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)
Oceanside · CA, USA
UFO SAUCER SHAPE SEEN HOVERING ON TOP OCEANSIDE ELEMETARY SCHOOL
Crestline · CA, USA
Object like a cube rose into the air, reached what seemed an air current, changed shape to triangle moving very fast toward east.
Angels Camp/Lake New Melones · CA, USA
Lake New Melones California sighting
Murphuys · CA, USA
What did I see?
Oroville · CA, USA
Woman's voice repts. 4 objects over home in rural area. (Facts unclear--no return call; phone disconnected 2 days later.)
Albany · CA, USA
Man observes bizarre, rectangular obj. "w/ barber poles w/ bulbs on the ends" sticking out of opposite ends.
Fresno · CA, USA
Two calls in rapid sequence regarding multiple objects streaking north (?) over city. (Sincere repts., no follow-up written repts.)
Fontana · CA, USA
Man witnesses 2 lights 15 deg. apart in SE sky. Orange color, round when viewed with binoculars. Police rept. no other calls.
Crescent City · CA, USA
there were two they were around us red white blue lights acting agressive got whithin a quarter mile of home and they turned around
Modesto · CA, USA
Young man & girlfriend, returning from hike, witness bright, white light in western sky. It flashed, then simply "winked out."
Fairfield · CA, USA
Family of 3 driving home on Rte. 680 observe bright purple flash overhead, that "lit up half the sky." (Ed: Probable elect. arc.)
Downey · CA, USA
Man reports very bright body just below the moon. (Possible planet?)
San Francisco · CA, USA
Man reports bright object "at 7 o'clock position from moon." (Possible planet?)
Tulare · CA, USA
Woman repts. strange obj. w/ 3 bright red "laser-like" lights, which flickered in irregular pattern. Called local police, FAA.
Lakewood · CA, USA
Two red softly glowing round objects as your guest described on coast to coast 15 sec apart in 1995
Placerville · CA, USA
Triangle object in the clouds it came out of the clouds barely & I saw it come out of the clouds and it was sitting. ((anonymous))
Orange · CA, USA
Possible sighting of Military Camouflage Technology
Calipatria · CA, USA
orange glowing orb-like lights seen by myself and other prisoners at Calipatria State Prison.
Hesperia · CA, USA
zero to very fast moving star and meteor glows the night green. Crash & burn at Vandenburg '95
Long Beach · CA, USA
Chevron/triangular orbs of light over Long Beach, CA.
Cottonwood · CA, USA
Two boys report witnessing 2 bizarre yellowish-white objects fly overhead. Reported to local sheriff's office.
Buena Park · CA, USA
I was sleeping on the livingroom sofa facing a sliding glass door with a mini-blinds covering the glass when a bright ball of light bec
Los Angeles County · CA, USA
Me, and six of my friends watched these lights in triangular shape hover in the air, and didn't break formation and then move westward.
Mojave Desert · CA, USA
Saucer rotating over power line tower. ( THIS WAS IN THE DAYTIME AND ONLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET AWAY)!
Grass Valley · CA, USA
Giant lenticular cloud over music festival