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)
Stockton · CA, USA
UFO DANCING IN THE SKY
Fresno · CA, USA
Fresno sighting
Concord · CA, USA
amorphous black object stationary in the sky... 9 witnesses. Daytime sighting...
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Los Angeles 1:00 am red blue green and white light standing still for hour and a half. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Pomona · CA, USA
Object moving at what looked like warp speed with trailing white tail
Garden Grove · CA, USA
Triangle shape, broken into three discoid or round objects, shinny like polished stainless
San Jose · CA, USA
BRIGHT LIGHTS IN SKY OVER SAN JOSE CALIF.
Murrieta · CA, USA
fast moving cirlce with colored lights
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Estimated-Time: 01:45am, Estimated-Date: October 17, 2009, Length: 7-10ft, width: 2-3ft, Color: Faded Bluish Florescent, Altitude: 40-
Littlerock · CA, USA
a see through triangle that dissapeared into thin air.
San Jose/Bay Area · CA, USA
1 Main Hovering Bright ORB/Sphere, Emiting Light as bright as the sun, 3 others soon apear in sequence.
Chico · CA, USA
Large silent blimp looking craft, when seen up close appeared to be a silver craft with four orbs, two white and two red
Lakeside · CA, USA
unusal lights appearing in San Diego east county northwest sky
Canyon Country · CA, USA
hoover brite star that started moving very fast and then slow, changing to red,green,blue in color
Milpitas · CA, USA
We saw a orange/yellow circle shaped object traveling through the sky as fast as a shooting star
Fontana · CA, USA
silver round object
Crestline · CA, USA
Silver disk seen above San Bernardino Valley (5 minutes).
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
10 UFOs over Santa Rosa, California (six in a big dipper formation, four in a half circle)
El Cajon · CA, USA
while working on electrical junction box electrican noticed a silvery circle in the western sky . it was at a very high in the and didn
Hemet · CA, USA
Rectangular craft observed in Hemet California
Hemet · CA, USA
Two triangular UFO's seen over Hemet, CA in the night sky with distortion field
Chester · CA, USA
Yellow orb, no noise, disappered after 2 minutes.
San Pedro · CA, USA
Hundreds of them in the night sky over one city alone.!!!
Sam Miguel · CA, USA
fireball SSW of San Miguel, California
Oakland · CA, USA
Huge bright blue circles above Oakland for a few seconds, reappeared 1 mi south 2 sec. later then vanished. Definately not a plane.