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)
Long Beach · CA, USA
Brightest light in the western clear sky as big as the moon. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Santa Monica · CA, USA
A circular cloud with bright beam of light coming from the center of it. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Poway · CA, USA
Strange light and trajectory of spherical object seen offshore west of San Diego. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Knights Landing · CA, USA
Knights landing UFO Sighting: Green lights small sphere
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Craft emitting large white vapor cone with green beam tail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Valley Village · CA, USA
Orange light in the sky with a green cloud and sky being light up brightly over 30 feet
Folsom · CA, USA
Saw a light followed by fire. then changed from fire to light, then a blurry line. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Thought it was a plane releasing chem trail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Large bluish glow/light seen in sky in Palm Springs, CA. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
29 Palms · CA, USA
Blue, cloud-shaped light hovering in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Green gas light blob then a series of lights flashing forming into a triangle. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
San Pablo · CA, USA
Light coming out of cloud I thought was a helicopter with spot light behind a cloud. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Marina del Rey White lights and blue tube of light with white mist. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Yellowish orangish light approached as a plane. Then the obj. stopped, turned white.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Modesto · CA, USA
Bright teardrop shaped obj. moving across the night sky with glowing light trailing.((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Long Beach/Los Angles · CA, USA
Green/blue flash over the sky of Long Beach/Los Angeles. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
La Jolla · CA, USA
Perfectly shaped large sphere of light with blue center was slowly moving N. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Litchfield · CA, USA
An illuminated "cloud" greenish blue overhead and to the west an object at the center of a "hourglass" shaped cloud.
Visalia · CA, USA
light in Visalia, CA, on 11/07/15. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Turlock · CA, USA
Bright light erratic trajectory moving NW fast, leaving fluorescent trail. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Mira Mesa · CA, USA
Beam of light, huge light shaped ring, aqua blue light, cone shaped object. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
La Quinta · CA, USA
White light turns really bright then leaves blue light behind. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Glowing green cloud-like orb hanging in night sky. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Placerville · CA, USA
Comet-like sighting in Northern California. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))
Newhall · CA, USA
Bright white light. ((NUFORC Note: U. S. Navy missile launch. PD))