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)
Highland · CA, USA
SEVERAL ORANGE GLOWING LIGHTS-LIGHTS WOULD GET DIMMER AT TIMES-SOULNDLESS-OVER OLD AFB.
Fairfield · CA, USA
3 rounds lights in a triangular shape color like a flaming yellow, no sound.
Brentwood · CA, USA
Plunged at high speed into ocean.
Paramount · CA, USA
It was paramount i saw a ufo fireball it was greenish looked like question marcks
San Jose · CA, USA
Triangular bodies with flashing lights midway between downtown and south San Jose on highway 87
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
So me and my guardian were getting home along with my siblings and wen we pull up we see 4 lights flying perfectly aligned and we stare
Borrego Springs · CA, USA
Glare again seen.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
3 round lights and bobbing up and down while gliding slowly above Ridgcrest Ca.
Isla Vista · CA, USA
BRIGHT BALL OF LIGHT AND RADIATING GREEN TRIANGLES. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the star "Sirius?" PD))
Upland · CA, USA
Atypical bright light much brighter than the sharp flashes of a jumbo jet. The flashes were much smoother as they faded or blinked if
Garden Grove · CA, USA
A green object was in the sky, moved at a high velocity, stopped, hovered, and moved in the opposite direction at a high velocity.
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Bright row of lights over Woodland Hills.
Oxnard · CA, USA
Ball of cement or ufo?
Oildale · CA, USA
Round red and yellow light moving across the sky in Oildale, CA.
Piñon Hills · CA, USA
A perfect circle of light floating and dimming in the sky.
Sacramento · CA, USA
I saw an orange ball of light traveling south in western sky. After observing it briefly I knew it wasn't normal. I ran and called my s
Salinas · CA, USA
Large egg-like craft with bight lights observed for 2 hours at a time by 2-4 people for 7 days in a row!
Mercey Hot Springs/Firebaugh · CA, USA
White Flashing Object Over Mercey Hot Springs For The Fourth Time!!
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Two lights traveling north in the western sky without sound that stop and fade out.
Rio Linda · CA, USA
7 orange lights apperaing, moving in a formation across the sky, then 2 more lights appearing.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Silent Blue Light.
Yuba City · CA, USA
Five blinking white lights flying slowly in one small area of the sky. One light stayed in the center. Observed for 45 min.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Balls of bright orange lights seen hovering over city and disappearing up into sky from Santa Cruz Lighthouse.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Red lights in NW San Francisco sky.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
fire ball in sky moving like an aircraft high in sky but then floated southwards and burned out.