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)
Truckee · CA, USA
Weird flashes of light, two nights in a row.
Redding · CA, USA
After reviwing a video of clouds, I saw four ufos.
Antioch · CA, USA
07/09/2010, Antioch, CA; oblong, 3 min., luminous red orange, 3 x's larger than a small plane, pulsing soft noise,strait low flight.
Oakland · CA, USA
OAKLAND UFO 7/9/2010 HAVE PIC
Buellton · CA, USA
Double flash of "satellite" moving North to South ???
Marina del Rey · CA, USA
8 GLOWING HOVERING OBJECTS THAT DISAPPEARED ONE BY ONE OVER MARINA DEL REY, CRAZY, 2 MINS. NOT AIRPLANES!
Gilroy · CA, USA
THREE BRIGHT FLASHES HIGH ABOVE GILROY CALIFORNIA
Sylmar · CA, USA
3 pulsing lights with fast moving red light going round it.
Ceres · CA, USA
Nightime ufo sitng cenral valley northern california 7-10-2010 ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of star or planet?? PD))
Alameda · CA, USA
A fleet of white circular UFOs over Alameda, CA.
Burbank · CA, USA
Numerous black parachute-like objects, very fast-moving, split off in different directions, then one triangular-shaped flat object.
Tracy · CA, USA
Bright blue light over Tracy, CA
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
Orange Orbs in Orange County
Huron · CA, USA
Upside down triangular obect with red pulsating lights floating above a airfield in Nothern California
El Monte/Monterey Park (between) · CA, USA
Gray oval teardrop shaped craft flying over LA County.
Davis · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) WIERD AS HECK
Los Feliz · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) walking my dog... i saw spotlights celebrating the opening of either a film or bar... living in la... one never knows.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
It was a triangle with green dots.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
Bright White light, hovering still 30 mins, Then moving away slowly, over NW Los Angeles Co.. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Taft · CA, USA
Six navy like ships going east to west, and one cloaked
Berry Creek · CA, USA
Two campers view one craft fly over then hold position as a second craft emerges from the first and performs impossible manuevers
Orange · CA, USA
strange light seen over Orange California
Hemet · CA, USA
UFO Caught During ABC's Electrical Brush Fires
Malibu · CA, USA
Fire colored cylinder changing shape to circle
San Pedro · CA, USA
a bright red light coming straight fom the top of the bldg. ((NUFORC Note: Student r