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)
Travis AFB · CA, USA
USAF sgt. reports sighting "small round light, then a gap, then a long trail of fire behind it" in western sky. Front of obj. white.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Man reports very brilliant, red object rising in western sky. (Rocket??)
Inspiration Pt. · CA, USA
Family of 5 witness peculiar "silver, sparkling shape" shoot across highway. Shape was like "flattened sphere."
Lakeport · CA, USA
I SAW A BALL OF LIGHT OVER CLEAR LAKE AT 1800 HRS. 7-4-95 IN LAKEPORT.
Woodlake · CA, USA
Sighted a large tank like object with red and green lights between two foothill peaks near a lake and was gone next day.
Mojave Desert · CA, USA
UFO in Mojave Desert
Hesperia · CA, USA
It was a glowing orange ball. IT was verry large. IT moved at a rappid speed right&left. Then dissapered in the center of rotating diam
Buena Park · CA, USA
One night my friend and I were walking home.It was very hot and there was a storm coming in,heat lightning,clouds,that sort of thing.We
Vacaville · CA, USA
Odd light dropping what a probe
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Crafts that appeared as small as stars assumed the shape of the "Big Dipper," travelled across the sky & expanding & contracting in
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Man & wife witness very bizarre aerial display of 10-20 white lights. (Probable Disneyland laser display practice.)
Sacramento · CA, USA
Sqare obj w 3 white lights and blue nose light seen by residents of neighborhood. Caused houses to shake.
Vista · CA, USA
Mother & son see 4 pairs of paired lights hovering motionless in formation. 5th craft streaks up, hovers. Near Camp Pendleton.
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Tennis instr. & 2 others witness 4 tiny metallic-looking "cylinders" maneuvering dramatically overhead. White, blue, red. Streaked.
Redding · CA, USA
16 people observe 4 bizarre cigar-shaped, metallic-appearing objects fly slowly S to N over home. No wings, tail, or engines!
Chula Vista · CA, USA
What I saw was huge it flew over my apartment complex it was bigger than the complex itself... it had so much detail that it scared the
Riverside · CA, USA
Man repts. seeing peculiar bright, white light, apparently hovering over mountains to east. Descended, then rose up.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Man & neighbor witness bright, white light maneuveririg erratically in sky overhead. Bigger than star, he thought.
Belmont · CA, USA
Man & wife rept. strange, moving light in sky. Looks like "three headlights in a row." Not an airliner or helicopter, they report.
Folsom · CA, USA
Woman repts seeing circular craft with "kidney-bean shaped, soft amber lights." Flew over house. Called Folsom Police.
Culver City · CA, USA
Woman sits outside to witness aircraft. Sees a large "triangular-shaped obj. w/ pastel lights on edge" pass slowly overhead.
San Fernando · CA, USA
Man repts. multiple sightings of strangely lighted craft hovering, then streaking overhead in clear sky. Some w/ subdued lights.
San Fernando · CA, USA
Second call from two men witnessing multiple craft streaking across sky. Obj. are disc-shaped, w/ blue & red lights on edge.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Huge stationary disk
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A silver polygon object with several satelight ships over downtown Los Angeles in the mid nintey's, stops and flys straight up.