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)
Sedona · AZ, USA
2 "stars", wobbling & dancing in unison, separated, but 1 above the other. Also alternately brightening & dimming. 1 object would dim "
West Phoenix · AZ, USA
Leaving my house this morning, I spotted two spherical objects following an America West airliner.
Phoenix (north of) · AZ, USA
Adding to prev. report
Clarkdale · AZ, USA
my girlfriend and I had returned from dinner and were preparing to retire. we had been looking casually at the sky out the bedroom win
Deer Valley Airport-Phoenix (North of) · AZ, USA
Bright green ball with changes in direction, long tail
Chloride · AZ, USA
On Saturday February 27, at appoximatly 21:30 hrs I witnessed two star like objects in the eastren sky.
Chino Valley · AZ, USA
i was out side having a smoke and it was a clear night so i looked up at the stars and just happen to see above me 2 bright lights that
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Dark triangular shape against the darking sky. The object had great speed and no sound or light was evident.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Object appeared from behind mesa, ascended at about a 70 degree angle, taking maybe a minute to ascend 8-10,000 ft, passing into cloud.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
While working security I seen a object enter earths atmosphere, then glide over mountains east of Phoenix.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
strange light moving at high speed
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I saw a green fireball in the sky and there was definitely an aircraft behind the ball of light.
Quartsite/Phoenix · AZ, USA
Me and my boyfriend were on our way to California on I-10. I saw a bright light, bluish in tone and told my boyfriend to look. It proce
Phoenix · AZ, USA
three sphere shaped lights in a trianlge formation above camleback mt.
Grand Canyon · AZ, USA
a friend and I were waiting for the sunset at the far west observing area when I watched a stingray shaped craft cruise in from the sou
Fountain Hills · AZ, USA
We saw a spherical, metallic object in the west. Moving extremely fast to the west. No way to determine the size of the craft as we d
Phoenix · AZ, USA
very high in sky, cross shaped object with white light on corners. there and then gone.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Large yellow orange fireball gliding across the sky ejected a small fireball straight down beneath it.
Kingman · AZ, USA
Large bright circular light
Chandler · AZ, USA
Brief what appeared to be a shooting star, Bright green in color, and very close, and very brief.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Bright blue-white flash on or near the northern horizon. It flared up and then was gone.
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
Flash on moon
Goodyear · AZ, USA
I was at the window when I saw a yellow bright light then I called my mom and we stood there watching the strange light.Then a helico
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Observed a varying number of very bright, stationary lights to the south of Phoenix. Most of the time there was one very bright, orange
Surprise · AZ, USA
Formation of stationary lights - most turning on and off and VERY similar to the infamous March 13 Phoenix sightings