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)
Livermore · CA, USA
Red Lights/Orbs in formation over downtown Livermore - New Years Eve 2014.
Modesto · CA, USA
Single object, glowing red, hovering in place with no nosie or movemrnt in the night sky.
Patterson · CA, USA
Three orange/red spheres in alignment; leaving one at a time.
Burbank · CA, USA
Burbank Ca. 3 Amber Orange Hovering Lights 9 minutes.
Corona · CA, USA
3 bright orange circles in triangle formation on a clear night.
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Three fiery orange-red orbs, all seen about 5 minutes apart, ascended into space on a near vertical path.
South El Monte · CA, USA
2nd sighting of red sphere moving fast , stopping and fading away.
Temecula · CA, USA
5 orange glowing lights in straight line.
Eastvale · CA, USA
UFO fireballs floating over the moutain.
Reseda · CA, USA
Three orange lights on New Year's Eve form triangle, align themselves then disappear.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Lake Elsinore ufo with blue thrusters.
La Mesa · CA, USA
Unidentified lights fly in and out of formation high in the night sky over east San Diego.
Placentia · CA, USA
UFO descends and seems to land in golf course.
Mentone · CA, USA
Orange light formations.
Gilroy · CA, USA
10-12 red dots flying in a bird like formation lower than the airplane above. Each red dot began to disappear slowly one at a time.
San Diego · CA, USA
Two dark objects less than two miles away, moving east then separating and accelerating north at a miraculous rate of speed.
Tarzana · CA, USA
Bright green light hovering in the sky that suddenly descended rapidly in a zig zag formation until it dropped out of my line of sight.
Riverside · CA, USA
I was on the corner of Blaine and Massachusetts Ave and myself and many others saw a red sphere flying westward high in the sky. It the
Berkeley · CA, USA
THREE BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS OVER OAKLAND AND A SHOOTING STAR.
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
Strange noise, observed a long, spindle shaped, silver cigar object with greenish exhaust.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Single orange orb spotted in Huntington Beach, CA.
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
Orange light coming my way very high, made sudden moves to my left for awhile then dissapeared.
Moreno Valley · CA, USA
Five orange "fireball" UFOs seen at 6:10pm Moreno Valley, Ca.
Auburn · CA, USA
4 UFO's seen over Auburn heading West toward Sacramento.
Long Beach · CA, USA
LONG BEACH, CA.. interacted with a UFO while stargazing and using a Green high output laser beam.