UFO Sightings in California
15,215 UFO sightings reported in California since 1935, peaking in 2014 (869 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 15,215
- Span
- 1935–2028
- Peak year
- 2014 (869 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1935–2028 · peak 2014 (869 reports)
Top cities in California
Los Angeles
1942–2022 · peak 2007 (29 reports)
San Diego
1944–2022 · peak 2007 (32 reports)
Sacramento
1956–2022 · peak 2012 (26 reports)
San Jose
1947–2022 · peak 2012 (21 reports)
San Francisco
1956–2021 · peak 2008 (26 reports)
Fresno
1953–2022 · peak 2014 (18 reports)
Long Beach
1957–2022 · peak 2017 (13 reports)
Bakersfield
1961–2022 · peak 1995 (13 reports)
Santa Rosa
1955–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Santa Barbara
1968–2022 · peak 2020 (12 reports)
Riverside
1976–2020 · peak 2008 (11 reports)
Modesto
1947–2021 · peak 2009 (13 reports)
Redding
1986–2022 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Burbank
1981–2021 · peak 2003 (24 reports)
Huntington Beach
1945–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Anaheim
1963–2020 · peak 2015 (12 reports)
Ventura
1967–2021 · peak 2012 (13 reports)
El Cajon
1969–2022 · peak 2014 (14 reports)
Irvine
1980–2022 · peak 2007 (18 reports)
Oakland
1968–2022 · peak 2003 (6 reports)
Oxnard · CA, USA
Approximately 12 red glowing lights moving in formation from north to east
Oxnard · CA, USA
4 orange circular lights making triangular shapes then disappearing into the sky
Aliso Viejo · CA, USA
Glowing lights on Christmas night, Aliso Viejo Ca. ((anonymous report))
Cathedral City · CA, USA
Yellowish balls came out of the N, cross the sky to the E, and up and disappeared in groups of 6 and there where several groups.
Rosamond · CA, USA
Cone Shaped changing colors & bright white disc bursting orange light
Templeton · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) A flying circuit board.
El Monte · CA, USA
We seen a Bright Light coming towards us and all of a sudden it stopped and back up away making sharp fast turns and it dissipated.
Oakland · CA, USA
Cylindrical light
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Bright light appears over the ocean in Newport Beach for 3 minutes on Friday 12-30-16. ((anonymous report))
Novato · CA, USA
I don't know what it could have been , I am sure that it was not a plane
Campbell · CA, USA
Three orange lights in triangle shape hover in the sky above us then disappear.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Bright white almost blue craft Above tree line speared to be moving is strange directions
Gilroy · CA, USA
I witnessed a white dot moving slowly back and forth slowly then would sit stationary and then fade out out and reappear in another spo
Hemet · CA, USA
After dark I saw a white light maybe 1000 feet in front of a low flying jet travelling due north at a relatively slow speed for a jet.
Eureka · CA, USA
Triangle shaped UFO Silently Flies Over Small Northern California Town.
Hollywood · CA, USA
Massive ufo sighting--very clear (ufo account is reported with a 30yr personal past of knowledge of sky objects.
Pollock Pines · CA, USA
Multiple flashing lights in trees north of highway 50, west of sly park exit.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
My friends and I were running late at night about 10:25ish. They were on skateboards right in front of me.
Los Angeles (LAX Airport) · CA, USA
Been observing an obj. that could be a helicopter, hovering over area of LAX. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? Anonymous report. PD))
Rosamond · CA, USA
Dark Gray Circle Cloud lasting for about 30 minutes.
Ventura · CA, USA
Silent huge dark blob blending in with the night sky.
Porter Ranch · CA, USA
Red flashing lights in porter ranch seen by security.
Reseda · CA, USA
Flashing red lights in chevron formation and rumbling sound in Los Angeles sky.
Oregon House · CA, USA
Large blue orb with light blue haze in central/eastern calif sky
Hanford · CA, USA
Large, 3 times larger than commercial plane, extremely bright off white light, more white than not, flashed. ((anonymous report))