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)
Salinas · CA, USA
Green UFO hovering over houses and rapidly speeding off towards the ground.
Folsom · CA, USA
Four white objects in formation over Folsom, CA
Richmond · CA, USA
Line across sky like a jet plane plume, but much thinner and precise. Cigar shaped object in the middle of it.
San Diego · CA, USA
UFO sighted over Mission Valley.
Paradise · CA, USA
Multiple aircraft
Redlands · CA, USA
Triangle shaped Gray craft with one red light on the center and small lights in the rear flys over me in Redlands CA
Hemet · CA, USA
Orange glowing fireball spacecraft over Hemet California on 7/21/11
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
Unusual circular lights hovered over the city of Yucca Valley, California for 10 minutes on July 21, 2011 from 10:33 PM until 10:43 PM
Redlands · CA, USA
Red/white light first mistaken for a shooting star then went in a zigzag pattern before disappearing.
Yucaipa · CA, USA
What appeared at first to be a pale yellow star, abruptly moved sideways and stopped over an oncoming jet airliner.
Anaheim · CA, USA
We were fishing in Anaheim, CA, on July 23, 2011, when we saw a large triangle UFO fly overhead
Oxnard · CA, USA
UFO with red, white and green lights in a triangle form hovering over the ocean. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star. PD))
Hemet · CA, USA
RED AND ORANGE FIREBALL TURNING TO A CLEAR BRIGHT LIGHT GOING EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAIN
Oceanside · CA, USA
Orange light
La Habra · CA, USA
4 OVAL-SHAPED LIGHTS FLYING OVER AIR PLANE TRAFFIC AT HIGH SPEEDS IN LA HABRA,CA
Concord · CA, USA
On July 29,2011 at 9:55 pm My husband and I saw a large low flying glowing orange object that was heading in an northeast direction. I
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Orange pulsating light over the Farmers Market in Los Angeles
Squaw Valley · CA, USA
Slow moving ball of light.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Orange Lights Over Bakersfield California
San Diego (ranch environment) · CA, USA
I looked up into the dark night sky and a bright orb, like the same spotted over Jerusalem recently. ((Student report.))
Lakeside · CA, USA
Pulsating orange ball that landed, then disappeared.
Elk Grove · CA, USA
I saw a black silent bat-ray shaped object in daylight hours.
Montclair · CA, USA
V shaped craft over san bernardino county viewed from montclair california. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax, we wonder. PD))
Upland · CA, USA
Triangle Shaped Craft over San Bernardino County
Arcata · CA, USA
Two moving lights and a flash over Arcata, CA