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)
Sacramento (east) · CA, USA
Eight lights in the sky flashing moving and disappearing within twenty minutes.
Stockton · CA, USA
Saw them before in Florida.
Chico · CA, USA
Light moving across sky and then dissipates and disapears within 15-20 seconds.
Stockton · CA, USA
Red Lights In the sky.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
On Sat Feb 22 at 11pm I was on my deck smoking a cigarette when I saw 3 round objects with yellow lights coming up from the south.
San Diego · CA, USA
Daytime sighting of a "Chariot" shaped object over San Diego CA.
Victorville · CA, USA
Red light traveling slowly across sky.
Temple City · CA, USA
Ten diamond shape objects floating in the sky.
Antelope · CA, USA
Orange/golden orb floats above Antelope/North Highlands, CA before dissappearing as small plane approached.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Circular craft that hovered for 1 hour near downtown Los Angeles February 23 2014 @ apx 23:00 and video taped.
Balboa Island · CA, USA
Three round lights came over ocean then disappeared. This happened every minute for 28 minutes then they were gone.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Very high in a perfectly clear blue sky appeared to be round lights 2, round or disc shaped moving in and out of view then vanishing.
Fresno · CA, USA
Large flying object in the dark sky appeared to be dark and had 4 or 5 red flashing lights.
Blythe · CA, USA
3 lights flying in triangle formation traveling east.
San Jose · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Bright white light flew south and dimmed until it disappeared.
Firebaugh (near) · CA, USA
Formation or cluster of five lights catapulting and zooming dramatically near the I-5 freeway at night.
Milpitas · CA, USA
I seen something moving through the clouds then split the cloud in half as it wrap around through it in a super fast motion.
El Cajon · CA, USA
White flares from plane maybe?
Fresno · CA, USA
Blue orb.
El Cajon · CA, USA
Small object that dropped two sets of reddish lights, and hovered for some 15 minutes.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
3 bright orange lights disappear one burst into 5 lights.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Bright orange light to the east.
Milpitas · CA, USA
Slow moving orange light floated up over hills then move to left descended and faded.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Orange lights over the Moreno Valley sky.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Huge red stationary, pulsing sphere in the southeast sky just after midnight on New Years Day 2014