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)
Tracy · CA, USA
12 lights traveling behind each other-then fading. ((Starlink satellites??))((anonymous))
Vacaville · CA, USA
Lights very high in the atmosphere passed over 1 at a time spaced evenly and in a straight line. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Pittsburg · CA, USA
I kept seein a light come from behind the cloud and then I seen another and then another. (("Starlink" satellites??))((anonymous))
Fresno · CA, USA
About 20-30 lights in total appeared in the night sky, traveling in the same trajectory. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Madera · CA, USA
We saw 8 lights in formation evenly spaced and moving at a high rate of speed. We then saw other lights in formation about 2-3 minutes
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Driving north on rail Road in Santa Clarita/Valencia California at approximately 6:15 PM Pacific standard time. I was with my wife and
Madera · CA, USA
30 to 40 white lights flying in formation, all equally apart in straight line. ((Starlink satellites))
El Cajon/La Mesa · CA, USA
It was the middle of the day. I saw 5 metal helmet shaped craft flying in a diagonal upside down L formation right very quickly .
Grass Valley · CA, USA
Amazing straight line of 30+ lights traveling through the sky at a high rate of speed spaced equally. ((Starlink satellites))
Carmichael · CA, USA
Unknown flying craft circle in shape and dark grey ship approx. 40’ in diameter.
Littlerock · CA, USA
MADAR Node 56
Oxnard · CA, USA
Morphing UFO from airplane/tic tac shape to suspended triangular shape over ocean using electromagnetic waves
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Four orange/yellow fireballs were seen off in the distance as planes were descending nearby. Slowly, 2 of them faded out like a shootin
Watsonville · CA, USA
MADAR Node 105
Hat Creek · CA, USA
I observed a bright light in the sky to my west. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
El Cajon · CA, USA
Amber craft rises and shoots north.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Strange twinkling lights very low on the horizon.
Paramount · CA, USA
UFO sighting near Paramount, California
Long Beach · CA, USA
3 soft white non-blinking lights in an equilateral triangle formation, could not tell if there was a solid hull, traveled N to S.
Oceanside · CA, USA
Bright star like light. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Clearlake · CA, USA
Bright orange lights above Clearlake, CA. ((Starlink satellites))
Alta Loma · CA, USA
Blue light stationary then moves out of sight to NE
Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
Nine white lights (or more) following each other equidistant north to south at 5:45 am. ((Starlink satellites))
LaVerne · CA, USA
At approximately 7:45 p.m. Saturday evening I saw two very different burnt orange colored lights traveling NE.
Crescent City · CA, USA
Eight lights in V pattern traveling from east to west in seconds dissapearing over the ocean