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)
Oakland · CA, USA
Extreme light. Huge smoke trail behind object. Light suddenly vanished. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Napa · CA, USA
White and green light. Changing directions and shape. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
3 witnesses saw a conical beam of light with a starting point that was round and white.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Canoga Park · CA, USA
Light emits green gas cloud and travels north seen from Canoga Park. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Jacinto · CA, USA
Green light and bright light shining down on earth. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Fremont · CA, USA
Bright light projecting beams beneath and leaving cloud trails behind. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Temecula · CA, USA
Burst of white light, green trail, spherical vapor. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Orange Diamond like shape light with a long tail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Blue trail of light and a bright circle of light moving in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fireball w/white and green beams of light ,, blowing white smokey mist. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Sylmar · CA, USA
I saw a bright spotlight high in the sky which resembled a floodlight.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Benicia · CA, USA
Arrow shaped reflexion pointing toward bright light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Indio · CA, USA
Slow moving white light with smoke seen by two people. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy ICBM missile launch. PD))
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Orange object that ballooned into a huge hazy aura. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
North Hollywood · CA, USA
White orb on fire.
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Object falling, multiple bursts of orange lights.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
My oldest started saying he saw a shooting star or a helicopter. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
South Gate · CA, USA
Strange bright light with a trail of blue streaked across the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Lemoore · CA, USA
Bright light through an approaching fog spume, big circle of vapor, then V-cloud. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Large round circle of fog and in that circle was a green small oval of fog. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Alien ship spotted over moreno valley california. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Chula Vista · CA, USA
Bright light followed by a white cloud that continued to grow. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oxnard · CA, USA
Huge bright light!! ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Changed from a spot of bright white light into blue fog and a big neon circle. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Elk Grove · CA, USA
Silent bright object sending out luminous beams and mist in 's' and hourglass shapes.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))