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)
Tuolumne Meadows · CA, USA
Triangular object with intense red strobes near Yosemite; Mono Lake
Ontario · CA, USA
Orange balloon shaped UFO over Ontario California!!
Camarillo · CA, USA
Silver disc hovers high over rush hour traffic then speeds off over Pacific Ocean.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Bluish pulsing light moving East to West over Sacramento, CA
Baldwin Park · CA, USA
Flying over residential area.
Hayward · CA, USA
Unknown object was seen from where i live.
San Mateo · CA, USA
Light in the sky flashing 11 seconds as if rotating about the craft the same way a lighthouse does. object/light high in the sky moving
Camarillo · CA, USA
Eight amber lights
Placentia · CA, USA
Six bright UFO'S with fire underneath them
Oxnard · CA, USA
We saw 6 red flying thing and dissapear ???? then a Roundish longish black thing up yhen coming down
Ansel Adams wilderness · CA, USA
5 reddish-orange twinkling lights in remote mountains of California speeding north in formation
Orinda · CA, USA
About 5:35 AM (dawn breaking)look up at moon. Bright, stationary planet about 4 moon diameters to east of moon. Brightness about -3.
Coarsegold · CA, USA
Possibly satellites but 1 in trail of the other and the other in the same orbit opposite direction. Very unusual.
Antioch · CA, USA
I was looking up W nite sky 4:30am and noticed a blinking light. I do not have telescope but binoculars and i looked thru them.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Multiple red/orange fireballs rising from the southeast horizon towards los angeles
Dana Point · CA, USA
Large erratically moving object over Dana Point, CA
Fremont · CA, USA
Golden UFO Sphere in the Sky
Kelseyville · CA, USA
Fireball changing color and size while sitting still and silent.
Kyburz · CA, USA
Asteroid in the daytime?
San Jose · CA, USA
Three orange/red orbs in form of a triangle in the night sky.
Hemet · CA, USA
RED FIREBALL IN HEMET, CA, SKY.
Lodi · CA, USA
At approx 9:50 pm 2 people noticed what looked like fireballs coming out of the Northwest sky moving slowly. First came on followed by
Davis · CA, USA
3 white lights and 1 red seen over field in Davis
San Diego · CA, USA
Dancing lights that would fly around and then merge into one light
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Yellowish/orange spheres they were more than 10