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)
San Francisco · CA, USA
Boomerang Shaped Objects w/ dark & light color scheme
Encino · CA, USA
very large V shaped craft flys from horizon to horizon in 3 seconds, very low and silent (Los Angeles)
San Mateo · CA, USA
Silent Close Range White Light seen on Highway 280 south of Highway 92. Witnessed by 3.
Cazadero · CA, USA
You won't believe what happened to ME!!!!
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Object defies physics in Newport Beach, CA.
Blythe · CA, USA
A glowing orange sphere floats silently and slowly then shoots up at 45 degree angle faster than anything. ((anonymous report))
Lake Shasta · CA, USA
Object speeds through night sky.
Stockton · CA, USA
awakening to a being in the doorway of my room
San Francisco · CA, USA
I have over three million miles on AA alone and fly everyday. As we flew from sanfran the normal turn is to the north over the city an
Victorville · CA, USA
Saturn/top shaped round disk with black ring circumscribed in bottom and 3-4 companion blobs
La Mesa · CA, USA
Bright reddish star in La Mesa
Maxwell · CA, USA
Large, motionless, thimble-shaped object radiating bright light from big windows, 1000 ft. over I-5.
San Jose · CA, USA
A large boiling fireball 3/4 the size of the full moon. flew by so fast that i was the only oneto see it 2 others present I thought tha
Bishop (CA/NV border) · CA, USA
It was the same night that a triangle was seen over Pheonix Az. Summer 1996 I beleive. I heard about it after I saw this thing. I was l
Atwater · CA, USA
I did not see a craft, what I saw was daylight at midnight, on a cloudless night.
Mc cains valley · CA, USA
Three lights moved very fast. On vhs tape
No. Hollywood · CA, USA
Ball of Light Buzzes Burbank Airport
Kerman · CA, USA
I was walking back to my room witch was separete from the house. I stoped walking to look up at the night sky and saw star, well what
Eureka · CA, USA
3 minute picture
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
My wife and I were walking towards our car through the back parking lot of Andreas Restaurant after dinner. I was looking towards the d
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright "Pearl" cluster seen looking northwest from Bev.Hills,W.Hollywood area. Observedfor more than half hour. Objects spun and lighte
Cypress · CA, USA
WHITE CIRCULAR LIGHTS
I-5 (Firebaugh Exit) · CA, USA
Three Shiny Diamond shaped lights in triangle formation.
Gilroy · CA, USA
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Garden Grove · CA, USA
As I was putting my jacket on in my upstairs apartment I looked out my window in the West. In the distance at about 600 yards I saw wh