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)
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
Multiple orbs crossing sky at the same speed never passing one another. ((Starlink satellites?))
Litchfield Park · AZ, USA
Fleet of moving stars. ((Starlink satellites?))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
They seemed to be on a mission. ((Starlink satellites?))
Payson · AZ, USA
Cigar shaped object disappears over Payson AZ
Page · AZ, USA
15-20 lights appearing 1-3 minutes apart and moving in same direction as the one before. ((Starlink satellites?))
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Object with two lights on each far end that would stay in perfect sync and appear horizonal one minute then vertical within seconds
Yuma · AZ, USA
Bright flash of light in sky followed by 2 objects traveling in different directions.
Sun City · AZ, USA
On Apr25 2020 at approximately 20:00 I went outside my house as it was a beautiful evening I had my cell phone with me. I may have been
Tucson · AZ, USA
While letting out dog out my wife came to get me about a strange light in the sky. I went to our backyard and in the southern sky was a
Mesa · AZ, USA
Faint light moving south to north, western sky about 4:30am 25th april could have been satellite.
Quratsite · AZ, USA
Flashing lghts inconsistent string blink bright to dim wavy flight patern ((Starlink satellites?))
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
flew from East to West in straight line, flat circular object with dim white lights around edges. Seem to become brighter and then va
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
Unidentified balls of light flying over Queen Creek, AZ that were not meteorites or planes.
Tonopah · AZ, USA
Lights Observed Over Nuclear Generating Station
Chandler · AZ, USA
2 blue spinning orb like objects (with a nucleus) moving across sky.
Kingman · AZ, USA
3 orange colored round lights following each other up into the sky from the west. ((anonymous))
Glendale · AZ, USA
Flashing white lights, aligning them moving 2 side by side and following the other flashing line of lights.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Approximately at nine o'clock pm, we were travelling east on Oraibi and saw a two blinking, white lights side by side. My mom and I pul
Grand Canyon Village · AZ, USA
Grand canyon object changing light formations over Supai.
Eloy · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) I seen a massive craft in the sky that flashed a greenish light off of it and then a horn noise went off
Laveen · AZ, USA
Bright white (hot) light appeared in the sky, hovers, falls and drifts. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Chandler · AZ, USA
Fast moving blue flame looking thing warped through AZ sky.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
At 10:25 I looked up to the north while seated in my back yard. I saw a cloud white oval moving west to east at a speed similar to a p
Phoenix · AZ, USA
See above
Show Low · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 74