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)
Holt · CA, USA
Witnesses in Holt, California reported a saucer-shaped object hovering over a Quonset hut, illuminating the building before shooting off at high speed, during a five-minute sighting in August 1971.
Oakland · CA, USA
A witness in Oakland, California reported a disk-shaped object hovering within about 80 feet during a clear evening sky in August 1971, for about ten minutes.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Fast flying object in Santa Barbara
Victorville · CA, USA
Witnesses in Victorville, California reported a blinking, star-like light jumping erratically 20 to 30 degrees above the Mojave horizon for about thirty minutes in June 1971.
Fremont · CA, USA
Witnesses in Fremont, California reported a circular object emitting a pulsed humming sound as it zipped overhead in a matter of seconds in June 1971.
Orange/Anahiem · CA, USA
A saucer-shaped object was reported over Angel Stadium in Orange/Anaheim, California, during the summer of 1971, visible for about one minute.
Santa Clara · CA, USA
A pink, disk-shaped object was reported appearing to evade both private and military aircraft over Santa Clara, California, in June 1971, during an encounter lasting about two hours.
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
Two teenage girls in Sunnyvale, California, reported a hard-to-describe, box-shaped object floating nearby in June 1971, an encounter they found frightening that lasted about five minutes.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Four hazy, circular white lights were reported flying in formation over Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, at 1:00 a.m. in June 1971, visible for about two seconds.
Vandenberg AFB · CA, USA
Disk-shaped objects were reported flying low over Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in June 1971, described as buzzing the high-security facility.
Inyokern · CA, USA
A huge, black spherical object with sparking edges was reported flying in a straight line near Inyokern, California, in June 1971, visible for about forty seconds or more.
Palos Verde (northeast of) · CA, USA
There seemed to be no dissipation of the glow coming from the sphere. It surrounded it, stretched in one direction and stopped!?
Boulder Creek · CA, USA
I saw the craft slowly and silently gliding along a fire trail in the Santa Cruz mountians where I usually went on walks to chant on my
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Unbelievably beautiful spatial anomaly
Los Angeles · CA, USA
ufo entry burn over salt lake city, seen from as far as los angeles to the west and denver to the east. pointy intake valve shape
San Diego/Pacific Beach · CA, USA
I saw a UFO in the night sky over Pacific Beach in San Diego, & while being trailed by 2 jets firing tracers the object turned north on
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Saucer-shaped objects were reported zigzagging northbound across the sky over Southern California near Los Angeles in September 1970, for about two minutes.
Deer Creek · CA, USA
Diamond-shaped objects were reported landing and later taking flight near Deer Creek, California, during an overcast morning in September 1970, over about thirty minutes.
Palmdale · CA, USA
A flaming, cylindrical object was reported crossing the entire sky from north to south over Palmdale, California, in August 1970, in about three minutes.
La Habra · CA, USA
A silent, orange, spherical object was reported hovering over a neighbor's house in La Habra, California, in July 1970, for ten to twenty minutes.
Ontario · CA, USA
A mysterious light was reported in the sky over Ontario, in Southern California, in July 1970, observed for about ten minutes.
Roseville · CA, USA
A silent, disk-shaped object with rotating vertical bands of light was reported over Roseville, California, in July 1970, before accelerating away at remarkable speed within two to three minutes.
Stockton · CA, USA
ball of fire in summer sky
Burlingame · CA, USA
A disk-shaped object was reported hovering over Burlingame, California, for more than an hour in June 1970 before moving slowly and then rapidly accelerating away.
Hilmar · CA, USA
discription: object was a typical 2 pie pans placed lip to lip configuration, was seen hovering about 1/4 mile away at about 30-40 deg