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)
Ben Lomond · CA, USA
Multiple lights, very distant, moving and turning rapidly, playing and dancing together for 45 min+
Ink-O-Pah · CA, USA
Until I find my original details and drawings here is the picture of the hills so you can understand what my son and I are referring to
Lake Perris · CA, USA
I saw a triangle shaped craft hovering over the lake with a very bright white light making a wobbleling spinning sound
Clovis (on Herndon Ave · between Maine & Locan Avenues), CA, USA
After leaving my house, a friend saw large, slow-moving, triangular shaped craft overhead. Flying low to the ground. Had 3 white light
California desert (Interstate 8) · CA, USA
I WAS A TRUCK DRIVER BACK THEN RUNNING WEST COAST TEAMS; MY PARTNER WAS IN THE BUNK SLEEPING AT THE TIME. IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY IN THE
California desert · CA, USA
UFO IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT
Kernville · CA, USA
Bright Fire ball heading north over the mountains
Big Bear Lake · CA, USA
Dark, absolutley silent, exceptionally fast craft streaks across night sky over San Bernardino Mountains/Desert (CA) [~1994]
San Diego · CA, USA
rectangular space ship with large recessed lighting underneath the space craft was hovering over the clouds moving in a circular motio
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Christmas type UFO
Lindsay · CA, USA
floating spheres or huge orbs in sky radiating one kind of light white light .
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
Foothill Sightings
Malibu (north of; on Pac. Coast Hwy.) · CA, USA
red and orange lights pulsing in random sequence/ seemed like communicating
Lemoore · CA, USA
I saw a large, triangluar shaped object with off-white lights at each corner slowing moving about 3-500ft high in the sky.
Los Angeles (outside of) · CA, USA
UFO's are attracted to me.
Burbank · CA, USA
A row of lights in the night sky vanished after they split formation.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Exploding orb mimicking a firework explosion without sound then coming back together. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly an adv. display? PD))
Ocotillo Wells (near) · CA, USA
Large stationary fiery ball
Newport Beach (Near) · CA, USA
saw what I first thought was a comet or some other object. It looked like a falling star....it was very high up. I watched the object
Long Beach · CA, USA
I observed the Craft at a close enough distance to know it was not anything man made
El Centro · CA, USA
Huge triangle being followed by an F-16 in the california desert..
Sacramento · CA, USA
A large triangular shaped craft passed over our car while at a stop sign on an empty street
Taft · CA, USA
White light seen at 10:30 pm traveling from NW to SE at very high rate of speed.Slows momentarily to beam down conical light, then resu
Lake Sonoma · CA, USA
While fishing on Lake Sonoma my friend and I saw two lights in the trees. We were on a boat in the center of the lake. The lights wer
Davis · CA, USA
bright light in the sky a real close encounter.