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)
Sun Valley · CA, USA
This happened a couple months ago but only decided to report it now, being that maybe some else has seen the same thing. I was driving
Solvang · CA, USA
Strange light seen within Sun-Ring.
Downey · CA, USA
It was a rectangle craft that looked pretty normal first but turned out to be something very different.
Vacaville · CA, USA
Bright firey red orange crescent shaped object hwy 505 north Vacaville Calif 6/4/11 10:30pm
Apple Valley (above) · CA, USA
lights seen above lucerne valley ca.
Rancho Mirage · CA, USA
At least 24 silver objects flying in formation - going west and east and making a mosaic pattern. Then formed a > and flew south.
Antioch · CA, USA
Orange over livermore Ca, viewed from antioch Ca
Landers · CA, USA
Woke up to find a spherical black metallic beach ball sized object hovering above the ground in the room
San pedro · CA, USA
At about 1600 hrs I was on my balcony, and I noticed first 1 dot, in the eastern sky, I went inside for my camera.
Pinole · CA, USA
Silent sphere overhead becomes stationary in sky
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
White dot fast moving high altitude.
Redding · CA, USA
Bright light that came from the west and traveled east. ((NUFORC Note: International Space Station?? Hoax?? PD))
Anaheim · CA, USA
UFO seen flying over Disneyland during fireworks show.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Two amber/red balls flying east from Redondo Beach towards Los Angeles
Spring Valley · CA, USA
I've never seen anything like this before, two unidentifiable objects in roughly the same area going two different directions.
North Hills · CA, USA
spherical shaped objected with something hanging and swinging from side to side
Mountain View · CA, USA
White Light Moving Object Seen over Mountain View/Sunnyvale CA area
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
I saw what appeared to be a sattelite passing overhead, it stopped then shot back the driection it had come from at double speed.
San Fernando Valley · CA, USA
I JUST OBSERVED A HIGH ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT (POSSIBLE B-1B) WHITE WITH SLEPT SWINGS & HIGH MOUNTED TAIL. IT WAS VERY HIGH, I FIRST OBSERV
Simi Valley · CA, USA
A circle object with 4 smaller LED looking flashing lights in the inside. 2 lights flashing vertically and other 2 flashing horizontall
Vacaville · CA, USA
Moving star like object, fading in and out, and moving different directions. ((NUFORC Note: Could not have been the ISS. PD))
San Geronimo · CA, USA
Large flying balloon-shaped object: top portion appeared solid, bottom portion appeared to be the color of a high heat flame.
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
3 Translucent gray equidistant circles connected by straight bars
Fontana · CA, USA
06/25/2011 A brief sighting of what appeared to be an offset horse shoe with 2 bright white lights.
Willits · CA, USA
Red, orange, gold slow-moving crafts appeared and vanished June 26, 2011 California.