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)
Pasadena · CA, USA
It looked like a plane flipping upside down at first. It would glide, then flip over with sporadic bright flashes of LED looking lights
Watsonville · CA, USA
MADAR Node 105
San Diego · CA, USA
String of lights over San Diego
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
Over Twenty White Dots in a line ~ Some Flared ~ Rancho Mirage, CA
Merced · CA, USA
Long line of lights moving silently across the sky.
Needles · CA, USA
String of lights moving west to east
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Several white orbs flying in perfect formation for 20 minutes
Sonoma · CA, USA
3 of us friends were Sitting outside in Town of Sonoma, when we noticed 8 round light moving from southeast to north west/north possibl
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
6 or 7 white metallic spheres hovering over burbank blvd in sherman oaks/van nuys.
Downey · CA, USA
Saw an unknown object through telescope pass in front of the Moon during Lunar Eclispe
Indio · CA, USA
Flat horizontal lights rotating
Sacramento · CA, USA
Six triangle flying objects flying high in circular motion and then just disappeared
Auburn · CA, USA
continuous formation of white lights
Mt. Baldy · CA, USA
There was a line of lights, approximately ten, not like a comet streaking across the sky but individual dots in a line that disappeared
Morongo Valley · CA, USA
String of lights all in line equally spaced heading south east . It looked exactly like a string of dim white Christmas lights going a
Canyon Lake · CA, USA
Fireball that turned into 3 cruising ufos
Socal · CA, USA
There is something going on with the cloud/marine coverage around Mt. Baldy and inland empire area. There is a lot of static and it fee
North Hollywood · CA, USA
This UAP object was travelling very slow from East to West. This happened directly over the MTA North Hollywood Station located at Lank
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Notice a light flashing in the mountain. Blue then red. It's wilderness area no roads or homes. Started watching it and began to move f
Hemet · CA, USA
Two yellow/orange lights above East Hemet
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Wormhole in sky with fast moving star objects
Irvine · CA, USA
Six round white objects flying from west to east. Then a single object following in same direction. Moments later another similar obje
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Softball size lighted object with black strap hovering over garden 4ft from my bedroom window.
Crestline · CA, USA
Approximately 50 UFOs were seen traveling at a tremendous speed southward in the night sky over Crestline, California around 9 p.m. on
Watsonville · CA, USA
Saw airplane fly into space midday