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)
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
Red and blue over Superstition Mountain
Heber · AZ, USA
Bright large cigar shaped UFO in plain view for several minutes.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
17 stationary and slow moving starlike objects emitting brilliant rainbow lights
Sedona · AZ, USA
A black triangle was seen flying over Sedona, AZ the evening of July 5, 2003 by six eyewitnesses
Arizona (rural) · AZ, USA
Saw a saucer after a plan spining w/ lights and other events followed.
Zion National Park · AZ, USA
A friend while on vacation shot some photos of scenery when the film was developed there was a craft on the film. I took it home and l
Arizona (rural) · AZ, USA
UFO on the ground in the Southwest US. ((NUFORC Note: Turns out to be a bizarre structure on ground. PD))
Phoenix (area) · AZ, USA
Orange fireball over Phoenix area
Mormon Lake · AZ, USA
A large triangle flying at high altitude
Tucson · AZ, USA
very large and slow moving
Meteor Crater · AZ, USA
It looked like a brown upside down spoon.
Yuma (outside of) · AZ, USA
Several hovering globes of yellow/orange light in the sky outside of Yuma, AZ
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I am a security officer assigned to a sensitive area which I will not disclose. The sighting was from this location, but not at this lo
Avondale · AZ, USA
Strange zig-zagging object traveling from S.W. to N.E.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Three lit objects moving about on I-10 in Phoenix, AZ
Mesa · AZ, USA
slow low white flying cigar shaped ufo over east mesa.
Sun City West · AZ, USA
White light moves erratically through Arizona night sky
Kingman · AZ, USA
the object moved at speed from one place to enother
Prescott · AZ, USA
It moved about a mile or less out into the desert and stoped, then I could see the ground light up beneath it for a moment and then it
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I was driving west on Broadway Rd. When I noticed a shiny small dot in the sky. It was in the direction towards Sky Harbor Airport. The
Quartzsite · AZ, USA
Grey basketball tracking me from the front!
Arizona City · AZ, USA
On May 1, 2003 at approximately 2303 hours, in the northwest sky, I noticed what appeared to be a slow moving egg shaped star. It was m
Kayenta · AZ, USA
Seeing a light over Black Mesa.
Sacaton · AZ, USA
Tearshape - flying with the bulb end first, smooth grey/white in color about 3 feet long.
Highway 64 · AZ, USA
I was driving a couple of friends back from the Grand Canyon on highway 64 at about 7 pm in the evening. This was May of 2003. My p