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)
Ramona · CA, USA
Ball of energy flying quickly E in the night sky of Ramona. ((anonymous report))((NUFORC Note: Missile launch @ 17:26 hrs. PD))
Palm Springs · CA, USA
The craft emitted light/chem trail. The chem trail seemed to be the source of the light. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
White dot "craft" appears to fly from left to right after missile passes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible second stage rocket? PD))
Irvine · CA, USA
Two Large Lights with bright cloud formations in darkness. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Seaside · CA, USA
Object came from the E and left a contrail, then split into two spheres. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Palm Springs · CA, USA
At least 3 bright lights in sky over Palm Springs moving north to south. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
El Cajon · CA, USA
Four witnesses just saw a flashing object that moved like an octopus ejecting clouds with light. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Saw two moving lights emitting flash of light like oval torch. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD))
Murrieta · CA, USA
Saw some type of tractor beam pulling another craft into another one; strange looking cloud. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Two bright circles coming out of a bright cloud. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Fireball shooting through sky bursting and dividing into two crafts an orb trailing the other. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Rancho Bernado · CA, USA
Two lights or fireballs observed in sky associated with contrail. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch at 5:26 p.m.. PD))
Rancho Bernado · CA, USA
Two lights or fireballs observed in sky associated with contrail. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Westminster · CA, USA
Three white lights in the shape of a triangle during the spacex launch. ((NUFORC Note: Separate rocket engines? PD))
San Pedro (port of Los Angeles) · CA, USA
Three lights quickly moved in on space x rocket following/tracking rocket through its stages.lights moved independently from each other
Agoura Hills · CA, USA
Two white orbs traveling SW over Santa Monica Mountains leaving large cloud plume which diffesed after 6 minutes. Photos available
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Two white balls with weird illuminating smoke trail, balls where white glowing, N and split 1 going S. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket. PD))
Escondido · CA, USA
Two objects with glowing trail in night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch. PD))
Temecula · CA, USA
Two white objects moving E and S, leaving behind a white trail. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Vandenberg AFB @ 5:26 p.m.. PD))
Hesperia · CA, USA
2 brightly glowing lights leavining a wide glowing trail. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch at 5:26 p.m. (PST). PD))
Aptos · CA, USA
Lights in the sky. ((anonymous report)) ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch at 17:27 hrs. (PST). PD))
Vista · CA, USA
Two objects swirling and giving off some kind of trail with a light beam following slowly behind it.
Wilmington · CA, USA
UFOs over UFO Wilmington, CA, Giant cloud z cloud stair case cloud. ((anonymous report))((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
We where driving and seen a huge massive chem trail bright light broken into two separate craft. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Saw something that looked like a flare starting from the ground to the air and then it started moving SE. ((Missile launch. PD))