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)
Porterville · CA, USA
((HOAX)) It was orange in Porterville, CA usa.
Oxnard · CA, USA
Diamond shaped, rainbow lights, transparent object.
Spring Valley · CA, USA
Orange orb. shot strait up in early morning sky ese.
Marina Del Rey · CA, USA
I saw square object with 4 round bright lights on the bottom for 2 min Marina Del Rey 11/14/2013
Lincoln · CA, USA
Red, blue green lights of one unit observed in patterns back and forth and large circles.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fire ball over major city.
Yuba City · CA, USA
3 orbs over Beale Air Force Base
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Low flying orange ball of light moves across northern California.
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
Northwest in front of the foothills of the Santa Ana mountains, my wife and I were on our way to the supermarket when we witnessed five
San Diego · CA, USA
Object moving fast, slowed, hovered, then faded away.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
Three Orange Spheres in a Rectangular Cluster with a Pulsating Sphere on the Right Side
Fresno · CA, USA
Rectangle lights over N/E Fesno.
Hollister · CA, USA
Triangular solid blue light flying over South end of Diablo Range in Hollister.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
3 lights moving north in formation and each light disappeared one at a time.
Poway · CA, USA
Blue light which changed to orange travelling fast then disappeared.
San Diego · CA, USA
Three bright lights moving in unison then splitting up dramatically, later regrouping... power outage 4 hours later.
Santa Paula · CA, USA
Two bright lights in Santa Paula.
Pinole · CA, USA
I saw what I thought was a star but moving fast from horizon S to N, object zig zgged, looped, changed directions erratically.
Antioch · CA, USA
UFO sighting Antioch CA--4 orange lights.
San Jose · CA, USA
Unknown object high in the sky.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
I saw white triangular object with metallic red at the apex. It was very loud and was travelling north.
Monrovia · CA, USA
Multiple lights in the sky.
San Clemente · CA, USA
Bizarre color changing moving light.
Corona · CA, USA
Very bright white light south of Corona. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
Irvine · CA, USA
Witnessed a handful of cigar-shaped aircrafts with 4 red and 4 turquoise lights; red lights were blinking.