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)
Burbank · CA, USA
Unknown object floats over Burbank and Hollywood in a frozen yet illuminated position. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus?? PD))
Corona · CA, USA
One bright white circular object traveling West to East at very high altitude.
El Cajon · CA, USA
Orb of light changed directions rapidly in the sky
Williams · CA, USA
Bright motionless chevron shaped light and two orange orbs. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Richmond · CA, USA
Big white object circular and about 15 small round star like orbs around this massive white object
Newport Beach · CA, USA
Large red object flying with six small sphreres
Napa · CA, USA
UFO over Lake Berryessa.
Riverside · CA, USA
Bright, fast moving light passes overhead
Los Angeles · CA, USA
We saw 2 firey orange orbs, like 2 small suns near each other, west of the Los Angeles skyline for 5-9 seconds at 1:22 in the afternoon
Sonora · CA, USA
Very bright orange light low in sky, then just blinked out from left to right.
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Cluster of four bright lights in clear blue sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly an advertising light?? PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright light changed to dim and traveled acros sky beconing stationary and changing course 90 deg.
Oakhurst · CA, USA
3 huge Triangle objects headed from Yosemite to Fresno seen in Oakhurst CA
Oakdale · CA, USA
Multiple reports of earthquakes, sonic booms, fireballs, meteors, ufos's
Sonora · CA, USA
ball of light and loud boom
Pittsburg/Antioch · CA, USA
white ball of light illuminated sky over Hwy 4
Grenada · CA, USA
Huge, neon green fireball with orange halo travelling very fast perpendicular to earth in northern CA
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Large dark triangle with blinking lights passes over Los Angeles neighborhood
Los Angeles · CA, USA
on 8/11/08, 3 stars that seemed connected where snaking through the atmoshpere onto of California, Los Angeles, around 12:12 a.m.
Hesperia · CA, USA
early in the morning. and object along other 3 moved raidcally in a fixed position
Alameda · CA, USA
I saw a single red light that never changed shape or color but moved in an unconventional fasion.
Azusa · CA, USA
Azusa Mountains is a Highway for UFOS.
Sacramento · CA, USA
8/12/07 Strange spheres over sacramento 1:00pm.
Long Beach · CA, USA
many red orbs arranged in a trinangle
San Rafael · CA, USA
Triangular craft seen over San Rafael, CA around 11pm Sunday night