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)
Valencia · CA, USA
A bright Orb with opaque trails at sunrise.
Saline Valley · CA, USA
Took pix of an exper. a/c climbing above Hot Springs in Saline Valley, CA leaving a extrodinary trail. ((NUFORC Note: Contrail?? PD))
Rubidoux · CA, USA
Missing time and missing kids
San Bruno · CA, USA
A bright red and white glowing fireball in the sky.
Chester · CA, USA
helicopter like body, jet plane wings, miniature jet
Hesperia · CA, USA
Three pulsing lights, flying low and fast.
Long Beach · CA, USA
I saw blinking lights which at first looked like an aircraft except for irregularities in the sequence. The craft looked like it was j
Monterey/San Francisco (between; in-flight sighting) · CA, USA
WE WERE WATCHING THE MOUNTAINS FROM OUR WINDOW IN OUR FLIGHT FROM MONTEREY TO SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER ELEVEN 2009 AND BELOW US WE SAW
Camarillo · CA, USA
Bright buzzing light.
Hickman · CA, USA
Unknown amber light moving north to south
Monterey · CA, USA
Bright, yellow sphere of light streaks and shifts (manuevers) across sky then suddenly disappears.
Healdsburg · CA, USA
Very bright flickering lights hovering over mountain ridge in Russian River/Healdsburg, CA
Paradise · CA, USA
2 lights, 1st one NOT blinking being followed by 2nd one with blinking lights (probable military aircraft)
Ventura · CA, USA
5 non blinking red-orange lights in V formation zooming silently across the night sky
Venice · CA, USA
Coming home from work parking my in the back yard,I look up at the sky.At Marina Del Rey, moving north to Santa Monica 4 light triangle
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Two white fireballs seen in sky. It was shooting stars.
Death Valley (Stovepipe Wells) · CA, USA
Rust-orange colored segmented lights in a curving oblong shape at least a half mile in length.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Super Bright explosion after object hits the desert ground
Fontana · CA, USA
I was going to open the door of my truck, parked in our driveway, when suddenly a light beam appeared aimed at me from behind. I though
Carmel · CA, USA
Fireball.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
bright powder blue puck shaped disk flying in circles near reagan pres library, 50 to 75 ft long, 1 mile away
Vista · CA, USA
10 orbs form a patteren for 5 min. over camp pendleton.
Union City · CA, USA
Unknown Aircraft Hoovers in Silence
San Bernardino · CA, USA
flickering fireball object burning across the skies
Tracy · CA, USA
I saw a red and blue "V" shaped object flying through the sky and emitting a bright l.e.d.-like light.