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)
Palm Spring · CA, USA
White balls in squadron, looking like birds migration.
La Canada · CA, USA
Red bright light hovering, seen from La Crescenta, and then dropping super fast.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Bright Orange Light moving in many directions over 210 Fwy.
Half Moon Bay · CA, USA
Three very bright orb looking objects making those sounds very big very bright lights moving in circular directions above the ocean and
Sacramento · CA, USA
Almost a yr. ago today, I was in my backyard stargazing at about 10 o'clock pm when I noticed three circular bright orange Round obj
Goleta · CA, USA
Triple metamorphosis.
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Yellowish flashing at high speed, high altitude over Santa Clarita Ca
Clayton · CA, USA
Solid Ball light, decends then goes dark as leveling out heading due north
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Cylindrical-shaped object emitting flashing lights near South Fairfax Avenue.
Fresno · CA, USA
3 to 6 white flashing lights. ((anonymous report))
Hollister · CA, USA
Dark Shape Following Interest Airliner.
Grapevine · CA, USA
3 blue lights..strange engine sound above the 5fwy veered off to land and up. Not normal type of plane. Very very close to cars
San Leandro · CA, USA
I have seen some of the most activity in the night sky than I’ve ever observed before in my life.First it was black, shimmering bla
Ontario · CA, USA
Observed a very bright and sparkling "star" in the eastern morning sky of 9/15/16, moving sporadically.
Menifee · CA, USA
3-4 objects shot across sky (west to east travel). Two red fireballs moving fast. Booms heard after 2nd fireball.
Grapevine · CA, USA
Black triangle passes directly through stopped cars on California highwayI5 between Bakersfield and Grapevine @0:30ish AM. Unexplai
Marina Del Rey · CA, USA
Big Blue round light over the hill.
Redding · CA, USA
Cigar-shaped craft hovers then vanishes near Redding Muni Airport
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Strange Object Flying over California's northern valley.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
I saw a faint chevron, echelon..? shape of faint lights cruising fast across the sky. But it was like a leading edge of a large echelon
Sylmar · CA, USA
7 small objects appeared as birds then after 3 seconds they form 1 big object then Disappeared into the sky Fast very Fast
Long Beach · CA, USA
Orange orb.
Pittsburg/Antioch · CA, USA
White light that was still; only started to move 3 seconds after I started to record.
Oroville · CA, USA
Observed bright orange light moving unlike a jet or prop plane that seemed to stop in midair, and jerk or rock slightly.
Morongo valley · CA, USA
Probably meteor fire behind.