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)
Studio City · CA, USA
Bright white light surrounded by revolving colored lights suggesting a disc shape travelling east over the San Fernando Valley.
La Crescenta · CA, USA
sphere like object with lighting spinning above us in la cresenta ca.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
The object is still there. It changed shapes from a triangle to 3 circular shapes. ((NUFORC Note: Venus sighting. PD))
Livermore · CA, USA
Standstill White Orb ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
San Francisco · CA, USA
UPDATED REPORT - PLEASE UPDATE PREVIOUS REPORT - THX - Triangle of lights flies over San Francisco
Taft · CA, USA
Elliptical objects in skies over Taft, CA sighted in the afternoon
Goleta · CA, USA
While photographing a strange-looking oblong cloud a slice appeared to be pushed ou
San Diego · CA, USA
Unexplained beings hiking in the middle of the night
Glendale · CA, USA
Three white circular objects in a triangular formation hover above the hills between Glendale and Los Angeles, California.
Tracy · CA, USA
2 white lights, one red and another white light in a line found over Tracy in the evening.
Coalinga · CA, USA
Oval brilliant blue light fell silently straight down from 30 degrees to the horizon after a UFO talk
Placerville · CA, USA
Triangle with flashing lights in Placerville
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright light after sunset in Southern California
Bodega Bay · CA, USA
Streaking object appears to stop and hover for several minutes
Oroville · CA, USA
Silently flying south at very high rate of speed a trianglar shape with three very bright lights in each corner zoomed overhead.
San Carlos · CA, USA
Independent lights forming a chevron passed silently at a very high altitude at a very high rate of speed; each light shifted position
Irvine · CA, USA
several bluish green lights created a circular object.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Triangle craft, 3 corner lights one center. Flew straight course but made partial spines on its axis left and right.
Long Beach · CA, USA
fireballs in a triangle ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Mission Viejo/Trabuco Canyon · CA, USA
Circular Object w/ white lights on the underside flying over Orange County, CA / Riverside County, CA 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
octogon-like craft traveling through Huntington Beach.
Vista · CA, USA
MY FRIEND AND I WERE FISHING IN THE COVE BY OCEANSIDE,CA AND NOTICED A BRIGHT LIGHT. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A COBRA OR A MILITARY AIRCR
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
Blue ring object seen hovering above the Costa Mesa area
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Cirle of light in the sky, moving along doing manuvers that no aircraft of earth could do.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
There was a total of 4 orbs. 3 were white and one was orange/red under the gray clouds. They were about 1-2 miles away north/east of