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)
Miami/Globe · AZ, USA
Large Unknown Stationary Object With Flickering Lights Spotted Outside Of Globe Arizona
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
Orange circular/orb like balls of light appearing and disappearing across sky, radiating intense orange hue of light.
Globe · AZ, USA
A red light flashed followed by 2 more red lights near it showing they were coming from a parallelagram patterned object.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Yellow-orange bright pulsating light.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Circular ball of light radiating intense orange hue in sky SE of Maricopa and disappeared suddenly.
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
18 fireball red UFO's sighted over Canyon Lake, AZ.
Glendale · AZ, USA
small lights (20) traveling across the sky in formation out of the SW sky to the NE over AZ. ((Starlink satellites?))
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
Blue, green, red lights sail over San Tan Valley.
Mesa · AZ, USA
An object which was constantly changing shape moved very slowly across the sky.
Gila Bend-Aztec · AZ, USA
They were beautiful, but every unnerving.
Laveen · AZ, USA
I witnessed a green and red object moving slowly and erratically in the night sky in the southern PHX metro area on 03/28/14.
Duncan · AZ, USA
Saw 2 orange crafts that moved up and down dimmed in and out then disappeared.
Glendale · AZ, USA
10+ more orange orbs.
Apache Junction · AZ, USA
Bright white light that changed colors red greed but was no sound and hovered over the Superstition Mountains then went straight down.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright flickering multi-colored lights surrounded by 4 arms. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius? PD))
Phoenix (southern part) · AZ, USA
About 12 lights brighter than the lights on the ground were sighted near south mountain holding a formation, after about 10 min..
Thatcher · AZ, USA
Orange glowing light, appeared to be circular, coming from NW to SE direction disappeared in clouds. It did not make a sound.
Mesa · AZ, USA
2 orange glowing orb hovering in the sky by the South 202 and McKellips
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Yellow lights over south Phoenix fade quickly out of sight 2-7-14 apx 21:00
Tucson · AZ, USA
Black and silver writhing serpent like craft reflecting sunlight in direction to sun traversed sky over Tucson above airplanes which pa
Glendale · AZ, USA
3 Orange lights.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Red glowing disc wart like in appearance around tree top level.
Parker · AZ, USA
Large bright orb near the Colorado River
Tucson · AZ, USA
4 orange glowing light orbs seen low in the sky.
Quartzite · AZ, USA
Large hovering object north of Quartzite.