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)
Stevenson Ranch · CA, USA
Early morning bright/dimming white light, moved, dissapeared/reappeared.
Escondido · CA, USA
Pulsing light seen in South Escondido, CA was very fast and like nothing I have ever seen.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Yellowish Light or fireball seen Zig-Zagging over Thousand Oaks, possible earthquake light?
Inglewood · CA, USA
4 spinning/rotating light spreading apart and coming together as one in Hawthorne. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights?? PD))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A possible UFO cigar-ed shaped is moving and hovering in the air for about 20 minutes while airplanes land and take off LAX airport.
Chino Hills · CA, USA
White Lights Over Inland Empire CA
Santee · CA, USA
Bright light in the pre-dawn sky.
Fairfield · CA, USA
Me and my 65 year old mom were on her front porch when I saw 3 red lights low in the night sky, they were stationary at first, then the
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
the Object flashed me 2 times
San Jose · CA, USA
Two Oval Shaped Craft Flying Low and Extremely Fast in Tandem Formation Over San Jose California!
Dixon · CA, USA
Object entering atmosphere, moving lights.
Corona · CA, USA
V-shaped craft observed at low altitude moving swiftly from north to south over Corona California
Ventura · CA, USA
December 9, 2010 Just after 8:00pm Ventura, California I was driving home from a business meeting on the northbound 101 freeway when I
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
black, shiny spheres over california
temecula · CA, USA
Bright shape changing with colors on and off single object. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
San Fernando Valley · CA, USA
Blue sphere witnessed over 5 Freeway, by Lankershim Blvd, on 12/11/10, around 9PM.
Lake Balboa / Los Angeles · CA, USA
Sphere over Los Angeles Moving Slowly, shifting directions and altitude.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
UFO impersonating a large jet aircraft, but had abnormal contrail appearance.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
disc-shapped silver object changing form pulsed 3 xs from mountain level went straight up disappeared in seconds
Campbell · CA, USA
Triangle UFO over San Joes, CA 12/2010
San Jose · CA, USA
Cigar shaped object, could be blimp, over east foothills of san jose,( calaveras reservoir area) during afternoon commute.
Valencia · CA, USA
Lights hovering over the 5 Freeway
San Francisco · CA, USA
I was walking east up Steiner st. in the Lower Haight district of San Francisco at about 11:59, when something to my left caught my eye
Bay Point · CA, USA
bright orange ball of light drifts noislessly and slowly over my neighborhood, then fades into clouds.
Castro Valley · CA, USA
Saucer flying low with bright flickering lights.