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)
West Sonoma County · CA, USA
White saucer silently traverses across the daytime moon, then, slightly changes direction.
Glendale · CA, USA
UFO observed hovering from the local mall parking structure.
Rohnert park · CA, USA
White sphere/orb high in the atmosphere that slowly drifted west over a 3 hour period.
Big Bear Lake · CA, USA
Metallic sphere spotted in broad daylight in a clear sky on a mountain road.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
White luminous small moon like object traversed daytime sky E to W for about 1.5 hours.
Geyserville · CA, USA
White orb hovering in sky.
Galt · CA, USA
Orange ball shaped lights in sky appearing and reappearing.
Vacaville · CA, USA
Bright light, very bright light. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect an overflight of the International Space Station. PD))
Orland · CA, USA
Bright light fades out. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "flare up" of an Iridium satellite?? PD))
Granite Bay · CA, USA
Rectangular craft Uncloaks b4 two witnesses during meteor shower.
Sacramento · CA, USA
My husband saw 4 red glowing orbs in the northern sky. By the time I got outside I saw only 1 glowing red orb that had moved to the we
Yountville · CA, USA
Silent large white light growing and moving very slowly, then gone!
Los Banos · CA, USA
Small glowing orb spinning feet from me.
Salinas · CA, USA
UFOs use eclipse and clouds to their advantage.
Weed · CA, USA
Blood moon sighting near Shasta lake, CA
Malibu · CA, USA
April 4th, 2015, a plane flew southeast over Malibu and a silver tube with a fuzzy white dot in front of it and crossed the planes path
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
Three orange/red objects tracking across the sky. Easily visible; viewed clearly by 4 adults.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Daytime sighting of saucer from downtown high rise which disappeared. Picture taken after vanishing showing craft form.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Very bright blinking light in the sky followed by a loud humming noise
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
2 red lights blinking w/long white tail.
San Diego · CA, USA
Strange Purple Green Aura Lights in The Sky
South Los Angeles · CA, USA
04/07/2015 @ 4:40 am I sit into my car to start it up to warm it up for my way to work. As I am sitting there. I glance up to see the
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Sighting above Palm Springs, California!
Oxnard · CA, USA
White flashing light disc.
Laguna beach · CA, USA
Bright orange objects seen in the sky above south Laguna Beach on 4/11/2015.