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)
Maricopa · AZ, USA
watched lights for 20 minutes in the desert.
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Bright reddish-orange light southeast of the city phased on and off in an inconsistent north-to-south-to-north again pattern.
Avondale · AZ, USA
A bright light , on a sunny day, suddenly appeared at about 45 degrees from the horizon headed west and suddenly vanished.
Anthem · AZ, USA
Phoenix/Anthem AZ Lights March 25, 2004.
California · AZ, USA
all four of my friends saw a saucer like object and it was about four houses long and moving very slow.
Tucson · AZ, USA
We were taking pictures of the moon as there was a large white circle around it, and we tried to get that on film. We had never seen a
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
5 ships move from n.east to the south. All ships of disk shape.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Gold hub cap-like shape that bobbed along rather unsteadily.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Large luminous object appearing easterly from Phoenix, appears stationary.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
lights similar to phoenix lights only turn on faster
Why/Tracy · AZ, USA
My sons and I observed four bright, winking lights in the sky in a diagonal fashion in southern Arizona.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
6 cicular lights were in the sky then dissapeared.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
The object was a silver craft and vanished without a trace in a clear blue sky.
Quartzite · AZ, USA
large circular craftlike" outline "of a black smokelike substance, in the sky.(Many times larger than a plane)
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
There was an object fireball/light
Tucson · AZ, USA
Circlular rotating lighted low flying craft west of Ina at Silverbell Rd, object moved slowly then instantly disappeared.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Horizonal group of five lights
Pinal County · AZ, USA
Amber-colored lights in the sky over Arizona, which disappeared instantaneously.
Seligman (near) · AZ, USA
Cigar Shaped objects east of Seligman, AZ on I40 East
Seligman (40 mi east of) · AZ, USA
Mysterious red lights hover at great speeds and preform unheardof manuvers over mt. range in northern Arizona.
Arivaca · AZ, USA
high traffic area in Arivaca, S.E. Arizona numerous sightings of up to six objects at a time and low altitude chase
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Large bright white light over downtown Phoenix
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Erractic pinpoint of light observed in the night skies of greater Phoenix.
Quartzite · AZ, USA
Off-white light moving in the sky, then stopped, a smaller light fell to the ground from the main object and the main object left.
Mesa · AZ, USA
I WAS SITTING ON THE STEPS OF MY APARTMENT WHEN I OBSERVED A BLACK CIGAR SHAPED OBJECT TRAVLING