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)
?? · CA, USA
It was well over 20 years ago, but I will never forget how unusual it seemed to me. I still don't know just WHAT it was, maybe you can
Los Angeles (Echo Park) · CA, USA
A witness in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, California reported a bright circular light coinciding with their phone, lights, and car losing power, another observer reportedly seeing it too.
Campbell · CA, USA
In the summer of 1972 or 1973, a friend and I were sitting on the front steps of our house in Campbell, CA. We were facing towards Sara
Brea (So.57 Freeway) · CA, USA
going so. on the 57-fwy appox at brea cyn. rd. in the city of brea. I was in the back of my family station wagon. I looked up and saw a
Mojave (vicinity) · CA, USA
Craft must have been setting on ground when we arrived. We were on vacation and were headed home from Northern California. We had pulle
Shelter Cove · CA, USA
Light overe ocean traveled at low speed until directly overhead at200 to 400 ft. classic saucer with dome on top appeared cast of gold
Monterey · CA, USA
A witness in Monterey, California reported a silent, unidentified object flying toward the Pacific Ocean shoreline during a one-minute sighting in June 1972.
Anderson · CA, USA
A witness in Anderson, California reported two round, reddish-orange, metallic disk-shaped objects flying overhead during a roughly seven-second sighting in June 1972.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A mother and her children in Los Angeles, California reported multiple lights performing maneuvers over the ocean near Santa Monica during a one-hour sighting in June 1972.
Loomis & Folsom Lake · CA, USA
A family near Loomis and Folsom Lake, California reported multiple unidentified objects in the sky above the lake area throughout the summer of 1972.
Arroyo Seco · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) the hum of a green dimond shaped light
Fairfield/Benicia (near) · CA, USA
Witnesses near Fairfield and Benicia, California reported a large fireball moving slowly and low in the sky, illuminating the area for miles, during a three-minute sighting in June 1972.
Visalia · CA, USA
Witnesses in Visalia, California reported three disk-shaped objects seen at close range in broad daylight during a one-minute sighting in May 1972.
Salinas · CA, USA
Huge object. At least 2 football fields long. Altitude approx. 500 ft. Observed moving slowly westerly direct. No lights. No sound. Und
Anaheim · CA, USA
A witness in Anaheim, California reported a cylindrical craft that hovered and moved very fast, during a twenty-to-thirty-second sighting in March 1972.
San Diego (Marine Base Camp Pendleton) · CA, USA
In the 1970s I was a watch commander or Marine base military police Although I didn’t see it my officers reported a pulsating object mo
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Witnesses reported circular objects hovering above an elementary school in Los Angeles, California on multiple occasions around 1972, each for about two minutes.
Mountainview · CA, USA
A witness in Mountain View, California reported a triangular craft partially hidden behind a cloud, with a large observation window clearly visible, hovering for about ten minutes in December 1971.
Oxnard · CA, USA
big blue fireball very low
Monterey Park · CA, USA
A witness in Monterey Park, California reported bluish-white circular lights at high altitude to the southeast, during a sighting lasting three to five minutes in November 1971.
Bard · CA, USA
Huge Green Object with Orange Flames
Pasadena · CA, USA
Powerless over UFO sighting.
FREEWAY BY AIR FORCE BASE · CA, USA
A witness near a California freeway by an Air Force base reported what first looked like a flare, then a cigar-shaped object roughly five stories tall, over thirty minutes in September 1971.
Mojave Desert (remote area of) · CA, USA
A witness reported their vehicle being buzzed by a disk-shaped object in a remote part of the Mojave Desert, California, during a ten-second sighting in September 1971.
Crescent City · CA, USA
Two witnesses in Crescent City, California reported seeing a gray figure standing on a forest path and staring at them during an encounter lasting about an hour in September 1971.