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)
Nutrioso · AZ, USA
Bright, yellow/white, apparently spherical, object in Western sky as sun was setting - weather balloon? No movement obvious.
Heber · AZ, USA
Very bright white circular object between in Heber Arizona
Winslow · AZ, USA
Bright light in Arizona sky - took some photos.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Golden triangular object reshaping into golden half moon or dome before disappearing.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Silver Metalic object with strong pulsating light.
Page · AZ, USA
Fast moving, large red crescent object
Hawley Lake · AZ, USA
Me and a friend of mine went camping in hawley lake arizona which is apache reservation.My friend and i were on our last day at the lak
Seligman · AZ, USA
bar shape bright silver no markings moved slowly horizontally and suddenly vanished
Naco (Mexico) · AZ, USA
UFO over Naco AZ/MX
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
AROUND 8:00 pm WE WERE SITTING OUTSIDE AND SAW 3 LIGHTS IN A ROW TOGETHER THAT STAYED IN ONE LOCATION OVER THE ROOFS OF HOMES IN THE DI
Chandler · AZ, USA
Hard to see with the moving of the camera, but the object seemed to be moving at a slow speed. Has a dark spot in the middle.
Tempe · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) Large triangle shaped object with several lights on the bottom flew over tempe
Tempe · AZ, USA
saw a small blinking cloudlike object fly directly overhead from my backyard at night.
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
bright white light
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
This is a response to the incident that took place in Cottonwood,Az on 08/02/07.The news channel did report on the 9pm segment of this
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
Something fell from the sky in north of phoenix, lots of 911 calls
Arizona City · AZ, USA
Triangle UFO with orange lights seen over Arizona City twice in one day.
Arivaca · AZ, USA
Colorful craft, orbs, strobe beacons in Arivaca
Prescott National Forest · AZ, USA
A rectangular - diamond shaped object with a tail, similar looking to a kite.
Tucson · AZ, USA
small Sesna size orange glowing orb traveling fast
Bullhead City · AZ, USA
Smoke trails from object in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Nothing · AZ, USA
It was late at night on US 93 (Joshua forest Parkway) between US93 and US 97 junction and 15 miles south of Nothing,az before the road
Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
2 orbs of fire that kept disappearing and reappearing
Payson · AZ, USA
((HOAX)) a small object that flew by and vanished
Arivaca · AZ, USA
On the 20th we observed three objects enter the atmosphere headed in a northerly direction.