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)
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Silent huge something hovering with red lazer type lights and multicolor lights above it.
Rocklin · CA, USA
Disklike object with rotating changing colors floating moderately low above the ground.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
bright light in sky every night for last 8 nights and counting. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus in the western sky, we suspect. PD))
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Hovering lights without sound
Cutler · CA, USA
Small fireball shaped object seen flying southeast from Cutler. No noise.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
UFO's over Silverlake
Oregon House · CA, USA
Four lights at dusk that appear then dissaappear
Riverside · CA, USA
Brilliant green object, seems to launch smaller white objetc
Coalinga (near) · CA, USA
Interstate-5 sighting.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Falling Object next to the Big Dipper.
Anaheim Hills · CA, USA
Blue ball of light over the Anaheim Hills area off the 55 N. when it meets with the 91(California)
Hollywood · CA, USA
deep black oval object flying smooth over Hollywood/Los Angeles.
Happy Valley · CA, USA
I was driving down Happy Valley rd. Saw what I thought was a deer, no then is it a dog, no.
Modesto · CA, USA
green light over modesto
Anaheim · CA, USA
Two spheres over Disneyland, 06-03-2010.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A light that, at first, appeared to be a star, suddenly flashed several colors and flew away from the Earth until it disappeared.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
These oval and flat objects moved in an incredibly fast and were a transparent and metallic in color disappearing and reappearing.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Two clusters of oval, metallic-sided objects were seen flying high above Lake Elsinore. ((NUFORC Note: Wife's report. PD))
Montclair · CA, USA
I saw an object come out of some sort of light speed and dissapear in montclair CA.
Merced · CA, USA
I was sitting dowm in my chair I was facing northwest, At 22:00 hours I notice Flying object, It was triangle shape, it was traving fro
Banning · CA, USA
strange light moving back and forth until it disapper; lasted for 30 seconds.
San Diego · CA, USA
floating tranparent wing in the sky over san diego
Visalia · CA, USA
3 small white lights in the shape of a triangle, one object only
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
Lights in sky morphing into a dark triangle which hovered and the then flew off
Red Bluff - Dribble Creek Subdivision · CA, USA
I saw a bright round light sitting in one spot for a least one hour in the sky about 3 or 4 miles away. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))