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)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Star like ufos + low altitude sighting.
Culver City · CA, USA
Blue light.
San Jose · CA, USA
Formation of red blinking light coming from stars in the sky....
Anderson · CA, USA
White orb/oval object high in the sky with no smoke or sound moving from East to West.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Looking W-NW from Palm Desert looking toward Palm Springs a very large and bright white hovered, moved up and to the north toward Joshu
Cathedral City · CA, USA
Long straight light or reflection from sun on metal craft. Looked about a mile long and was in the sky above 29 Palms military base.
El Segundo · CA, USA
Invisible Silent Aircraft (UFO) over LAX on 15 Oct 2014
Salinas · CA, USA
Extremely fast horizontal trajectory white light
Daly City · CA, USA
Bright silver star-like object hovering over San Mateo/San Francisco
Placerville · CA, USA
Yellow halo around red sphere almost the size of 1/4 MOON
Buena Park · CA, USA
6 Dimly Lit Ovals Fly over Buena Park Area as a Cluster then become a V Formation
Baldwin Park · CA, USA
They are here.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Massive, oval shaped UFO using sky camouflage.
San Anselmo · CA, USA
Multiple yellow gold orange lights seen by 3 witnesses
Fresno County · CA, USA
Blue ball falling for about 5 min, 30 ft off inpact turn red and took off to the east
San Francisco/Daly City · CA, USA
Two pictures in a 35 second video of a UFO craft over Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
fort bragg · CA, USA
Orange lights looked like they came up from Hare Creek Beach about 1/4 mile away. The lights followed each other in a line up into the
Pomona · CA, USA
Three orange spheres in two events at & north of the San Gabriel Moutains.
Santee · CA, USA
I believe the emerald green fireball object was space junk that originally was from a launched in a North/South polar orbit.
Escondido · CA, USA
Teardrop, yellow and green.
Tarzana · CA, USA
Spherical object hovering in the sky consistently changing colors from blue, green, and red.
Chico · CA, USA
Three yellow lights in a row parallel to the horizon moving slowly in an up and down motion and a side to side.
Antioch · CA, USA
Teardrop object in the sky.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Strong red and green pulses with softer white pulse and gone from open sky in instant.
San Diego · CA, USA
4 metallic spheres spotted hovering near Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.