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)
Peoria · AZ, USA
Moved quickly in sky, was NOT a plane as it changed directions several times, red/white lights
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Large white saucer-type aircraft spotted hovering in the late evening Phoenix sky for several minutes & then disappeared
Phoenix · AZ, USA
wake up to object in the sky
Phoenix · AZ, USA
possible sighting in Phoenix
Grand Canyon · AZ, USA
Bright object with shadow visible, filmed for 25 sec. in the grand canyon, during the afternoon.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Strange object in the night sky
Litchfield Park · AZ, USA
to dark to see color.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Sphere shaped object hovering low in sky
Mesa · AZ, USA
White light falling from the sky.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Friday at around 4:30 pm I saw a dark blue sphere shaped object that flew from the northwest to southeast in under 10 seconds.
Picture Rocks · AZ, USA
5 Yellow(ish) lights SW over Silverbell Mountains (moving/hovering)
Tempe · AZ, USA
BRIGHT light falling, hour later light leaving south
Maricopa · AZ, USA
I was driving back to work after lunch and saw an object in the sky. It was white on the top and grey color on the bottom. It was like
Superior · AZ, USA
Sighting of craft in night sky twice in Arizona
Wickenburg · AZ, USA
observed an orange disc shaped object pointed at an angle to the ground, my brother was asking me what direction it was pointed and wha
Wickenburg · AZ, USA
this object was disc shaped and appeared to be turning while syaying in the same spot. It was orange and appeared to be sending beams o
Tucson · AZ, USA
Silver balls in the sky AZ
Tucson · AZ, USA
The object moved in a unexpectable speed from east to west and dissapeaers in completely blue sky.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
I looked up and saw an object that looked like a star-almost as bright as venus...this was too big and bright to be a satellite.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright fireball in the sky that would drop other fireballs 2-3 times and then it disappeared.
Bullhead · AZ, USA
It was dusk it all lasted about 20 min the object split into two.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Lemon-shaped UFO, covered with rows of lights, bigger than a helicopter, bigger than a bus.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Eggshape In the Night Sky
Mesa · AZ, USA
I saw for a 2nd time a cigar or oval object that seems to flip and bobel as it's flying changing form from oval to doubled winged shap
Avondale · AZ, USA
We were driving west on Buckey road crossing the Agua Fria River. Noticed a chevron shaped formation of 3 amber bright lights. The ch