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)
Paincines (Pinnacle Rocks in Pinnacles National Monument) · CA, USA
slow-moving star traveling and suddenly descending downwards
Laguna Beach · CA, USA
Spheres off of Laguna coast
Del Mar · CA, USA
Looked out on Pacific Ocean horizon while stanidng approx. 30 ft from 40ft. cliff above sea shore.saw 8 - 3" or so gold sphere ligh
Newport Beach · CA, USA
6 Lights hover above Ocean, then one by one, each descends & disappears
Felton · CA, USA
Two bright lights moved in spurts then changed shape, color and direction.
Eureka · CA, USA
Single silent V-shaped ufo seen in southern sky over Eureka, Ca. at about 8pm on Jan. 20, 2007.
Paramount · CA, USA
Red/auburn lights on disc dhaped object over Paramount Ca
Paramount · CA, USA
Mysterious red light moving accross the Los Angeles sky!
San Francisco · CA, USA
Blimp shape with red marking or door on the side?
Bellflower · CA, USA
Three sphere shapes hovering in triangle formation, that dropped flames and disappeared.
Burbank · CA, USA
TWO BRIGHT LIGHTS ABOVE 134 FREEWEAY PASSIN BUENA VISTA ST.
Cudahy · CA, USA
APPEARING LIKE A DAY TIME STAR MOVING VERY SLOWLY
Grass Valley · CA, USA
Flash of light in Northern Sky near big dipper on Thursday 1/25/07 seen by two people.
Newbury Park · CA, USA
Bright white light seen decending into the hills of Newbury Park, Ca. Jan. 25th, 2007.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Star like object moving across the sky very slowly and stops moving.
Norco · CA, USA
Single blue-white light traveling westbound at high rate of speed banking turns above Santa Ana river.
Murrieta/Temecula · CA, USA
Pulsating light in Murrieta with jet contrail intercepting
Ukiah · CA, USA
High velocity craft flying parallel to freeway.
Folsom · CA, USA
An object was seen in the night sky like a star, moved slowly then shot up & dissapeared.
Quincy · CA, USA
Tri-colored cylinder shaped object at about 500 feet disappears into mountains 5-10 miles away.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Object with rotating red and blue lights hovering over North County San Diego at 1:00 a.m. on December 1, 2006.
Temecula · CA, USA
December 1st, 2006- While walking with a group of people to a Christmas parade, 2 rectangle objects flew by extremely fast!
Oakland · CA, USA
disk shaped figure with flashing lights in a pattern, at about 7:45pm on december 1st 2006, it hovered for about 5min then disapperared
Avila Beach · CA, USA
UFO near Diablo Canyon Power Plant California!
Newport Beach · CA, USA
one disk with lights underneath it observed by myself for 2 minutes in the sky stationary as well as moving across sky.