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
Bright blue white condensed flash.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
I saw 10 objects in the eastern sky with white and red blinking lights and they are not airplanes. They move back and forth.
Mesa · AZ, USA
3 fiery colored lights in line that did not flicker, but eventually dimmed, grew bright, then dimmed and zoomed off quickly one-by-one.
Lake Havasu City · AZ, USA
Lights moving like no air craft at termendous speeds.
Utting · AZ, USA
I was driving at night south of Parker AZ on hwy 72 near Utting AZ and I saw a light on the left of the road I thought was blinking or
Tucson · AZ, USA
I saw a black spherical shaped object moving easterly direction, first saw it when it was over Davis monthan air force Base, I would sa
Tucson · AZ, USA
Lights in the distance.
Buckeye · AZ, USA
One, then two lights turning off and on moving across the southern Arizona sky
Sierra Vista · AZ, USA
Large ball of light seen traveling across the sky and under cloudline
Aguila · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) Craft in high space: After throwing Booster, it speed up and, disappeared.
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
3 Bright orange lights in sky.
Kingman · AZ, USA
Appearance as a Very Bright Star with the naked eye, BUT...With 8-52x60mm W/52x Zoom Field Glasses, Please see my discription.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
It stood still over mountain for minutes
Tempe · AZ, USA
Lights over North Tempe.
Glendale · AZ, USA
Cluster of approximately 20 bright white blinking lights traveled slowly in a westerly direction over glendale AZ 1:30 am
Glendale · AZ, USA
Huge space craft like something out of a movie.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
2 White lights dancing together in the sky in desert area. One larger and brighter. Another smaller yellowish light dropped in the sky
Twenty Nine Palms · AZ, USA
Bright Orange Sphere above desert clouds
Dewey · AZ, USA
4-5 red blinking lights in a line just above the southern horizon
Mesa · AZ, USA
2 orange lights.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Black disk shaped object with 3 large yellow/orange lights spotted over Phoenix, AZ area.
Douglas · AZ, USA
First we seen round lights way above the stars moving from north to south and then a big light came don in front of us.
Yuma · AZ, USA
As I was driving down I-8 W at about 2:30 hrs I noticed a UFO flying in parabolic fashion with the convex point at the highway.
Sedona · AZ, USA
2 triangle shape amber colored UFOs, making a turn in unison, are witnessed by 7 ppl. in Sedona, AZ
Mesa · AZ, USA
Noticed lit object dipping, recoiling, then glided over a park near me . Bright red and blue orbs from ufo. 5 ft diameter.