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)
Alturas · CA, USA
pink/reddish glow with a gray round craft there was only one. It swayed back and forth and dissappeared.Jan. 15, 1997 approx. 5:30p
Wrightwood Mtn. · CA, USA
Young man sees bright red, round light in dist. Obj. descends, fades. Suddenly ascends, grows bright, moves off. No smoke or sound.
Garden Grove · CA, USA
It disappeared in part of a second
Quartz Hill/Lancaster · CA, USA
Wife,Husband see 'Orange-Gold light'traveling N toS directly over house moving slow NO SOUND. Round in shape.
Camarillo · CA, USA
I saw a bright, white light moving very fast. It was about, maybe 2 or 3 miles away from me. I saw it outside of my window, and I saw a
Upland · CA, USA
Early morning driving to work a beautiful bright green colored sphere moving very fast crossed my path about one quarter mile in front
Simi Valley · CA, USA
A silver metallic object streaked across the sky in a northeast direction. It suddenly slowed to a complete stop before going straight
West Covina · CA, USA
Father, 2 sons, neighbor witness gray disc pass directly overhead, pause, move off, and hover. Moved EXTREMELY fast. Not a plane.
Dana Point · CA, USA
We saw a pinkish light moving in a south to north direction. It traveled at a constant speed covering an approximately 110 degree arc
Salinas · CA, USA
Man awakens, turns on TV. Sees 3x prominent green lights in triangular formation through blinds. Outside, sees other strange lights.
Fresno/Stockton (from · to Stockton), CA, USA
Radio show call in, single object obsevred as a bright light, traveling at a high rate of speed in a SE direction from STCN to FAT, lig
Fontana · CA, USA
Woman & brother witness 3x peculiar hovering lights. One of the lights extinguished, other two moved slowly behind nearby trees.
Highway 37 · CA, USA
Young man called to rept. "a ring of lights" in the night sky between Sears Point and Vallejo. (Facts unclear. No return call.)
Vallejo · CA, USA
WoW.
Hesperia · CA, USA
Huge Black Triangular Craft hovers over the 15 Freeway in High Desert,CA. 1996
Gorman VOR (inflight) · CA, USA
Airline pilot reports peculiar object near Gorman VOR in California.
Arcadia · CA, USA
2x young men see large triangular obj. w/ lights on corners. Dips, rises, several times, then STREAKS to W. Had "shimmering effect."
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Airline pilot reports peculiar object near Gorman VOR in California.
French Camp · CA, USA
Fem. empl. of sheriff's off. on way to work sees large, round obj. w/ bright lights rotating, moving in W sky. Very prominant, strange.
Stockton · CA, USA
Woman, daughter,3x other cars witness LARGE, spherical obj. rotating in night sky. 100x BRIGHT lights. Changed rotation dir.
Poway · CA, USA
Couple sees "a bunch of bright lights, flashing" in the night sky. "It looks like a walnut." Cluster reptd. to move across the sky.
Monterey · CA, USA
Man returns to site of previous sighting 26OC96. Sees 3x cyl.-shaped objs.in triangular formation, streak overhead; then 8x more.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
3x youth playing baseball see "polygon, or square shaped" object in night sky. Strobed blue, changed color. (No written report.)
Lake Berryessa · CA, USA
Deep Blue Sphere seen over Lake Berryessa, California
Cupertino · CA, USA
Metalic ball floating motionless in high winds over San Jose, CA.