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)
Grass Valley · CA, USA
Square lights moving across the sky. ((Starlink satellites??))
Yorba linda · CA, USA
Object in sky above me walking my dog. Came down about 100ft. Above me and a blue bright light flashed. moving in a very strange way, v
Santee · CA, USA
I have a video taken tonight. Two ? In the sky. I’m trying to upload. ((NUFORC Note: Source provides no contact information. PD))
Santee · CA, USA
I have a video taken tonight. Two ? In the sky. I’m trying to upload
Newark · CA, USA
Seen 3 lights zig zagging in the night sky.
Napa · CA, USA
Red light separates into two.
El Cerrito · CA, USA
One white circular and three white rectangular objects without wings flying at height of planes seen for 5 minutes Feb 6, 2021 at dusk
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Faint and moving at an incredible speed
Tulare · CA, USA
Seeing spots need to speak to someone.
Rock Round · CA, USA
An unidentifiable object that goes against today’s technology and physics that is a sphere with no wings in the sky above Denny’s sign.
Lincoln · CA, USA
In Lincoln, CA at 3:30am a friend and I saw 20 lights moving through the sky. ((Starlink satellites??))
Kingsburg · CA, USA
A string of 100 plus white bright lights traveling uniformly on the horizon for 5 plus minutes. ((Starlink satellites??))
Stockton · CA, USA
I noticed a trail of lights in the sky to the east of Stockton. ((Starlink satellites??))
Las Brisas · CA, USA
We were having dinner facing the beach at night. It was so dark, all one could see was stars and helicopters/planes flying by. A ufo wi
Santa Paula · CA, USA
Looking through my bedroom window, towards the North East, I saw a VERY bright light (brighter than any star I have ever seen) travelin
Paso Robles · CA, USA
Line of 10-12 UFOs proceeding in linear fashion at High Altitude. Paso Robles, CA
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Three "stars" that formed a triangle moving slowly then fading out.
San Diego · CA, USA
single file lights in the sky. ((Starlink satellites??))
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
Straight line of evenly spaced lights moving slowly R -L ((Starlink satellites??))
Malibu · CA, USA
Bright white pulsing light over Las Flores Canyon Malibu
Auburn · CA, USA
Two sets of long string of lights
Merced · CA, USA
String of lights/orbs, about 20+, slowly moving in a single line of various spacing in central California, may witnesses
Salinas · CA, USA
Numerous lights all lined up in the sky moving across the sky.
Ramona · CA, USA
This string of lights was moving faster than a jet aircraft would at what appeared to be a comparable altitude.
Tehachapi · CA, USA
Was driving east on hwy 58 when I looked up in the sky and noticed over 20 or more lights in a straight line moving south east. Sky was