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)
Kingman · AZ, USA
2 red orbs , followed by i bright orange,creeping across sky,evenly spaced
Tucson · AZ, USA
Glowing balls
Nogales · AZ, USA
Flickering light stops in mid air and starts to shine really bright and ultimately disappears.
Show Low · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 74
Tucson · AZ, USA
A series of unusual lights seen in the Southern skies of Tucson
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Tucson · AZ, USA
Seen at first as a stationary single point of bright red light, against blue sky, then as changing colors of red, white and black
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Show Low · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 74
Green Valley · AZ, USA
3 bright Spheres in a line north to south
Pearce · AZ, USA
Strange lights over several hous.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bubble lights
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Quartzite · AZ, USA
Two sets of three Red Lights in Western sky that appeared and disappeared 10-15° above the Horizon.
Salome · AZ, USA
White light duplicating itself in a pattern
Surprise · AZ, USA
White glowing tictac or cigar shaped craft spinning completely silent heading north in the surprise AZ sky
Florence · AZ, USA
Glowing Sphere over roof tops at Merrill Ranch in Florence AZ
Tempe · AZ, USA
orange light traveling east then slows, turns north and stops. 20 seconds later fades out
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
San Tan Valley · AZ, USA
I was driving down hunt highway, by chevron and barros, when we looked in the sky there were 3 lights high up in the air, 10 seconds la
Kingman · AZ, USA
Fighter jet chasing ufo
Star Valley · AZ, USA
MADAR Node 53
Williams · AZ, USA
With a group of 5 people star watching in Williams, Arizona. We tracked two satellites and saw two shooting stars, when we noticed dire
Cottonwood · AZ, USA
At approx 6:15 am I was getting off work when I witnessed a large orange light going very fast in Northern direction by verde valley me