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)
Anaheim · CA, USA
Falling star, south of me, moments later saw a sphere floating towards me from the direction of where the falling star would have land
Lemoore · CA, USA
Silent Flying Cross with 3 round white lights 41 N Lemoore sighting July 27, 2013
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
2 Objects in the Eastern Sierras and a white beam flashing
Oakland · CA, USA
White cigar shaped above Oakland airport
Riverside · CA, USA
Circular motion orange in color and transparent.
San Ramon · CA, USA
Red oval light with 2 white lights ejected from it at one point
Elk Grove · CA, USA
Bright star like circular object shoots across the sky at amazing speed
Commerce · CA, USA
Stepped outside of my job for my 15 min break with my friend. I walked to my Car an sat on my trunk facing east. While I was talking t
Cloverdale · CA, USA
Lights in sky move back and forth while other lights form patterns.
Sacramento · CA, USA
20-30 orange/red lights flying over freeway
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
3 fireballs/orbs seen in the east, one followed by two more, bright orange short lived.
Long Beach · CA, USA
I still have trouble believing this myself.
Fresno · CA, USA
6 glowing white orbs and two military jets sighted, two orbs nearly collided
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Glowing orb changing colors and zigzagging across the sky over Westwood, Los Angeles
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Looked like mars, but brighter, vertically. Moving unnaturally, undirectionally through the sky at a controlled speed
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Slow moveing golden fire balls stopped and hovered then glowed red and ascended out of sight slowly.
Sylmar · CA, USA
3 YELLOW TURNING ORANGE THEN RED LIGHTS & DISAPPEARING IN THE SKY
San Francisco · CA, USA
RE: Telephone Contact at 9:00 PM, Friday, 7 June, 2013. This morning at Approx. 10:00 AM, as I entered a Clinic in Downtown San Fra
W. Sacramento · CA, USA
Lighted from below/whitish lights front to rear with dark gap between front and rear headeding from sothwest to northeast but drifiiit
Coloma · CA, USA
Two large pink and blue cylinder objects hanging in sky over Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Napa · CA, USA
Yellow/Orange glowing sphere sighted by 4 people over Napa CA
San Jose · CA, USA
A bright red oranged diamond light figure with green flares in the bottom passing by quitly moneuvering as it took off
Cayucoc · CA, USA
Chinese Lantern Like UFO's spotted in Central California Beach Town
City Height · CA, USA
V shape craft with 2 rows of big yellow lights + loud noise pass over City Height, San Diego CA
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
Crafts observed of unknown type moving in formation then vanishing, followed by 5 large disk shaped ships.