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)
Wittmann · AZ, USA
A sudden flash of fire light came out of the clear sky, then the object came closer befor disapearing.
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
smal amber light to the north north east part of flagstaff
Winslow · AZ, USA
Silent average-looking airplane hovers over Leupp exit butte on I-40 for 15-30 mins, hundreds of witnesses.
Quartzite · AZ, USA
driving home on I-10 west from Phoenix notice this strange triangular shape of lights gently take off from desert floor it had big ligh
Arizona?? · AZ, USA
TV photos of cigar shaped craft sighted on 10/5/2002. Note data on photos.
none · AZ, USA
Unknown object appears in background of photo.
Prescott · AZ, USA
Large cluster of black baloons tehered together at 1500 ft heading SW
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Photo of UFO in Phoenix Arizona,
Wittmann · AZ, USA
Bright light falls from sky
Chandler · AZ, USA
The object appeared to be a dimmly illuminated flying wing approximately diamond shaped with squared off wing tips.
Crossing California into Arizona · AZ, USA
Huge round fireball heading straight toward the ground at great speed with orange yellow streak trial stopping before it hit the ground
Oracle · AZ, USA
Disc (100 ft diameter) came out of cloud-hovered at altitude of 200 feet for 10 minutes. -15 people witness siting.
Mesa · AZ, USA
At about 10 PM I witnessed several small circles of light moving around in the sky, (South West.) I immdediatly got some friends who li
Sedona · AZ, USA
I was driving into Sedona to work on route 179 at approximately 7:45am. Shortly before the Villlage of Oak Creek my 10 year old son wh
Glendale · AZ, USA
PHOENIX TRIANGLE U.F.O SPOTTED AGAIN- SEP/ 14/ 2002 AT 12:05 AM
Lake Pleasent State Park · AZ, USA
Blue, star sized, lights that zigzag across the sky from horizon to horizon their jerky motions could not be natural.
Kingman · AZ, USA
light trail continued to glow 15 minutes after the object disappeared
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
First a beacon of light like Venus then fading as if through clouds and then a cone of light remaining for many minutes
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Bubble with stationary beam shining into it, lightning bolt coming out of the bottom.
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Have you seen this?
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Three witnesses observe peculiar, maneuvering object, which emits sparks below it.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Observed a dark, oblong craft fly over Mesa, AZ approx. 5 minutes after watching Air Force One pass by.
Tucson (nearest town) · AZ, USA
Stationary white star-like light took off at high speed and disappeared when we looked, strange flash above, ground shaking.
Mexican Water · AZ, USA
One night I was sitting outside with my baby girl, hoping to see a falling star. We were just sitting in our lounge chair looking up i
Arizona · AZ, USA
triangular craft with white lights at front and smaller blue or green lights at rear.