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)
Verdi · CA, USA
Light object hovering and black object suddenly seen steaking across sky daytime in front of white object.
San Jacinto · CA, USA
Hovering bright object vanishes petruding flashing light over san jacinto mountains
Indio · CA, USA
RED AND BLUE LIGHT THAT FLEW ERRATICALLY LIKE AN INSECT AT SPEEDS 3X OF A PLANE!
Hesperia · CA, USA
Very bright object in front of big dipper; disappeared to nothing on 6/13/10 at 22:24 hours. ((NUFORC Note: Iridium satellite? PD))
Irvine · CA, USA
circular distorted shape please look!
Burbank · CA, USA
A metallic object is seen hovering really high above N Glenoaks blvd and Birmingham Rd around 6:10pm in bright daylight in burbank
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Low flying UFO with a single red and green light slight white glow around it over pacific coast highway in Huntington Beach CALI
Placentia · CA, USA
Very dim falling star with amber light flying horizontal at about 600mph in LAX landing path with no trail.
Los Banos · CA, USA
Large orange and yellow dome in Los Banos California.
Riverside · CA, USA
Light blue object, suddely turns brilliant white, leaves trail and wake
Stockton · CA, USA
Light streak then flashing blue light getting dimmer and dimmer each time
Pebble Beach (U. S. Open tournament) · CA, USA
Strange object flies on and off screen during US OPEN interview with Phil Michaelson
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
UFO sighted over Laguna Niguel, moving in circles and up and down erraticly. No sound.
Napa · CA, USA
Small hovering bright light seen in the evening sky.
Glendale · CA, USA
Metallic cone shaped disc flying near 2 freeway in Glendale, CA
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Saw 2 chem-trails flying over SD Co. going 2 different directions for approx 7-10 mins before...disappearing!!!
Petaluma · CA, USA
Two moving spheres over Petaluma and the bay area.
Upland · CA, USA
I was laying down under a lamp post when I saw a blinking object in the sky.
Fresno · CA, USA
i was ridind to work. i seen a grate sun rise so took a photo. when got to work and look at the photo i seen a blue dot in the photo to
Redding · CA, USA
Low flying ball of bright light - gliding across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of International Space Station. PD))
Palmdale · CA, USA
white lights moving towards Mojave, Northern direction. No marker lights visiable with binoculars.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Shinny golden matalic disk/sauser shaped object seen for 2-3 secs....then disappeared!
San Diego · CA, USA
June 26 San Diego north county 5 lights
Monterey · CA, USA
Two brilliant blue and green lights that were observed for about 15 mins. that moved in an erratic fashion independent of each other.
Hat Creek · CA, USA
Two sightings of the same object within 22 hours of each other in Northern California