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)
Harbor City · CA, USA
Elongated delta craft of immense size with linear canopy dome lights and ringed circular lights flying very low, silent and slow.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
3 red triangle shaped lights in sky
Whittier (viewed from) · CA, USA
plasma like translucent ufo shaped like a clown shoe's sole, or sea creature, colorful. but fast moving, biological ufo?
San Fransisco · CA, USA
(CA) SFO UFO near Alactraz
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Light the color of fire floating in the sky
Oroville · CA, USA
BRIGHT cylindrical light beamed out towards earth half way it looked like a helicopter spotlight from space.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
A fast moving bright white object zooms past ISS
Madera · CA, USA
Large angel hair mass floating above county road.
Temecula · CA, USA
Blacked out Helicopters followed by a strange white light
Sacramento · CA, USA
((HOAX?? Date is flawed.)) Green ufo and red and white ufo over shopping center.
Pittsburg · CA, USA
Was driving on the freeway and saw what appeared to be a shooting star but by the time we exited the freeway this strange light started
Rescue · CA, USA
11/20/11 Rescue. CA. triagular shaped object 3hrs. hover then accelerate to high altitude 11/20/11
Wildomar · CA, USA
Orange ball streaks across skyline
Woodland · CA, USA
Early morning abduction/visitation on november 21, 2011
Woodland · CA, USA
Re: "Abduction" at Woodland, CA the description follows the traditional "abduction" scenario. See this site: http://www.news.harvard.ed
Visalia · CA, USA
A fireball with a tail that seemed to me maybe a comet? But as I kept looking it slowed down, and turned a direction, then disappeared.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Triangular UFO sighted in daylight Palm Desert CA on 11/21/11
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Slow moving fireball
Fresno · CA, USA
Strange stationary red light in the northwest sky in Fresno
Novato · CA, USA
Bright green ball of light falls through the clouds
Lomita · CA, USA
Triangle Big Black Silent
Salinas · CA, USA
Large Floating Diamond Shaped Object Seen Floating 50 feet above neighbors house
Laguna Hills · CA, USA
V-Shaped low Flying Aircraft with many Red and Green Bright Lights fly 20 ft over my car.
San Jose · CA, USA
Burning spheres over San Jose, California, and fighter jets after.
San Diego · CA, USA
3 strange lights with no object insight but traveled from the north to the east disappearing!