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
Three round bright lights in triangle formation near Northern Slopes Foothills North.
Safford · AZ, USA
Antigravity flying sphere
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Star like UFO seen by hospital security flying around Boeing 737 in Phoenix Arizona.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Mother Ship/ Appeared as a Star. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star sighting, we believe, given the duration of the event. PD))
Show Low (rural) · AZ, USA
UFO Crash - 1996 - Apache County, AZ
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Man witnesses a large, bright white "ball of light" pass overhead very fast. Not a satellite, he thought.
Show Low · AZ, USA
Bright lights and no sound
Payson (Woods Canyon Lake) · AZ, USA
How can there be a bright light and no body has seen it, and why did I fall back to sleep so quickly.
Tempe · AZ, USA
Huge pearl-like object over South Mountain
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Two large mother ships first witnessed merging together, and then observed silently passing over the northern edge of town.
Superior · AZ, USA
I Turned Around And Said "Look Look!" And There Were 5-8 Amber Orbs Of Light Slightly At A Slant, Floating But There Wasn't A
Why · AZ, USA
Approx. 10-15 clusters of boomerang shaped lights
Cortero · AZ, USA
Woman & son gardening see blindingly bright metallic disc in sky. Moves from W to E of them, rises vert. Very visible; NOT an a/c.
Tempe · AZ, USA
Man sees two bright lights moving very strangely. "Too slow to be meteorite, too fast to be satellite."
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Woman sees shiny, cigar-shaped obj. hovering in E cloudless sky. VERY bright; hurt eyes. Obj. suddenly turned gray, disappeared.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Man sees "very bright white light, with a trail of light," streak across sky to NW. Bigger than star, distinctly circular in shape.
Casa Grande · AZ, USA
MUFON UFO investigator relays report: man witnessed white sphere of light streaking from NW to SE over Casa Grande.
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Pilot repts. witnessing a "red object," which faded, began moving E, stopped, then moved S. Suddenly disappeared w/ a flash of light.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
4 adults see 4 lights move erratically for 35 min. Then 5 silent boomerang ships w/ glowing silver underbellies fly by in V formation!
Snowflake · AZ, USA
Seattle UFO investigator relays report from her mother in Snowflake, AZ
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Young man and his mother were witness to approximately 4 objects overhead in a formation.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Serious-minded woman calls to report vivid vision of "aliens" during prior night. Awakes in a.m. w/ several bizarre phy. anomalies.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Woman sees bright light in daytime sky. Was "oriented vert," and was moving E to W, then to SW. Moved fast. Saw 2nd light.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Man, neighbor, 6 kids witnessed first three bright objs. in twilight sky, then two others streaked up to 1st 3. Not stars or planets.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Man (pilot) & woman witness stationary bright obj. w/ strobe lights in NE sky. Regular strobing pattern. FAA radar negative.