plane over the desert near the aquaduct before entering CA, another UAL plane approached and passed beneath us
San Diego · CA, USA
phoenix lights over san diego
Yucaipa · CA, USA
A single orange glowing object moving East at a steady speed. Began to drop flaming objects like the shards from a welders torch. Aft
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Bright yellow light in the sky. The brightest object in the sky. Kept on brightening and lowering it flouresent yellow light.
Stockton · CA, USA
A triangle shaped object with three orangish red lights, was silent and large, that was low to the ground.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
March 1997, two bright lights that hovered about 45 minutes, zoomed forward, then zoomed toward comet.
Yucca Valley/Morongo Valley · CA, USA
I just seen this thing flying in the air I took some pictures and I took pictures of the helicopter chasing it, I can't remember the da
Los Angeles · CA, USA
object passed overhead.no sound no exhaust
La Puente · CA, USA
From a stand-still... to a one-second period of ignition... followed by one-second of what sounded like the after-burner of a massive-
Arrayo Grande · CA, USA
These sightings were ten years apart and exactly the same type of craft, wich I have seen since then in photos of sightings on the web.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
A brief encounter with a circular looking object that appeared to be on fire...A neighbors house down the street a circular looking
McKinlyville/Eureka (near Arcata Driving) · CA, USA
SMALL DISK SHAPE UFO
Pico Rivera/Paramount · CA, USA
during the day, the amount of them and what the saucers were doing