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)
Berkeley · CA, USA
Bright hovering lights that suddenly move together or apart, dimming then brightening in a bizarre dance for ~20min
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Bright single light over santa cruz mountians with military jet following it.
Ventura · CA, USA
three round objects over Ventura California
Perris · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) a triangular shape clusterd together and flew stangely for about an hour.
Roseville · CA, USA
Three unexplained events experienced March 28th 2009. Group of objects seen in pursuit of object.
Sacramento · CA, USA
lit up oval floating close to a near by nieghbors tree.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Unusual seemingly stationary bright object
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Light in the night sky following an airplane and then vanishing for no reason. Cloudless night sky.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Strange object spotted over Simi Valley
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
three white patches forming a dim triangle (looked like one craft) flying completely silently, low, and at constant speed (fast) North.
Kramer · CA, USA
Bright white lights seen in broad daylight on the 395 near the airforce base...
Tujunga · CA, USA
Two glowing orbs in a sigar shape drifted acros the sky in tujunga ca
Sacramento/Davis · CA, USA
While traveling west on I80 over the causeway from Sacramento Ca to Davis Ca there was a strange grouping of lights changing color. I
Pismo Beach · CA, USA
White light, Cylinder shape over the beach. Spotted in the corner of my eye. took a picture. The object hovered and quickly disapeared.
lynwood · CA, USA
cluster of objects in the sky for about 1 hour.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Reddish spheres spotted in Northern Califonia.
Oakland · CA, USA
Oakland, CA bright silver white light traveling north west downward toward the San Francisco Bay
Berkeley · CA, USA
Light-distortion moved methodically across San Francisco Bay to above Treasure Island, dropped, returned along same path.
Hawthorne · CA, USA
one red orange jagged circle high up blue sky white spark coming off of it,staying in one spot.
Duarte · CA, USA
Two satellite-like objects both traveling towards mountains and then disappearing
Pleasanton · CA, USA
zigzag flight on high altitude
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Bright light(s) witnessed in Carlsbad on 2/2/09
Dinuba · CA, USA
four red light in shape of a triangle gliding over the city of Dinuba CA.
Shelter Cove · CA, USA
2 orange lites slowly coming off the pacific ocean, upon reaching land, seem to vanish in a haze
Madera · CA, USA
I saw 2 unkown objects with bright lights