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)
San Diego · CA, USA
It was a shiny metalic sphere
Pittsburg · CA, USA
I was happening to open my bedroom window, when a glare from a silver aircraft caught my eye. This is to the south, towards Clayton/Mou
Fowler · CA, USA
A very bright multi colored light hovering for an hour in Fowler, Ca.
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Four fireballs move from west to east in the Sacramento sky.
San Luis Obispo · CA, USA
A patterned flying object hovers until I completely pass by.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Object with blue and white lights bouncing around..
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Fire that rose in the night's sky in Santa Cruz, CA
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Saw a large orange flash of light looking like a star t, was moving slowly and stopped, shrunk smaller and started moving quickly acro
Firebaugh · CA, USA
Appeared to be the size of a large UFO with 3 perfectly round bright white lights, flying 100' off of ground, very slow & silent.
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Orange in color diamond shaped lights seen in the sky hovering over garden grove.
Menifee · CA, USA
Orange lights sighted above the city of Menifee Ca..
Merced · CA, USA
Object also went from a bright red to orange.
Blythe · CA, USA
Orange/ Red sphere 25 to 35 feet across moving slow and on a low level altitude
Long Beach · CA, USA
White round object seen in Long Beach, California.
West Sacramento · CA, USA
Reddish light traveling from NE to SW..silent then vanished 30 seconds later.
Westminster · CA, USA
Enormous oval shaped light, flashing on and off, illuminating through clouds as it moved at high rate of speed through sky.
El Cajon · CA, USA
21 June 2013 low altitude aerial contact in triangle shape, shifting colors from port & starboard side with 0 noise(trained lookout)USN
San Francisco · CA, USA
Bright light in the sky then dims out and vanishes as it moves south and east. ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellite?? PD))
West Sacramento · CA, USA
Unknown lighted or reflecting white-ish object traveling NW to SE, no sound,no red FAA required beacon lite
Mt. Shasta · CA, USA
6-22-13 approximately 3:30 am Looking southward (from the north) at Mount Shasta A big round white light appeared to enter our atmosp
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
Small craft with white light vanishes.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fast-moving white light.
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Orange fire balls flying.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Circle shape crossing the moon.
Eureka · CA, USA
Multiple red flickering lights moving in unison.