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)
Palmdale · CA, USA
Blue circular light, left bright blue stream of light, circular light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Fast moving bright ball of light leaving behind a green fluorescent cloud. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
South Pasadena · CA, USA
Disk like craft surrounded by aura intense white light moving slowly and randomly, then disappeared.
Patterson · CA, USA
I saw a large foggy cone with a bright blue beam to my south. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Orange · CA, USA
@~17:57 my gf and I witnessed an unidentified craft emitting a large amount of light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Cotati · CA, USA
Green ball of light sending down green light to the ground. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Napa · CA, USA
Beam of light that left behind a vapor cloud then flew vertically into the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
La Quinta · CA, USA
Light traveling upward expanding spiral cloud greenish-blue radiating glow. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Templeton · CA, USA
White funnel shape light with giant blueish white tail and bright white head! ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Corona · CA, USA
Green ball emitted green smoke and sped away. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Covina · CA, USA
Ball of light that lit up the sky in a huge v formation that illuminated the sky and turned the sky a deep green through this mist. The
Antioch · CA, USA
An object formed out of nowhere with a bright white light beaming down. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Carmel Valley · CA, USA
Blue/triangle horizontal light across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Standing on Main Side, Camp Pendleton, and looking W, my wife noticed a bright light. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
Very bright beam of blue light cut across the night sky. Origin was a small circular obj. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Riverside · CA, USA
Big ball of light like it was a helicopter spotlight but there was no aircraft, ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Barstow · CA, USA
Big Green Cylinder Light on the Sky of Barstow, CA. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jose · CA, USA
Slow-moving light with smoky trail lasting about 15-20 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Bright light gradually diffused into a cloud. There was a cloud/fog surrounding. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego/Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Large blue glow and related light/craft seen over sky in Sorrento Valley/Mira Mesa. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Palo Alto · CA, USA
We noticed a craft that did not look like an airplane. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Del Mar · CA, USA
Contrail then white cloud, then blue/green cloud over Del Mar, CA. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
Encintas · CA, USA
I saw this in ncinitas, Ca but the video i found was from los angeles.
San Jose · CA, USA
We noticed a bright light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange light changes to white in san diego. ((NUFORC Note: US Navy missile launch. PD))