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)
Litchfield Park · AZ, USA
Amber lights near Luke AFB
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Two Boomerang or V shaped crafts with green lights over Gilbert, Arizona
Chandler · AZ, USA
Response to orange balls of light seen: I've seen them since 2004
Chiricahua National Monument · AZ, USA
Anomalous object photographed and not noticed until closer examination. ((NUFORC Note: Image due to camera flaw. PD))
Dragoon · AZ, USA
Seeing a Group of shiny UFO's while a Military plane "flies low"
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright white light - brighter than North Star, no visible blinks or flicker - moved directly UP/out of the atmosphere, and fast.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Cone shaped craft with fire and smoke trail in Phoenix sky.
Ajo · AZ, USA
I WAS SCANNING THE SKY WITH MY BINOCULARS WHEN I NOTICED AN ORANGE/YELLOW DISCK MOVING FROM NW TO SW, IT WAS BRIGHTER THAN A SATTELITE,
Glendale · AZ, USA
I saw a round object moving across the sky after dark heading east from Glendale,Az towards Phoenix. It was just getting dark and it se
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
What looked like a bright orange star over the lake, as we gazed at it, it totally disappeared right before our eyes, like it knew we s
Tucson · AZ, USA
bright object in the western sky, traveling north to south, with fan like trail.
Peoria · AZ, USA
Slow moving bright white light emitting particles
Surprise · AZ, USA
Comet like light seen in the western sky near Surprise, Arizona
Camp Verde · AZ, USA
Object sighted in Yavapai County, could be damaged craft.
Chandler · AZ, USA
((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD)) Glowing trail of orange-white light low in the sky accompanied by super-bright, blue-white light.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Bright Fireball streaking across sky West of the city of Maricopa
Cornville · AZ, USA
Bright white light emitting circular beam fills horizon over Mingus mountains
Phoenix · AZ, USA
the boject had a large bright tale like a comet then it turned off like a light it was huge thousands of people had to see it
Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
Extremely bright glowing orange ball of light with some sort of dim object obove it, possibly a reflection on a larger surface
St. Michaels · AZ, USA
Multiple Lights Appear in the Morning Sky, Persist For At Least 40 Minutes
Tucson (Catalina Mountains) · AZ, USA
PLEASE NOTE: ANYTIME SOMEONE REPORTS STRANGE LIGHTS OVER THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS, I CAN ATTEST TO 99.9% SURETY THAT THOSE LIGHTS ARE ATT
Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
At 2:10 AM i was in my back yard and saw an orange glow through my neighbors trees. It was going up (or approaching from the distance)
Overgaard · AZ, USA
Brilliant white sphere instantly appearing in night skies over Heber-Overgaard, Arizona
Tucson · AZ, USA
Brilliant light over the Catalinas
Mesa · AZ, USA
star takes off!