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)
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Slow moving Orb seen changing colors and moving unconventionally without sound. Stopping and accelerating randomly.
Turlock · CA, USA
Bluish/Turquoise flying object over Turlock, CA.
San Rafael · CA, USA
Looked in the sky and saw a very bright light. Suddenly, it bagan to move. It flashed its lights off and then when it flashed back on,
Pilot Hill · CA, USA
6 flashing (stars) that moved in tight formations.
Clovis · CA, USA
Heard loud afterburner noise. Went outside to see Oval Shaped Object in Sky, with Red Flashing Light.
West Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two objects...each a 'row of lights' over the West Los Angeles area.
Willits · CA, USA
Pulsating orange light. Hovered silent, moved smoothly away and upward changing direction hesitated, moved closer, then away, out of si
Campbell · CA, USA
Green/White Light ~ oval shaped unidentified flying object traveling in multidirectional "flash" speeds across the sky.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Orange star like.
Riverbank · CA, USA
LOUD BURNING OUT NOISE WHISTLES COMES TO CRASHING HALT SLIDES ON ROAD FOR SOME DISTANCE.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Low level, bright amber glowing light flying toward us then turned and accelerated straight up out of sight, amazing!!!!
Lenwood · CA, USA
Was driving on I-15 N and saw a bright green object moving rapidly in opposite directions. Was near a small mountain near a few desolat
Encinitas · CA, USA
Two low bright lights hovering/moving back and forth off the 5 in Encinitas; 3:15 am.
Merced · CA, USA
Merced CA Bright red lights flashing in line sequence.
Salinas · CA, USA
Flying objects about every night, vortexs in my home, beings coming out of them.
South Lake Tahoe · CA, USA
Item appeared in third similar photo
West Hollywood · CA, USA
Green and red lights hovering and dipping.
Banning · CA, USA
Witnessed dark grey cylinder shaped object (traveling West to East) during the Lunar eclipse.
Glendora · CA, USA
Small cylinder flying across the sky during the blood moon lunar eclipse.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Two faint bluish-white lights streak in a slightly wobbly way under the lunar eclipse over LA.
El Cajon · CA, USA
Two erratic blinking lights spotted in East County that moved, vanished, reappeared, traveled, and finally disappeared.
El Cajon · CA, USA
Two smoothly flashing lights appear above sky before end of lunar eclipse.
San Fernando Valley · CA, USA
Extremely fast glowing object, flying very low to the ground, very close to us and very silent.
Malibu · CA, USA
Orbs rise up out of Latigo bay in Malibu California.
Arizona/California border · CA, USA
On AA flight 2249 from DFW to John Wayne Airport I noticed a very bright light to the right of the aircraft as it was approaching the C