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)
Fresno · CA, USA
Bright white sphere moving south over Fresno
Palmdale · CA, USA
Red ball of light in the eastern sky
Oakland · CA, USA
30 small round objects floating horizontally in circular formation
Sonora · CA, USA
Steady green light shot down from the heavens and to close proximity to the ground
Truckee · CA, USA
The object moved accross the night sky, suddenly turned bright white,stopped and emmitted a smaller white light.
San Diego · CA, USA
Small, disk like object with blue lights flying over Chula Vista, Ca at South Bay Drive-In Movie Theater in July, 2007.
Sacramento (180 mi. S of; on Interstate 5) · CA, USA
On July 28th 2007 my first sighting occurred at approximately 2:30 AM while standing in the parking lot of a highway rest area. I was g
Sacramento (180 mi. S of; on Interstate 5) · CA, USA
A silent anomalous array of 3 white lights some 15-20 feet across flew south along US 5 at no more than 50 feet elevation
Berkeley · CA, USA
Two bright dots traveling silently in sunny blue sky, bay area California
Corona · CA, USA
BRIGHT SILVER OBJECT APPEARING THEN BECOMING INVISIBLE
San Diego · CA, USA
Sighting in san diego- Summer of 2007: possible bright object or may have been flash but shortly after seeing that i saw a beam or lgit
Cerritos · CA, USA
Twirling Object Over Buena Park.
Visalia · CA, USA
Two orbs of light
Guerneville · CA, USA
Clear sky UFO appears as a cloud shrouded object moving in a stright line south to north.
Covina · CA, USA
Small silver UFO's and one big green UFO
Capitola · CA, USA
4-5 dim amber lights in chevron formation, silent, extremely high speed, South to North.
Clovis · CA, USA
UFO over Clovis California in June 2007
Fresno · CA, USA
brite ufos forming triangle pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising light?? PD))
Fresno · CA, USA
brite ufos forming triangle pattern
San Diego · CA, USA
circular object with bright green illumnation traveled across visible sky from NE to SW in approx. 1 second
Irvine · CA, USA
A Circular object with bright green lights hovering over near UC Irvine campus.
Palmdale · CA, USA
silver sphere in the skys of palmdale
Foster City · CA, USA
Two black spheres and a triangular craft, all with several red and white lights.
Vallejo · CA, USA
bright light formation of different colors, sometimes stationary, sometimes moving erratically
San Lorenzo · CA, USA
transforming light with shooting fireball