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)
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
I saw a strange flashing of green and red of a stationary object in the northern sky, before Mt Baldy/San Antonio Mtns. Then it changed
Placerville · CA, USA
Large, red/orange fireball streaked across sky at aproximately 10:07 PM, in a West to East direction. Event lasted aproximately five se
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Bright non-flickering light just above the hor.. Went from very bright to dull. The object is also stationary. ((anonymous report))
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
CA. circle with 5 lights underside took 3 shots with camera
Willits · CA, USA
11 orange glowing discs spotted just east of 101 in willits, near east valley road, hovering low and slowly moved a bit west before com
Clovis · CA, USA
Fast white light moving through the sky.
Long Beach · CA, USA
One orange/red stationary fireball like object in the sky looking south from Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach. ((anonymous rept.))
Torrance · CA, USA
Fake plane, or we have hologram and/or cloaking capability.
Willows · CA, USA
Looked like the International Space Station..But was NOT! 3/4 the illumination of ISS
soledad · CA, USA
Two crafts that hovered and made quick up and down..side to side movements similar to a drone. They were very high as you can see plane
Torrance · CA, USA
Sphere with flashing and brightly colored, tentacled lights. Sat right off the coast, just to the south of LAX for 40 minutes. Was very
Baldwin park · CA, USA
Red yellow green light on top of each other forming a huge thick like rainbow flashing over a whole block then ten minutes later anot
Manteca · CA, USA
Multi-colored orb seen every night.
San Jose · CA, USA
UFO flies over city before flashing, witnessed on a mountain.
Pollock Pines · CA, USA
Red and blue lights over Pollock Pines, CA.
Dos Palos · CA, USA
I pulled over at 3 am i looked out and seen a bright light there was a bright white one and a bright red on. They were flashing.
Joshua Tree National Park · CA, USA
Silver sphere in Joshua Tree National Park in the middle of the afternoon
Claremont · CA, USA
A Formation of Small, Bright Spheres.
San Diego · CA, USA
Formation of 12 steady white lights floats from west to east, slowly ascending, over Mission Valley, San Diego.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Large bright long light sitting on Pacific Ocean's horizon off coast of Carlsbad, California.
Barstow · CA, USA
Flashing light moving in a zigzag pattern
Los Angeles (Del Mar Beach) · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) I WITNESSED THREE BRIGHT BLUE FLASES IN THE SOUTHERN SKY WHILE I WAS LAYING ON THE BEACH.
San Francisco · CA, USA
2 cigar/rectangular UFOs floating over San Francisco.
Modesto · CA, USA
multi-colored lights (3 - red middle light), blinking in irregular patterns. Seen North of Modesto, near cross streets Orangeburg and O
Gerber · CA, USA
9:00 pm Northern CA cluster of lights shaped like a boomerang stationary in the southern sky.