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)
Jamul · CA, USA
Yellow circular and semi-circular object bouncing up, down and sideways in a fast and non-directional motion
Los Altos · CA, USA
MADAR Node 52
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
I was actually surfing just south of the Manhattan Beach pier & sitting on my board. There was an object that caught my eye. I thought
Whittier · CA, USA
Today September 30th at 4:18 pm I witnessed a ufo leaving Griffin park from Whittier rosehill cemetery Heading East at a very high spee
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two bright star like objects wink out over Los Angeles.
Ontario · CA, USA
UFO disk shape seen on 8/2/2021, traveling at a fast rate, NW to E, 20:25 pm, 0ntario, California 91761, at the same time as ISS was pa
Palmdale · CA, USA
Single light moving overhead in Palmdale,Ca performs a U turn then stops
Carlsbad · CA, USA
We were playing tennis at the Omni La Costa resort. 8 women. It was very overcast. Foggy. All of a sudden a pulsating shape appeared ou
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Two unidentified flying objects over Carlsbad on Friday, August 6, 2021
Whittier · CA, USA
On August 2nd I witnessed ufo 8 a.m. in the morning but couldn’t take any pictures as it was traveling northeast because I was in a mee
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Mysterious light moves vertically in the night sky seen from Newport Beach, CA.
Northridge · CA, USA
Several aircraft spotted darting across the clear blue sky
Woodland · CA, USA
Bright orange orb hovering in the sky but also dancing around and abruptly vanishing
Folsom · CA, USA
Colorful disk appears in Northern California.
Morongo Valley · CA, USA
From the north east to south west I spotted a faint dot of white, very small, shoot in a straight line across the sky the object left n
Davis · CA, USA
Oval shaped metallic object with two lights that appeared to move back and forth between the ends.
Watsonville · CA, USA
MADAR Node 105
Antioch · CA, USA
Huge dark craft (iikely 3 football fields)
San Diego · CA, USA
Noticed bright light traveling at impossible speed and started to record
Pine Valley · CA, USA
Circular craft/light moving like a tire
Alameda · CA, USA
Oval shaped craft with orange lights around red lights in a cross shape
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Ball of white light slowly traveling across the sky at a relatively low altitude
Oakland · CA, USA
White round object around airplane level in the sky jumped around in zig-zag pattern like a mouse cursor, hovered, and disappeared.
Watsonville · CA, USA
MADAR Node 105
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A starlike object in LA swoops rapidly across the sky, links up with 4 other similar objects, and flies off with them in formation.