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)
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Orange glowing egg in the sky over Orange County.
City of Industry · CA, USA
Strange aircraft with bright red flashing lights.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Aluminate Object in sky Rancho Cucamonga.
Sacramento · CA, USA
At roughly 3:30 a.m. pacific standard time I witnessed three lights moving in a westward direction at longitude -121.342 latitude 38.70
Stockton · CA, USA
UFO over Pacific Ave Stockton, CA.
Elk Grove · CA, USA
Small Orange Sphere seen near Sacramento.
Cambria · CA, USA
8 very bright orange/red round roused in straight line over west sky over Cambria CA., coast then faded away; seen by 4.
Pismo · CA, USA
Pismo beach sighting orange in color egg or oval shaped Appear to be a star then started moving in a direction changed direction.
Atwater · CA, USA
Strange occurance.
Fresno · CA, USA
Close to an airport but so loud it sounded like right over the neighborhood .
Danville · CA, USA
Bright hazy bluish green flashes of light in the northern part of the sky.
Fallbrook · CA, USA
Orange orb with some intelligence.
Monterey Bay · CA, USA
Orange fire ball spotted over the Monterey Bay along with another craft of orange color.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Strange low flying object in nights sky.
Riverbank · CA, USA
Bright white lights that travel very smoothly across the skies and disappear slowly. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites?? PD))
Tehama · CA, USA
Saw bright white stringy chevron shape heading southerly, slowly then it disappeared.
Porterville · CA, USA
Bright orange lights turn into slow moving saucer shaped object in the night sky.
Venice · CA, USA
Fiery orange-red orbs traveling at steady pace along a horizonal plane then fading away.
Cornell · CA, USA
Looked like a bright star that bounced around and changed locations, blinked red and green lights. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius? PD))
Fresno · CA, USA
Husband and I saw up to 8 spherical orange-ish high floating/flying objects go over our house at 6:30 PM (darkened sky).
Monrovia · CA, USA
They looked like stars that were in a straight line and the moved from the west to this east. They followed each other in a line.
Eastvale · CA, USA
Single Red Fireball.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
UFO sighting over Thousand Oaks, California.
Oakland · CA, USA
Orange lights ORB silent and odd movement with VIDEO.
Fresno · CA, USA
UFO observed had no sound or detail to it, and floated across the sky.