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)
Oracle · AZ, USA
4 or 5 orange-tinted lights, in formation, then split off and disappeared. No sound. Duration: a few seconds.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Noticed a bright orange somewhat flickering fire colored light coming from south to north
Phoenix · AZ, USA
I was out side and caught somthing out of the corner of my eye it was round made on noise moving from east to west and zig zagging.
Anthem · AZ, USA
Light hovering in the eastern over Anthem, Arizona.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Bluish/purple light moving horizontally and vertically over East Scottsdale.
Peoria · AZ, USA
((HOAX??)) Sighting of UFO April 20, 2014 in Peoria AZ at 8:32pm Circle shape Red, Blue, and Yellow colors.
Anthem · AZ, USA
4 to 5 bright orange lights – faded and came back, streaked fast and slowly, moved left and right and up and down, one appearing to dro
Tucson · AZ, USA
Unknown object shows up in photo after downloading to computer
Phoenix · AZ, USA
White light no noise 1 witness circular in shape.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Two circle white lights One big one small . We Spotted the lights from my backyard in west phoenix The larger white light was followin
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Sitting outside on my back porch I observed the object fly over my house flew over at a slow speed disappeared in about a minute. It wa
Ahwatukee · AZ, USA
I was driving to work when I saw a strange rectangular cloud in the sky. It was going somewhere but it didn't look natural.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Two orange lights hovering over mountains, one went out then both went were gone only to reappear in a different location .
Casa Grande · AZ, USA
Round Yellow Lights in the evening sky, south of Phoenix.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Objects in Phoenix's night sky.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Tucson sighting from Catalina Foothills: 4 lights, triangle formation, moving low and silent in a northwest direction in the Tucson sky
Page · AZ, USA
I was star gazing and I see a abnormal star going i speeds flickering in and out.
Peoria · AZ, USA
Two back to back flying black/grey dimensional circles moving rapidly and holding steady focusing then flying away!
Beaver Dam · AZ, USA
Orange light appeared twice in two hours in the almost the same area
Yuma · AZ, USA
Bright red orange light over Yuma, Az.
Mesa · AZ, USA
I was just let my dogs out to the backyard. And walk around the corner and looked up behind the house and saw orange glowing light movi
Mesa · AZ, USA
Copper orange lights grow and disappear over East Mesa.
Gold Canyon · AZ, USA
Small white light seen hovering above Superstition Mountain.
New River · AZ, USA
Red, green and white bright light seen in New River, AZ night sky.
Paradise Valley · AZ, USA
Beam of light in Paradise Valley.