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)
Agoura Hills · CA, USA
I've spoken with you before. Wife shooting airplane and moon. Anomaly appeared in image 2 of 3 only. Facing west. Airplane probably ori
Chino · CA, USA
5 plus orange lights over the south land of Chino, CA.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
Diamond-ish rotating yellow and blue object slowly traveling NW over San Fernando valley.
Sonoma · CA, USA
Orange orb.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
4 Orange fire orbs in the sky.
La Puente · CA, USA
Bright White Pulsating Light/Orb over La Puente residence.
Laguna Beach · CA, USA
4 QUIET BRIGHT RED LIGHTS IN SKY of LAGUNA BEACH - VIDEO ON PHONE.
Santa Fe Springs · CA, USA
Light/bright sphere in sky.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Odd trio of orange lights looking north toward LAX on evening of June 12, 2016
Palo Alto · CA, USA
MULTIPLE ORANGE FUZZY LIGHTS IN PALO ALTO.
Tarzana · CA, USA
A girlfriend and I, both passengers in the vehicle, witnessed twinkling lights on an oval-geometric-shaped object in the night time sky
Temecula · CA, USA
Large round orange glowing ball, traveling straight across as fast a plane. ((anonymous report))
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Individually each light appeared exactly like witnessing a satellite with the naked eye. ((anonymous report))
Buena Park · CA, USA
Silver thing over Buena Park/Anaheim/Fullerton.
San Ramon · CA, USA
Donut shaped craft or large balloon.
Oxnard · CA, USA
2 stationary white lights in a cluster with one brighter with several smaller lights just as bright. 2 clusters, NW and Eastern sky.
East Oroville · CA, USA
It was excatly like the craft in the Predator movie!!! >>>
Rosamond · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Long orange diagonal lights over Tehachapi Mountains.
Garden Grove · CA, USA
My son and I where setting in our backyard when my son looked up and said " what is that?" I looked and seen a black round di
Palomar Mountain · CA, USA
Ufo seen flying into outerspace.
Turlock · CA, USA
Light looked like shooting star moving slowly horizontally to the left then shoots off to the R and disappears
Long Beach · CA, USA
Cluster of pulsing, shiny orbs viewed before sunset.
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) June 30th, 2016, strange sighting in sky in Woodland Hills/Canoga Park, California. ((anonymous report))
Pacifica · CA, USA
We saw the bright light and at first thought it was a bright planet in the sky beaming through the thick fog. We got our telescope and
Pacifica · CA, USA
We had a UFO sighting last night at 8pm above our home in Pacifica, CA. This is a drawing of the image focused through our telescope.