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)
Healdsburg · CA, USA
Bright orange oblong object flying very low over house. Healdsburg, California.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Fireball type object spotted hovering over San Francisco approx 3mins.
Rocklin · CA, USA
Two orange balls of light, seen moving across the skies of Rocklin, Calif., with smaller balls falling from them.
Norco · CA, USA
At 8:00 pm on Sunday April 8th 2012 in an event lasting 2 minutes.My Husband and I witnessed a yellowish light slightly larger in size
La Mirada · CA, USA
Solid white light turned simi-transparent red and then faded-out.
Marysville · CA, USA
4 hovering lights at very low altitude South of Marysville
Ventura · CA, USA
Light in the sky that appeared as a bright star and then the light went out and appeared 1/2 size in other location.
San Marcos · CA, USA
Bright orange object
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright orb moving in northern sky
Wildomar · CA, USA
Bright light accross Wildomar skyline west.
La Mesa · CA, USA
A moving star-like object changed direction and "blinked out"
Covina · CA, USA
I saw a chevron shap object flying south bound
Sacramento · CA, USA
3 Circular Lights Seen in Sacramento.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Large dimly lit mass crossed the sky steadily and silently.
Vista Point · CA, USA
5 red lights over the ocean
Palm Springs · CA, USA
3 CIRCLE BALLS IN FLYING FORMATION YELLOWISH/ORANGE PALM SPRINGS,CA.
Ben Lomond · CA, USA
Bright light that pulsed from orange to red, before fading away and "disappearing" into the darkness.
Merced County · CA, USA
Object sighted above Pacheco Pass Highway 152 morning of 4/16/12. ((NUFORC Note: Many witnesses in Los Banos area. PD))
Santa Nella · CA, USA
I observed a object that caused multiple vehicles to pull off the freeway to look.
Dinosaur Point (Pacheco Pass on SR152) · CA, USA
Long cigar shaped object with hanging object under it floating along above the freeway
Pacheco Pass · CA, USA
UFO over Pacheco Pass
Los Banos · CA, USA
Staff and students looked up into the western blue sky with a light cloud cover. In the distance we all witnessed an object fade in an
Los Banos (near) · CA, USA
Pacheco Pass/Los Banos Object
Oakland · CA, USA
Floating flat disc seen in Oakland, CA.
Los Banos · CA, USA
UFO IN LOS BANOS CA, TSGT US AIR FORCE