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)
Roosevelt lake · AZ, USA
Appeared too be a long chain of lights that looked like a long belt of glow. ((NUFORC Note: Cluster of "Starlink" satellites. PD))
5 miles of J six highway 10 · AZ, USA
A bunch of Lights getting into a perfect straight line.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Solid bright red light (thought it was a small plane) moving SE the speed of small plane from above North Scottsdale. Red glow turned t
Bullhead City · AZ, USA
Three (3) unknown speeding craft(s).
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
Preparing my smoker in my back yard and a neon green light caught my eye towards the south moving west to east. Best way to describe wo
Glendale · AZ, USA
My sister and I were in our backyard watching the stars and also waiting for the meteor shower. I was telling her a story when all of a
Benson · AZ, USA
Sitting in hot tub and witnessed a round object with proportionally spaced white lights go by between 500 to 1000 feet. No sound. Looke
Fort McDowell looking toward Phoenix · AZ, USA
1-4 Bright orange hovering lights fading in and out, while staying in the same location over Phoenix.
mohave valley · AZ, USA
large orb neon fireier green
Pinetop · AZ, USA
Over 100 ufo’s traveling along the same flight path in the early morning hours of 11-23-19. .
Bouse · AZ, USA
((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
East mesa · AZ, USA
A fleet of 50 u.f.o.s. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Tucson · AZ, USA
11/23/19 5:40-6am, 56 lights in a row heading north through western part of sky. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Train of lights crosses big dipper 6 AM Arizona Time ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Tucson · AZ, USA
30 plus formation over NW tucson at 6am. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Glendale · AZ, USA
There were a line of lights floating not very fast, some closer together than others from southwest heading northeast.
Tuscan · AZ, USA
There was a perfect line going from SW-S to NE-E 195-210 to 60 on a compass ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Mesa · AZ, USA
String moving satellite like dots in sky above Mesa, AZ. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
3 lights above McDowell mountains, changing colors rapidly.
Show Low · AZ, USA
Bright round light shooting toward land.
AZ · USA
A green round light falling to earth
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Vertical line of lights quickly changed into one light
Buckeye · AZ, USA
About 2:20pm 2 F-35 crossed above my house. There was a small cloud and the craft came out of the cloud behind the F-35s stopped and al
Clarksdale · AZ, USA
Two white UFO discs with rounded central tops seen in a photo only after reveiwing the picture under enlargement.
Tempe · AZ, USA
4 lights in formation over Tempe appear while driving