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)
Port of Long Beach · CA, USA
White/blue orb disappeared before hitting ocean.
Manteca · CA, USA
Floating ball of light making rapid movement in the sky with little faint lights moving around it. Happening right now.
West Oakland · CA, USA
One brightly blinking light over Berkeley, CA. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Capella in the northeast sky? PD))
Napa · CA, USA
Three flying objects in a row, red and green lights.
Escondido · CA, USA
Saw a craft ejecting red flares over the night sky in Southern California
Clearlake · CA, USA
I and three others saw three triangle objects with lights, silently fly north of my house in a V formation .
San Francisco (on Bay Bridge) · CA, USA
Light with (slowly flashing redlight on top) connected with the green light and with the other light source.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Triangle shaped craft with orange lights flew quickly and silently.
Marina Del Ray · CA, USA
I was driving and seen a oval shaped light in the sky it started changing colors to red, blue and orange. It was zipping across the sky
Whittier · CA, USA
Light moving faster and higher till it disappeared.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
White illuminated disks over east Los Angeles mountains.
Bonsall · CA, USA
Side by side shaped Psi Psi symbol, horizontally togehter, green, red and white flashing lights.
San Pedro · CA, USA
Fiery thick wide object flashes from sky towards l.a.harbor.
San Diego County · CA, USA
San Diego County lit up.
Desert Center · CA, USA
Huge Bright Light covering sky 5 miles east of desert center, 8 pm.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
3 circular lights with orange tail & sudden white flash over Santa Barbara.
La Conchita · CA, USA
Bright object falling into sea NW of La Conchita, CA; seen
La Conchita · CA, USA
Bright object falling into sea NW of La Conchita, CA; visible 3 sec.
Antioch · CA, USA
20 silent large reddish-orange lights over Antioch California shoot something out the bottom then fly off to the west towards Mt.Diablo
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Silver almost transparent looking objects over Santa Monica, CA 90401.
Olivehurst · CA, USA
5 pix of a red ball in the sky.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Witnessed two objects in sky during two different occasions flying unnaturally.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Very bright white light with 2 orange lights.
Roseville · CA, USA
Bright Orange balls of light in the sky. Stayed in one place for a few minutes then began moving North until they disappeared.
Burbank · CA, USA
Boomerang UFO in Burbank, 11/13/13 at 10:30pm.