UFO Sightings in Arizona
4,660 UFO sightings reported in Arizona since 1946, peaking in 2014 (302 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,660
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (302 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (302 reports)
Top cities in Arizona
Phoenix
1959–2022 · peak 1997 (46 reports)
Tucson
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (36 reports)
Mesa
1978–2022 · peak 2015 (20 reports)
Scottsdale
1969–2022 · peak 2014 (15 reports)
Chandler
1995–2021 · peak 2000 (21 reports)
Gilbert
1995–2021 · peak 2000 (40 reports)
Tempe
1968–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Glendale
1966–2022 · peak 2015 (11 reports)
Sedona
1989–2021 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Lake Havasu City
1968–2022 · peak 2011 (11 reports)
Surprise
1998–2021 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Peoria
1985–2022 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Yuma
1982–2022 · peak 2010 (7 reports)
Maricopa
1975–2020 · peak 2014 (12 reports)
Buckeye
1997–2022 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Flagstaff
1966–2021 · peak 1999 (7 reports)
Prescott Valley
1995–2020 · peak 2000 (14 reports)
Kingman
1953–2021 · peak 2016 (7 reports)
Apache Junction
1986–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Prescott
1993–2021 · peak 1997 (6 reports)
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
I saw what appeared to be a star that blew up and faded away in seconds
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Two lights traveling at irrational speeds, sometimes seeming to not move at all.
Safford & Duncan (between) · AZ, USA
Several lights appearing in spherical shape above ground between Safford, AZ & Duncan, AZ 20:15
Mesa · AZ, USA
All electronics died when aircraft was seen directly above myself.
Tucson · AZ, USA
UFO seen over Tucson, AZ in air quality webcam photo on 2008-02-14 at 12:42:12 MST. ((NUFORC Note: Cloud; not a UFO. PD))
Tucson · AZ, USA
This shape reminded me of the Phoenix lights because it was a Triangle.
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
Two orange glowing objects, high altitude perfect formation.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
unkown lights
Green Valley · AZ, USA
Live Green valley. Saw craft over the hills to the East far off in the distance. Craft appeard to remain very stationary, or or times t
Green Valley · AZ, USA
Triiangular object seen over Green Valley, AZ 2/26/08
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Glowing, amber oval, traveling at 20-30k feet, 1200-1400 mph at 9pm AZ time. Did anyone else see this?
Safford · AZ, USA
"T" shaped red object formation
Quatzsite · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) lights lit up in sky 3-4 times shooting off to the south in quartzsite city area........................
Phoenix · AZ, USA
A blinking red, green, and blue oval shone a light on the earth and circled the moon!!!
Yuma (east of) · AZ, USA
Bright object in sky disappears and reappears. Seems to also emit smaller objects.
Quartzsite · AZ, USA
Bright Light, looked like Jupiter but too yellow, dimmed as it slowly moved South
Phoenix · AZ, USA
A floating platform was seen among the clouds while walking downtown.
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
Object not seen by the naked eye, but captured by digital camera. ((NUFORC Note: Bird in flight. PD))
Glendale · AZ, USA
Hoovering red light in the north sky near Phoenix, AZ
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Bright light moved moderate speed stoped and went oppsite direction
Beaver Dam · AZ, USA
6 bright lights near Mesquite Nv.
Window Rock · AZ, USA
Blue oval shaped light with tail above Window Rock traveling east to west.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Last night I went out to see if I could spot the comet. Instead I noticed that there was a “star” that seemed to be moving. It would
Yuma · AZ, USA
Driving west on I-8, looking north noticed unusual white object, very white. ((NUFORC Note: Possible high-altitude balloon?? PD))
Springerville · AZ, USA
Very much like an ordinary star, except that it moved quickly and erratically in the vicinity of a stationary "star"