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)
Cloverdale · CA, USA
Bright stroboscopic light slowly passes by within 100 yards, and leaves with an otherworldly piercing whistle.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
triangular object flew right over us
Menifee · CA, USA
Saucer in California with Red, White, and Blue lights seen when driving
Lancaster (Saddleback Butte Park) · CA, USA
there was a meteor shower that we went to watch at the park. three triangle shaped craft passed by 500 - 1000 feet overhead
Hughson · CA, USA
Orange beams of light
Cottonwood Lakes Trail (near Mt. Whitney) · CA, USA
silver object seen on backpacking trip near Mt. Whitney, CA - 1993
Cottonwood Lakes Trail (near Mt. Whitney) · CA, USA
Night time fly over of object at Cottonwood Lakes, Mt. Whitney, California - 1993
Oakdale · CA, USA
triangle slowly moving object with "lightning" emitting from the front of it
Manhatten Beach · CA, USA
Weird red spots on skin.
Gorman (15 miles north of · I-5), CA, USA
Driving on I-5 at night. A spherical object the size of a bowling ball swooped down in front of the windshield from behind and to the
Irvine · CA, USA
I was driving home late one night from the city of Diamond Bar, when I noticed a very bright light in the sky. I thought it might be la
Bella Vista · CA, USA
Aggressive, Levitating Metallic Alien Robot thing
Sacramento · CA, USA
World war two military cargo plane. Similar to a jumbo jet huvering 15 feet above top of car. Silent with no jets or propeler on wings
Oceanside · CA, USA
A space shuttle like craft
Salton Sea · CA, USA
Six lights circle in the Salton Sea, California, area with no sound
Camp Pendelton (Oceanside) · CA, USA
Looking outside saw, looked like flying top; when I was 8 or 9
San Jose (Snell Rd / Blossom Hill Rd) · CA, USA
I eye witnessed a floresent orange object that ended up darted off into deep space at light speed (lightning speed). It made no sound
West Coast · alt. apx 30' k, northerly flight, CA, USA
While flying 30,000 ft I saw a disk shaped lintel cloud dive into another cloud
Anderson · CA, USA
All I saw was a blue-green light flash from one part of the sky to the other in a north/south direction.
Tracy · CA, USA
red ball ufo following small plane in tracy, california in 1993.
Santa Cruz County · CA, USA
hovering ball of moltant lava 15 ft from me took of at speed of light......
Sierra/Plumas Counties (between · while camping), CA, USA
Witnessed strobes of light spinning in a circle and then leaving our atmosphere.
Willglen · CA, USA
On my patio, saw triangle shape craft floating silent above me, no more than 4 or 500 ft.; was very slow moving.
Sun City · CA, USA
Strange lights move over our heads while releasing bright flashes of light.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
1993 - Saw black monolith type object