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)
Phelan · CA, USA
I saw an unknown creature in my bedroom.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
UFO made of lights photographed in Hollywood.
Torrance · CA, USA
8 Red-Orange Lights Rising off Redondo Beach, CA, coast.
El Cajon · CA, USA
Red Orb over El Cajon again!
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Hello, and thanks so much for your work. I always listen to your reports on C2C.Technically this is ufo, but I don’t know if it was
Beaumont · CA, USA
Bright egg shape light. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus in the SE sky?? PD))
Ventura · CA, USA
3 objects in a line formed a line and disappeared with amazing speed in to the night sky.
Patterson · CA, USA
Bright orangish light to the naked eye but white saucer with a black dot in the middle in picture.
Livingston · CA, USA
At least 100 "moving stars" moving behind unusual cloud cover with unsual Earth vibrations that set the neighborhood dogs howling.
San Marcos · CA, USA
Black red striped organic shape shifting craft
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Palomar Airport; near collision of object with plane.
San Diego · CA, USA
Orb appears out of thin air, turns into UFO in San Diego.
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
Bright blue and red object flying forward and backward,side to side and making huge circles.
Cathedral City · CA, USA
Big, Bright, and Moving Bluish-White Light, Suddenly Vanishes into the Night Sky.
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
"Star looking" orb moved across the night sky from left to right for about 5 seconds before vanishing.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Saucer shaped aircraft levitates over witnesses and reveals it's definite shape while speeding off afterwards.
San Jose · CA, USA
Clip I filmed near sun an object its not lens flare camera moving all over place and it never moves-planet? ufo? drone?
San Rafael · CA, USA
We saw 5 glowing orange objects in the western sky above Mount Tamalpais on 07/18/14.
Cottonwood · CA, USA
Another ufo in rural northen California.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Palm Springs lights.
Laguna Beach · CA, USA
Bright light in sky over ocean moving up and down rapidly...
Bakersfield · CA, USA
One round bright white/blueish light appeared, faded, appeared dimmer then left with a bit of a tail.
Jamul · CA, USA
Fireball shot through skin then disappeared, triangular object with lights flashingshot and then disappeared.
San Jose · CA, USA
My brother his wife and I were in the garage smoking when the house bagan to Shakes. i looked north, up and out the side door to the ga
Temecula · CA, USA
Big red ball in the sky, moving really slow.