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)
Manteca · CA, USA
Seen a object this one night and what made this more interesting is that we all saw something? we all sat in confusion because we all h
Altadena · CA, USA
Bright white light sphere with lights emitting down and covered in a haze.
Reseda · CA, USA
Metallic object, flying slowly, maintained altitude and it was spinning. Traveling north. Never made a sound.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Seen a bright light in the sky.
Martinez · CA, USA
2 red lights becoming 3-white lights seen over Martinez,Ca, Marina Park area.
La Mesa · CA, USA
Fast moving object blue white light nighttime only visible for a second.
Riverside · CA, USA
Round Cylinder shaped craft, being chased by 2 fighter jets.
Clovis · CA, USA
Unusual light glowing brighter and then fading and becoming larger while fading away.
Novato · CA, USA
6 AM Sept. 12th, I walked out of my house. It was a clear morning no clouds or fog and was very dark. I walked on my drivway to the en
Visalia · CA, USA
Mass witnesses.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Unidentfied ball of light.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Two lights facing east and a bright illumination shining upward.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Slow moving white light. It faded slowly while traveling toward me then left a luminous Area that faded into the sky. The sky was clear
Paso Robles · CA, USA
White objects faded into mist.
Red Bluff · CA, USA
Orange fireball emitting smoke with bright white light, while hovering and spinning.
Rough and Ready · CA, USA
Stationary Bright light emits spray-like cloud into the sky.
Westwood · CA, USA
Bright light surrounded by clouds or fog.
Visalia · CA, USA
Red light ascends to moon in burst of white/blue light.
Cathedral City · CA, USA
Intensly bright light appeared through misty cloud then evaporated with the cloud.
Trinidad · CA, USA
A group of workers witness a strange light in the sky, which accelerates and departs vertically at very high speed.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
My gf and I were looking up in the sky and noticed a blue light not blinking moving nw at a steady spread then just disappeared in the
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Craft flying North on I-5 South Carlsbad, Ca, Triangle but filled in 5 lights.
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
V-shaped translucent Airship Above Spotted Bull Way.
El Cajon · CA, USA
Orange sphere over El Cajon.
Saugus · CA, USA
Orange fireballs.