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)
Redding · CA, USA
String of dozens of solid lights
Bishop · CA, USA
Bishop, CA 20+ objects in straight, evenly spaced formation moving slowly west to east.
Antioch · CA, USA
While walking my dog in the early evening on 5/7/21 in Antioch, California around 9:15 p.m., I saw lights about the size of stars movin
Marin · CA, USA
Series of lights 50+ viewed on same trajectory,
Shaver Lake · CA, USA
A long formation of lights across the lower Northern sky, flying straight and evenly spaced that lasted for several minutes.
Kensington · CA, USA
A line of 50 lights evenly paced moving west to east, San Francisco Bay Area CA
Dublin · CA, USA
We saw 50 unidentifiable flying objects approximately 8 miles above the standard landing flight pattern for the Bay Area.
Placerville · CA, USA
single lights all in a row moving slowly then disappeared
Calistoga · CA, USA
116 orbs in total traveling the three groups equally spaced apart and traveling at the same speed not following the horizon
Running Springs · CA, USA
UFO OVER REDLANDS WITH COLOR SPECTRUM
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
My sister her husband and I were viewing the stars last night. At first we thought we were seeing the starlink satellites but they were
Nice · CA, USA
A silent disk went over me, my fiance and my son's head and out over the water of Clear Lake.
Tehachapi · CA, USA
single small disc like a helium balloon but flying overhead straight, steady, silent and fast just after sunset. No wind.
Atascadero · CA, USA
These light have been seen floating in air, zig zagging , falling from sky, finally flew to camera
Kelseyville · CA, USA
Silent red orange orb
My Baldy Inland Empire · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Sending cloud coverage photos from last month had to recover from phone from previous report. Qi sucking qualities may be
San Pedro · CA, USA
Unbelievable! Very large circle shadow drifted across the water and docks at the port of los angeles headed north east.shadow was about
Glendale · CA, USA
Black spherical ufo
Susanville · CA, USA
We were facing North(towards Alturas with the Sierra Nevada Mountains to our back). A "string" of 20 to 25 lights, moving fro
Lompoc · CA, USA
Strange lights formation disappearing in mid air over lompoc Ca near Airforce base.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Orange dim lit orb floating in and out of the ocean
Paso Robles · CA, USA
White ball traveling at very high speed, observed on clear sunny day.
Colton · CA, USA
Bright light in the sky vanishes in seconds
Rosamond · CA, USA
Large Orange cluster of orbs
Rialto · CA, USA
Was waiting for light to change I looked up and saw a shiny shape in the sky in front of pickup my phone and took picture when I looked