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
A bright steadily flashing light traveled across the dark sky then turned its direction toward me and hovered about 25' in front of me
Sierra Vista · AZ, USA
Round bright object chase.
Colorado River Highway · AZ, USA
ARIZONA DESERT HWY, JULY (4) weekend. WE were camping all week-end at a dry riverbed in the COLORADO RIVER. GOIN HOME, WE LEFT CAMP
Tucson · AZ, USA
just after midnight ,craft travling about 45 mph,at 100ft from north to south on the west side of the waste dumps at pima mine 30 mile
Cottonwood (30 min.west of Sedona) · AZ, USA
My family and I were sitting on our front porch, faceing west about 10:30 p.m. As dusk was turning to night we abserved a bright light
Interstate 40 · AZ, USA
circular light followed my car..appeared within seconds beside my car (passenger side), then re-appeared in rearview mirror.
Alpine · AZ, USA
During a clear autumn evening near Alpine, Arizona, in October 1969, a witness watched a disk-shaped object perform striking aerial maneuvers at high speed and brightness for about five minutes.
Unknown · AZ, USA
Witnesses in Arizona described a glowing yellow-gold object fifty to one hundred yards across hovering overhead in August 1969, behaving as if attempting to communicate, for one to three minutes.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
my brother, several neighbors and I were playing outside when we all noticed a fast light streak really high up on the sky, near the s
Payson · AZ, USA
The disc illuminated bright lemon yellow light through it's large square windows, moving slowly and beeping intermitingly
Tempe · AZ, USA
A witness in Tempe, Arizona reported multiple objects arranged in a triangular formation during the late 1960s, with this sighting logged in July 1968 and lasting about two minutes.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
bright light, missing time
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
A witness in Lake Havasu City, Arizona reported a silent, chrome-colored cigar-shaped object hovering directly in front of them in June 1968 before it vanished instantly, within fifteen seconds.
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
It was dusk and still very warm, so my family and I went out on our porch to cool off. The porch faced west toward Mingus Mountain, we
Tucson · AZ, USA
driving home from old tucson w/ parents looked out window(night)to left saw a round shape with dif. colored lites around come up above
Highway · AZ, USA
A witness reported a circular object over a highway somewhere between Utah and Southern California, in a sighting lasting about 30 minutes in 1967, filed years after the event.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Witnesses in Glendale, Arizona, reported a silent white spherical light that appeared around 11 p.m., approached to within about a foot of a witness's face, then flew off, in June 1967.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Since my father's station at Luke A.F.B. ~1965-1967, I have often wondered about my unexplainable experience one evening while walking
AZ · USA
Driving late at night in the middle of the desert, I stopped and watched a spaceship hovering close enough to see windows circling it
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
Near Flagstaff, Arizona on January 1, 1966, a witness reported two black disk-shaped objects flying over a nearby mountain, followed by a single-engine plane, over about ten minutes.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Early 60's Triangle Craft
Tucson · AZ, USA
Large blimp like object 1960's
Tucson · AZ, USA
Witnesses in Tucson, Arizona described a triangular object flying south at roughly 100 feet altitude and 10 to 25 mph, moving in formation like geese, over about 10 minutes in April 1963.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Lights only, no sound, moving across the night sky, then making a series of perfect right angle turns, like plowing a field.
Globe · AZ, USA
Rectangular shape consisting of what resembled plumbing joints connecting the four sides together hovered above us and shot straight up