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)
Riverside · CA, USA
Pulsing red light, changes colors & altitude.
Modesto · CA, USA
Light is sky very bright on appears around 3 am ish to 5ish look like could change colors. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Red triangular lights in the sky moving eastbound in Southern California night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Witness is comm. pilot. PD))
San Gabriel · CA, USA
Extremely fast right red liight, sphere in shape
Pinon Hills · CA, USA
Riding my quad on a dirt road, when I noticed the SW sky a bright blue star over the San Bernardino Mtns just W of Wright
Weed · CA, USA
Flashing light rose out of eastern sky hiding in constellation, second flashing light replaced it at 3:30am.
Monterey · CA, USA
Ball lightning in California, time gateway, heavenly orb.
Martinez · CA, USA
Bright lights moving.
Temecula · CA, USA
Green light over West Coast.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
A pair of bright white lighted craft. Floats, zig zags, stables and vanishes hours later.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Fireball fell from the sky and moments later four objects appeared.
Granada Hills · CA, USA
Large bright blue & red light S of Granada Hills, over 118 fwy. Suddenly turns W, leaving a thick trail of light. ((anonymous report))
Alhambra · CA, USA
Red light hovering in Alhambra.
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright flash moving across sky, not a shooting star. ((NUFORC Note: Tumbling booster?? PD))
Santa rosa · CA, USA
It looked like a fireball. ((anonymous report))
San Gabriel · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Space crafts seen circling my backyard. They seemed friendly in manner and did not mean any harm. ((anonymous report))
Rosamond · CA, USA
A large spherical object, orange, extremely bright, lasting less than a second.
La Habra · CA, USA
I saw what I originally thought was either a star or a satellite following not too far behind a jet that was traveling south to north o
Van Nuys · CA, USA
Just got home and start unloading my vehicle and on my second trip facing southwest and I look up to see an object in the sky that was
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright flash spotted again.
Fairfield · CA, USA
Coming down from Mt. Shasta to Fairfield seen triangle craft over Travis afb just hovering no sound one big light in center
Green Valley Lake · CA, USA
Blue object(s) in daytime cloud formation in San Bernardino Mountains.
Covina · CA, USA
On the dark side of the Moon, I see an object appear.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Last night i was driving west on central ave and saw what i thought to be a large half of moon until it changed shape and i saw two.
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
Red light over Sherman Oaks, CA.