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)
Phoenix · AZ, USA
A blue streak/hazey to the southwestern side. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Peoria · AZ, USA
Very bright in the sky through clouds glowing haze around it hard to make out. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Bright light appeared through what seemed to be fog on a clear night. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Radiating Clouds. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Buckeye · AZ, USA
Strange blue light above the western horizon lasting 45 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
AZ · USA
What looked like a portal opened up over central AZ rt know. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
Giant light lit up sky and dimmed away. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Peoria · AZ, USA
Round bright white light with large aura/haze surrounding the light completely. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bluish-green plume of smoke or exhaust then gone.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright single white light seen for 2 minutes in West Phoenix. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Bullhead City · AZ, USA
Highly visible diffuse blue light with obvious darker blue spectra. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Tucson · AZ, USA
Bright white light spot lighting up a cloudy area turned to green lighting cloud. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Tucson · AZ, USA
Large light approaches/retreats silently. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Green Valley · AZ, USA
Gigantic, glowing, sphere of light. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Huge extremely bright rays of blue turquoise colored lights that changed pattern. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Lake Havasu · AZ, USA
A missile shaped object came out of no where. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
BRIGHT FLASH IN SKY NORTH OF GILA BEND JUST EAST OF THE 85 NORTH. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Chandler · AZ, USA
Unidentified craft with possible military escort. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Kingman (45 mi. E; I-40) · AZ, USA
I took pictures if you want them.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Old photos from about 6 months ago. ((NUFORC Note: Photo of missile launch from U. S. Navy submarine. PD))
Coolidge · AZ, USA
White light fading to blue. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Pearce · AZ, USA
It was a large area of grey with a white sphere in the center. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Scenic · AZ, USA
At 19:00 I saw 2 very bright lights next to each other the 1 on the right was a little higher in the sky. They were about the size of
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Black disc. No lights and no exhaust.Oscillating then departed at very fast speed.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Two red luminous objects, one got brighter until it appeared brighter than a flair then both disappeared.