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)
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
SINCE OCTOBER 29TH, A PAIR OF LIGHTS HAVE RETURNED TO SANTA CRUZ EACH NIGHT. THEY DO NOT APPEAR OR BEHAVE AS PLANETS
Tehachapi · CA, USA
Silent triangular flying object with flashing red lights
Sacramento · CA, USA
reddish light
Eureka · CA, USA
Dome shaped craft glided east from the Pacific.
Vacaville · CA, USA
Was in my car waiting for my mother to come back from the stores and saw a star shape start to move slowly then accelerated further
Jenner · CA, USA
Driving at night, two orange/yellow circle lights appeared high in the sky for about 10sec, stationary, then suddenly turned off
Carmichael · CA, USA
Orange fireball that hovered and moved like and aircraft and then vanished
Menifee · CA, USA
Thee fast moving orange passed over Perris Ca airport, over Menifee and continued toward the west south west
Los Angeles (Malibu) · CA, USA
A craft with a long light moving across the sky
Temecula · CA, USA
ufo gyroscope flying over freeway in ca
Los Altos · CA, USA
MADAR Node 52
Garden Grove · CA, USA
"Streaking Green Light" ((NUFORC Note: Good video, but anomalous light may be a lens flare, caused by a car headlight. PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright Unidentified Light(s) During Unusual LA Thunderstorm
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Stationary Star-like objects over Los Angeles (second sighting)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Metallic triangle at a high speed, appeared to have a hole on the bottom.
Long Beach · CA, USA
I was filming the sunset
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Over the water roughly 10,000ft above the ocean. Just hovering in one spot slowly started to move them gone in millisecond. The shape w
San Jose · CA, USA
see a tiny white dot moving fast in the blue sky in San Jose on a clear Sunday afternoon
Corona · CA, USA
UFO craft over corona California
Murrieta · CA, USA
V Shaped Craft
Beverly Hills · CA, USA
A bright green light with a teal light trail fell from the sky in a curve for about 2-3 seconds before it disappeared from view.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Bright red light hovering in sky
South San Francisco · CA, USA
Blue and white circular ball falling to earth spotted in Northern California
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Ventura County – unknown even – 10-18-2021…What I saw didn't seem like a single UFO but an event. I saw an orange cloud or light inside
Fortuna · CA, USA
Heard footfalls outside window. Was having intimate time with my wife. Flash ofights and believed our photo had been taken. Stopped a