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)
Tucson · AZ, USA
Huge, Brilliant White Light (Triangular) Craft seen in Tucson, AZ
Litchfield Park · AZ, USA
6-8 orange balls of light floating in revered J pattern
Tucson · AZ, USA
caught sight of the trail of lights ((Starlink satellites??))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Over 50 UFO's Travel Across Northern Phoenix, AZ Skys Right Above Me. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
7 round steady bright lights moving from NW to SW at very high speed ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
phoenix · AZ, USA
30 lights in a perfect line heading from nne sky to sse horizon over phx. az. at 6;15 am on 12/12/2019
Phoenix · AZ, USA
30 star like objects traveling in line. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
Chandler · AZ, USA
Well I heard a rumbling sound outside and then when I went outside I looked up into the sky and saw a jet chasing a circle orb it was y
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Strange shaped craft
Anthem · AZ, USA
Bright round light in the Northern sky shortly after sunset. It was heading slightly downward and diagonally at a slow velocity; too sl
Willcox · AZ, USA
We observered star type lights moving from East to west. They appeared to be in a formation pattern traveling at the same speed. Ther
Red Rock · AZ, USA
4 big orange orbs in straight line then vanish in 4. 3. 2. 1 sequence.
Quijota · AZ, USA
Unusual sighting on Highway 86 on Tohono O’oodham Nation in Arizona.
Laveen · AZ, USA
I was sitting at my kitchen table and I saw a saucer with blue lights, ran outside, it was cruising low and slow from South Mountain tr
Mesa · AZ, USA
I was travelling on Loop 202 Beeline Highway heading West . Coming from the South were two perfectly round dull green lights on opposit
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright lights hovering
Valle · AZ, USA
Line of at least 14 lights traveling east in a single line. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
Roosevelt lake · AZ, USA
I saw what appeared as lights moving in a straight line on a NNE flight pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
South Phoenix/Picacho Peak · AZ, USA
We watched about 20 star/satellite type lights moving from West to East while camping. ((Starlink satellites?))
Bisbee · AZ, USA
Saw these objects while looking at a mountain in mex. from our front yard
Phoenix · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 159
Florence · AZ, USA
New Year's Eve leaving from a friend's house who lives in a remote area in Florence Arizona notice the green light hovering in the sky
Williamson Valley · AZ, USA
I have been noticing an round orange object hovering North of Williamson Valley Arizona for months now. It slowly drifts south then nor
Buckeye · AZ, USA
I seen a huge triangle appear out of no where, with three orbs total, one on each point of the triangle. They appeared to be orange in
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Dark saucer with very bright multicolored lights that was flying close to a commercial plane shot across the sky in a half circular pat