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)
Cardiff · CA, USA
There were 3 glowing objects in the sky bouncing around for about 3 hours.
Twentynine Palms · CA, USA
About 10mi southeast of Marine base, two lights(UFO) slowly alternating red, green. White lights were coming down like spot lights. No
Woodland · CA, USA
Ring camera caught object hovering and flying away.
Littlerock · CA, USA
MADAR Node 56
Coronado · CA, USA
Two parallel lights (white) flashed red and white when I waved at the craft.
Danville · CA, USA
Large flashing yellow Orb Triangle.
Oakley · CA, USA
Multiple orbs witnessed flying in formation. ((Starlink satellites))
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
Very large seemingly floating.... multiple flashing lights, my pictures did not capture it, other than a bright light.
Modesto · CA, USA
UFO cluster imaged from ISS.
Montebello · CA, USA
Looked up at the sky and immediately noticed all the traffic high in the sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Davis · CA, USA
Hundreds of “satellite light” type craft heading inland to Nevada ((Starlink satellites?))
RIO VISTA · CA, USA
Strange objects flying in perfect formation above Rio Vista, Ca ((Starlink satellites))
Oroville · CA, USA
objects that looked like stars moving accross the morning sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
20+ circular white lights traveling in unison from N to S in predawn night sky, equally distanced. ((Starlink satellites?))
San Diego · CA, USA
Triangle shaped UFO that was see through, holographic like that was very quiet, and flying really low.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
I’m in Palm Springs, California. I was sitting in my hot tube very sober just gazing at the stars. I pointed to the strange orange star
Encinitas · CA, USA
More than 23 objects at 5 am. ((Starlink satellites))
Lodi · CA, USA
Lights traveled from NW to SE. They were evenly spaced, in a curved line, one following the other. ((Starlink satellites?))
Seaside · CA, USA
15 or more bright white equal spaced objects traversing NNW to SSE in dark, clear sky. ((Starlink satellites))
Los Angekes · CA, USA
Looked up and saw lights, not flashing like stars, far away like an airliner high up or like a satellite. ((Starlink satellites?))
El Sobrante · CA, USA
Around 5:20am i looked up and saw a line of ufo's at first i counted 10. ((Starlink satellites))
Montebello · CA, USA
I saw at least 50 bright white lights traveling in a one line formation keeping the same distance ((Starlink satellites?))
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
MADAR Node 57 replaces error of 04/16/2020
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Large orange orb hovering above neighbors house. Made no noise at all.
Riverside · CA, USA
Line of Lights. ((Starlink satellites?))