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)
Surprise · AZ, USA
Not an object; strange contrail-type cloud "fingers" stretching from east to west.
Tucson · AZ, USA
REPORT FROM ATP PILOT: 3 orange orbs size, distance, altitude unknown WSW of Picture Rocks, visible 30 secs, then blinked out.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Two red blinking lights for a few seconds.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Orange lights (possibly flares).
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Bright green/blue ball traveling either west or straight down.
Gila Bend · AZ, USA
5 orange lights in southern sky by Gila Bend Arizona.
Sun City West · AZ, USA
Orange fireball moving across sky before blowing up and falling to earth.
Peoria · AZ, USA
Saw two different bright orange oval objects in the sky.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Red glow over Deer Valley, AZ.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Fast, blue ball of light.
Tucson · AZ, USA
I've never seen something moving so fast and so large and then to simply disappear.
Goodyear · AZ, USA
Seven orange/red lights moving slowly and / or hovering.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Bright dark orange colored light with varied speed and direction disappearing while traveling straight into the atmosphere.
Chandler · AZ, USA
3 Orange "orb" shaped objects over Southwest Arizona, followed by a fourth.
Brenda · AZ, USA
Five yellow orange objects flying at same altitude slightly above hills to south east of us.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Floating lights.
Tucson (north of) · AZ, USA
Red and orange orb over the foothills in Tucson, Arizona.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Large, bright red ill defined light flying over then disappearing straight up.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Orange glowing light over Scottsdale, AZ.
Tucson · AZ, USA
4 Orange Lights Illuminating In Succession.
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
Orange glowing balls. Flicker on and off. Huge in size. Moved great distance in seconds.
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
Three bright orange lites in succession in semi-circle repeate in southerly direction.
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
4 glowing orbs.
Mesa · AZ, USA
Three lights orange in color and wide spread. lights went out one at a time and then were gone.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
Three bright, large, orange orbs over Scottsdale.