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)
West Hollywood · CA, USA
Watched the object cover a distance with a consistent speed over what could have been hundreds of miles.
Niland · CA, USA
Fireball in the sky with small craft and missing time.
San Jose · CA, USA
Two bright silent red lights coming in from west to east, ascending, light intensity increasing, headed west - and then disappeared.
Fresno · CA, USA
Fast moving small object. Appeared to change shapes at first.
Cloverdale · CA, USA
Two white lights appear and move in tandem then disapear after observing for 3 minutes
Upland/Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
During that day a smell of sulfur could be smelt from Rancho Cucamonga to Upland California.
Yreka · CA, USA
Light colored jet craft bulky,long cigar shape with no wings visible traveling at high speed at one to two miles high.
Middletown · CA, USA
A bright, glowing object- not resembling an aircraft- proceeding Northerly and then turning Eastward disappeared into the early dawn.
Monrovia · CA, USA
It was round outline in red with lights in center and a glow aroung the object.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Round red orange object stationary in the sky. Disappeared and reappeared quickly in the south east sky.
Aliso Viejo · CA, USA
Fireball approaching earth, changing direction and disappearing into the clouds.
Davis · CA, USA
10 orbs in scattered formation with fast moving satellite overhead
Aptos · CA, USA
12 objects observed on Monterey Ca coast
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
12 bright orange spheres moving slowly over the ocean in Santa Barbara, CA.
Corona · CA, USA
Possible UFO sighting in Corona, CA. Silvery reflective object flying at altitude suddenly stops and hovers.
Valley Glen · CA, USA
Metallic V-shaped object spotted over N Hollywood area CA-170.
Reseda · CA, USA
Fireball on top of church steeple.
Clovis · CA, USA
The lights seemed to be pulses of bright white lights, like nothing I've ever seen.
Newbury Park · CA, USA
A cluster of gold colored lights in a triangle shape appeared in the sky south of Newbury Park and disappeared about 2 sec. later
Yucaipa · CA, USA
Firey orange sphere
Laguna Beach · CA, USA
6-7 glowing red lights in the sky over Laguna Beach
Fresno · CA, USA
Formation of four lights traveling at an apparent fast rate of speed silently across the night sky.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Video footage of a disk like object in the Sacramento night sky.
Cobb · CA, USA
Giant Triangle sighting in northern california.
Palmdale · CA, USA
Bright flash shoots a beam of light horizontally across the night sky