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)
Roseville · CA, USA
Rectangle with 7 lights over California.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Driving home from friends house and witnessed a grayish circle object in the distance moving at a high rate of speed across the night.
Eastvale · CA, USA
White/green object in sky, dipped and disappeared.
Clovis · CA, USA
Triangle craft with three red lights; one on each corner. It also had smaller white lights that flashed along the side.
Castro Valley · CA, USA
I went to look out my balcony slider and always look at the sky as i did i had noticed what looked like a bright white blue light star
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Orange line above Santa Barbara, CA.
North Highlands · CA, USA
Huge cigar shaped vehicle Sacramento, CA.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Bright unknown light.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Red lights move slowly and vanish within seconds.
San Gabriel Valley · CA, USA
Red glowing light over city.
Morongo Valley · CA, USA
Looked like a star-middle of the day-hovering to the north- about 10 o clock- 10 -15 mins- then dropped to 9 oclock-back to ten o clo
Lake Port · CA, USA
Sunday morning on a clear lake while fishing in my buddies boat we witnessed 2 what a appeared to be upside down tops of light.the uppe
Murrieta · CA, USA
Large chrome sphere moving quickly in the sky.
Oakland · CA, USA
Saw a bright red light at a high elevation, moving slowly westward, then turn 90 degrees heading South and fade behind a tree line. It
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
From the back of our boat in Marina del Rey, three of us watched as several (10-12) bright red lights seemed to arise from the southern
Boulder Creek · CA, USA
White balls of light with one orange ball.
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright flashing light on high altitude object observed in morning.
Laguna Beach · CA, USA
Green laser beam-like light shooting across the Laguna Beach sky.
Stockton · CA, USA
Came from southbound Stockton, heading towards the northeast. Flew couple hundred feet above apartment complexes, at a slow steady pace
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright flash of light.lightning like but no clouds.
Pearblossom · CA, USA
Came outside to empty trash. Looked to east 5 very bright lights vertical very close together. Blinking on at different times. Top li
Coalinga · CA, USA
UFO sighting 4 lights.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Fireball in the sky in Oceanside
San Marcos · CA, USA
Hovering and Accelerating Multi-colored Light.
Dana Point · CA, USA
Multiple Orbs seen heading south along pacific ocean.