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)
Selma · CA, USA
02/1991 Selma CA, shape Other, Lasted for 5 minutes traveling slow accross high winds.
Calistoga · CA, USA
Golden Orb about 3 feet across, moving pretty quickly and smoothly above the hills.
Buena Park · CA, USA
Two stationary crafts in the sky blinking green lights to each other
Fairfax · CA, USA
I have spent 25 or so years since then, every day of my life, trying to figure out what I, we saw.
Furnace Creek (Death Valley) · CA, USA
Mysterious red glow in the sky, brightest toward the horizon off to the Northeast.
San Pedro · CA, USA
a small light in the sky, making the shape of a equiangular triangle then shooting away at a high rate of speed.
Fresno · CA, USA
Three objects in the sky.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Four Round Metallic Spheres in California
Perris · CA, USA
Incredible flying triangle of immense proportions with unbelievable speed and eerie stealth!
San Jose · CA, USA
My Second Encounter.Close Encounter: 16 years after my first sighting. I had driven 1,000 miles from Spokane, WA where I was li
Ramona · CA, USA
I live in Tokyo, Japan and was on vacation visiting my family in Ramona, California. I went outside to have a smoke, as my mother and f
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
sighting high up in space
Redding · CA, USA
symentrical group of orange dots in night sky, no sound at all, no break in flowing formation at all
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
4 dim lights lt orange in color flying extremely low just above redwood tree line totally silent
Shaver Lake · CA, USA
Intense light over Shaver Lake, California.
Shaver Lake · CA, USA
Triangle Craft Shaver Lake Ca. Moved very slowly away from us but then shinned very bright light at us!
San Diego · CA, USA
like a large high-voltage tower on its side, with lights, moving slowly
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Three bright pinpoint lights (looked like stars or comets) approaching equidistent in thirds from horizon to meet in sky above. The lig
Corte Madera · CA, USA
stationary fireball changes color and redefines speed as it moves north
Fontana · CA, USA
A bright light in the shy that seem like chopper's light however without any sound or movement. The light disappeared into the sky aft
Sacramento · CA, USA
AT APPROX 2300HRS, I NOTICED A YELLOWISH ORANGE LIGHT MOVING SLOWLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, IT STOPPED AND HOVERED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUITES B
Lake Tahoe · CA, USA
07/03/90 Lake Tahoe Ca Circle 1-3 minutes It shot into our view about 50 ft away and then shot out of sight after a few minutes
Rivrside · CA, USA
Stationary object ,tubular in shape four hour duration
Calnevari (Mojave Desert) · CA, USA
noon in summer, perfect visibility, motionless, 300 yard away, 100 up, area of Tecopa/Baker, 1990, 3 saw.
Paso Robles · CA, USA
Submarine saucer in the skies- daylight!