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)
Mesa · AZ, USA
"V" shaped object seen in Mesa, AZ 11/30/04 6:00pm
Tucson · AZ, USA
Tucson Mysterious Streaks of Light
Chandler · AZ, USA
High altitude red star like light stationary of 5-10 minutes vanished without moving away.
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Strange fast moving strobe lights across the Phoenix and East Valley skies.
Prescott (southwest of) · AZ, USA
Bright orange hued lights that pulsed, faded, disappeared, reappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Possible celestial bodies?? PD))
Sedona · AZ, USA
BALL OF LIGHT MOVED AROUND IN THE SKY, THEN DISAPPEARED BEHIND MOUNTAINS.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
8 light formation traveling straight up South of Phoenix
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright Red Light
Chandler · AZ, USA
A fireball shooting across the sky
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Amber lights over Northwest Phoenix
Tucson · AZ, USA
My daughter in law was shooting a picture of my granddaughter in a pumpkin patch on October 24, 2004 in Tucson, AZ. Last night, when th
Fountain Hills · AZ, USA
I was out and about walking my dog when all the sudden this triangle in the sky was up really high and id never seen any airplane shape
Casa Grande · AZ, USA
Saw a UFO at 10,000 feet 2 Miles south of I-8 & I-10 near Casa Grande, Arizona.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Red cirlular object over the sky in Glendale,Arizona, October 30, 2004.
Phoenix (south of) · AZ, USA
Three white light and on small light
Glendale · AZ, USA
Silent black tear-drop shaped craft going above mach speed.
Glendale · AZ, USA
I wasn't going to fill out a report at all but I have had 2 sightings of 2 different objects in 3 days! I was outside working at about
South Phoenix · AZ, USA
Amber lights appearing over South Mountain repeatedly.
Tucson · AZ, USA
BRIGHT ORANGE/YELLOW OBJECT FILMED AT SUNSET IN WESTERN SKY
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Daylight sighting of a large spherical object on 9/17/04 hovering for more than three hours over northeast Scottsdale, AZ. ((Balloon))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
DAYLIGHT SIGHTING OF SPHERE IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Dugas · AZ, USA
flashing square-shaped motionless light in night sky
Prescott/Prescott Valley · AZ, USA
4 equidistant unexplainable lights/spheres over Prescott Valley, AZ
Chandler · AZ, USA
I saw the low flying aircraft about 200 yards away flying at almost ground level and it had three filtered lights under the craft.
Prescott · AZ, USA
Three lights in western sky over northern AZ