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)
Chandler · AZ, USA
Circular craft flying low with one steady green light and two alternating red lights.
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
Three orange lights seen by 4 people south of Gila Bend AZ
Pima · AZ, USA
Lots of fireballs in the sky tonight.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Round orange fireballs in the sky, made a triangle shape then disappeared.
Chandler · AZ, USA
Orange round looking fireballs flying in the sky over Chandler, AZ.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Two very bright objects hovering.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Spinning disc shape with red,and blue lights. Changing direction rapidly and hovering for several seconds
Maricopa · AZ, USA
We first saw one very bright light in sky and as we were driving another one appeared stayed for two min and then one again and then
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Orange fireball-glow, North Scottsdale night sky moving in various directions.Bright ball, radiatiing fingers of light, dimmed to dark
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
Single red/orange light moving east to west at the speed of a satellite lasting thirty seconds
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
UFO looked in danger of crashing at 40K feet.
Tucson · AZ, USA
6 white circular objects in the sky over Tucson, AZ.
Ahwatukee/Phx · AZ, USA
Single Blue Orb sighted over Tempe and Chandler Arizona at Sunset
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Bright blue and red lights shifting position as object reoriented before changing direction; hovered, rose, dropped 100' to 1000'; move
Tempe · AZ, USA
"W"-shaped erratically flying at low level is "unidentified" with anything prior seen in thousands of flight hours.
Surprise · AZ, USA
One small round white light or craft moving through the clear afternoon Suprise, Arizona sky.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
It was not a bird,or plane, {no wings or tail}.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Near Earth object observed passing by at high speed.
Mesa · AZ, USA
About 10 Orange fireball orbs in a straight line north to south. Began to move east and scatter in a random shape. Followed our car sou
Chandler · AZ, USA
Trianglular lights that made no noise, dogs barking.
Vail · AZ, USA
Green dots.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Three bright orange orbs pass by separately, one after the other.
Cave Creek · AZ, USA
Disc shaped object blinking lights and hovering in Phoenix Sky.
Laveen · AZ, USA
Flying humanoid seen in Laveen, Arizona.
Bullhead City · AZ, USA
2 rectangular orange/yellow silent craft BHC Arizona 5/21/14