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)
Cathedral City · CA, USA
I noticed a big reddish/amber flash of light as big as the moon itself
Berry Creek · CA, USA
Tree top level high speed UFO type objects passed over our house located on a mountain on the Western slope of the Sierra's in Northern
Long Beach · CA, USA
I observed a bright yellow orange fireball with red tinge traveling from the northeast to the southwest.
San Jacinto · CA, USA
White star-like object moved from SW To E then decended North and shot straight up while changing red.
Lancaster · CA, USA
Flying object in the skies of Antelope Valley, California
Fresno · CA, USA
bright red and blue oval shape.
Fresno · CA, USA
Blue ball falling from high alt. At 30 ft off the ground, it turned to a red ball and flew off to the E. Definitely not a plane.
Pomona · CA, USA
Golden colored UFO.
Woodland Hills/Topaga · CA, USA
Three bright stationary orbs seen from Topanga, above the hills towards Santa Clarita.
Pine Mountain Club · CA, USA
Fireball or light flares up very bright, then fades out. Motionless.
San Jose · CA, USA
East San Jose - Large metallic object with lights hovering and moving slow across East foothills
Hollywood · CA, USA
Flashing light of white, red, green and blue in sky. Moved slowly but not with the stars. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" star? PD))
Oakland · CA, USA
Two Objects Give Off a Bright Flash High in the Sky While Moving at Speed.
West Los Angeles · CA, USA
3 lights in the shape of a triangle flying low, very fast and silent.
Windsor · CA, USA
Early AM pulsating and erratically shifting light/object.
Temple City/Arcadia · CA, USA
North Eastern evening sky, two objects appear and disappear like the Phoenix lights all in about 10 to 20 seconds.
Madera · CA, USA
There were three red orbs in a single line at about a 45 degree angle one further below and one to the right. They were solid bright re
Susanville · CA, USA
Bright planet like light hovers then takes off.
San Francisco · CA, USA
I have seen 4 crafts. Two looked like they were going to crash but didn't. One other gave a light show of distraction.
Fremont · CA, USA
Two reddish orbs that moved silently and quickly through the sky.
Clovis · CA, USA
Bright orb over Clovis emitting Second Orb.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
One ufo hovering over Huntington Beach 20:30 (8:30pm) 11/9/2014 in the eastern sky glowing blue.
Fresno · CA, USA
I was driving on the Highway 99 and it fell from the sky like a teardrop orangestraight line and attached a long fatter line of red col
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Pulse of green streaking through sky very quicky for short duration. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
San Anselmo · CA, USA
18 luminous objects seen in a one minute sighting