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
Stationary UFO for 20+ minutes shoots up vertically twice then leaves at incredible speed!
Modesto · CA, USA
Shooting start transitioned into a black boomerang shaped craft.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Blobs that look like birds flying real fast
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
at first I saw one light at very hi altitude moving south west just north east of Santa Clarita ca, didn’t seem to be traveling fast, t
Littlerock · CA, USA
MADAR Node 56
San Jose · CA, USA
MY BOYFRIEND AND I WENT OUT TO SEE THE BLUE MOON AND WE SAW LIGHTS. WE FELT LIKE WE WERE TAKEN AND BRANDED SOMEHOW WITH BURNS TO OUR SK
Campbell · CA, USA
I observed a green and red steady light come out from behind the line of trees of the southern sky, heading northbound, stopped in nort
La Quinta · CA, USA
HIGH SPEED BRIGHT WHITE OBJECTS PASSING OVERHEAD
Temecula · CA, USA
I had let my dog outside to go potty in the middle of the night and as I waited I noticed a twinkling light above thinking it was a sta
Antioch · CA, USA
Possible TR3B's seen overhead in Antioch.
Covina · CA, USA
A disk shaped object glowing in bright green light flying with high speed from north to south direction. I am waiting infront of my bed
Temescal Canyon · CA, USA
driving home from work at 1:30 am on 15 fwy between south corona/ lake elsinore by nichols exit. Green fire ball came flying down. Poss
Bakersfield · CA, USA
This looked like the real triangle famous ufo thing.
Lafayette · CA, USA
I was casually looking at the sky with the sky map app on my phone when I saw something on the horizon. At first I thought it was a pla
Huntington Park · CA, USA
2 undentified flying objects south of california huntington park moving towards land about couple miles away from land .emiting energy
Nipomo · CA, USA
Orange light seen sparkling and then stationary. Witnessed ifrom our backyard over the mountains. Roughly 10 minutes ago perhaps an
Burbank · CA, USA
From my second story balcony I witnessed a large metallic sphere appear over the horizon. It did appear to look shiny, but it was in a
Winterhaven · CA, USA
Twinkling fast moving light/lights in a non-linear trajectory at high speeds
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
MADAR Node 57
Ontario · CA, USA
UFO view
Merced · CA, USA
Very, very loud boom came out of sky with a huge orange flash, this has been going on every night for the past 12.
San Diego · CA, USA
Saw big light over jamul. Thought it was a plane in flight path headed toward San Diego. I was walking to my car in the direction of th
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
Ball of bright, white light 4-5x larger than a star tracks accross the sky for 2 minutes and shimmers out and vanishes before horizon
Menifee · CA, USA
Last night 9/19/20 I was in my backyard around 10:30 pm notices a bright object coming from San Diego north to Menifee where I live.
San Diego · CA, USA
White bright light coming from ball and then floated away