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)
Cambria · CA, USA
2 BRIGHT and FAST Round Orange Lights over the skies of Cambria, CA on September 17, 2010
Panorama City · CA, USA
this was a white orb circle ufo.
Escondido · CA, USA
The object if you can picture it was the color of one of those yellow or streetlights lights in the sky. Also the flight pattern was ex
Eagle Rock · CA, USA
Glowing Sphere over Eagle Rock, CA
Antioch · CA, USA
Large bright white lights flashing with blue lights on two sides hovering in western sky which was dark at the time and slightly cloudy
Norwalk · CA, USA
Neon blue sphere in Norwalk,Ca. hovering, then moved south across the sky then disappeared. Just gone.
Riverside · CA, USA
6 oval objects flying over Riverside California
Oxnard · CA, USA
A moving fire ball over oxnard, ca morphing into a comet shape with tail.
Ojai · CA, USA
Red meteor like object streaking, stopping completely, looking like a satellite, then extinguishing altogether.
Ventura · CA, USA
huge comet like object with fireball trail, turned white, stopped, became incircled by swirling white tails, then disappeared.
San Jose · CA, USA
redish orange fireball in the sky south of san jose
Durham · CA, USA
White fuzzy cloud like object in Sky
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
Bright star-like white light visible under dense white marine layer, stationary for ten minutes, then gone.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Two fireballs seen south of Santa Monica.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
it was shaped liked an octopus and it was dark in color and the arms were rotating around the center they were moveing to independently
Orange · CA, USA
SIX FLYING IN FORMATION TRAVEL FROM WEST TO EAST
Los Angeles · CA, USA
UFO seen hovering and speeding off.
Palmdale · CA, USA
4 white dim lights cruising together and thought it was a plane when I noticed there was no beacon light.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Large UFO, comes from over the ocean and then to over the santa monica pier.
Loma Linda · CA, USA
sighting of an extraterrestrial being
Fontana · CA, USA
disc shape but molded its shape like a jelly fish,it glowed orange reddish lights it flow up and down hovering for about 6 sec then wen
Tehachapi · CA, USA
While driving from Anteloe Valley to Tehachapi California, at approx. 10pm, I observed what appeared to be a bright orange light leavin
Oceanside · CA, USA
We saw a solid yellowish light with a vapor trail silently pass fade then re-appear.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
a light apeared in the Northern sky thrust across the sky and dissappeared then reappeared leaving con trails.
Vandenberg AFB · CA, USA
White light on the gold coast.