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)
Fremont · CA, USA
3 orange balls in triangle formation then moving independent of each other.
Rialto · CA, USA
LARGE SLOW MOVING BRIGHT LIGHT TRAILING SPARKS THEN VANISHES.
Monterey · CA, USA
Cylinder shape
Hercules · CA, USA
Sphere heading from West to East first with a fire trail but later a reddish orange sphere
Beaumont/Cherry Valley · CA, USA
I saw what looked like an embryo lit up in bright red light fly by heading west.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Strange Lights traveling over Vallejo, CA.
San Diego · CA, USA
Super fast red blinking light travelling across the sky.
Eastvale · CA, USA
Red Pulsing Sphere Photographed and Videoed by two witnesses
Whittier · CA, USA
13 to 15 bright reddish/orange orb shaped objects seen flying in the sky.
La Mirada · CA, USA
Multiple orange lights seen by couple in Los Angeles' skies.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Several colored orbs emitting orbs moving/changing into different symmetrical shapes while in flight.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Big White Light Hovering Slowly (No Sound NO LIGHTS) Headed SE in Bakersfield, CA.
Pasadena · CA, USA
Swarm of unidentified objects over Pasadena, CA.
Fresno · CA, USA
The object had colors associated with no other aircraft to my knowledge and was silent; also identified by other witnesses.
Porterville · CA, USA
Small Object going deferent direction from Big Object
Brawley · CA, USA
3 orange bright triangle or arrowhead shape lights reappeared.
Oakley · CA, USA
Object was silent with military jet a few minutes behind it.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Triangle, 3 red/orange lights, interrupted by aircraft.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Red light viewed in Orange County.
San Diego · CA, USA
My kite is unusual and flies while its spinning it looks like a football and is made of styrafoam please you must believe me i can set.
Carmichael · CA, USA
Orb triangle formation at sundown.
Cottonwood · CA, USA
Orange sphere's approx. 20-25 in night sky.
Fort Hunter Liggett · CA, USA
Orange object hovering and then darting erratically like a hummingbird several times above tree line a long distance away.
Irvine · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) They are here.
Modesto · CA, USA
3 red lights in triangle shape change shape and fade away