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)
Campbell · CA, USA
Bright, slow moving orange light in the San Jose area.
Carmichael · CA, USA
My daughter and I whitnessed a triangular shaped craft with chaotic strobes over Carmichael, CA.
Los Alamitos · CA, USA
Two lights came from one then all three ascened out of sight!
Redwood City · CA, USA
two spheres seen hanging motionless in sky, a short, thin vapor trail, (or not) projected out of it.
Malibu · CA, USA
UFO captured in picture 5/14/2006 - Daylight
La Mirada · CA, USA
star in the sky during the day?
Esparto · CA, USA
Large circular object appears and disappears in place in broad daylight in a clear blue sky.
Wasco · CA, USA
it was a bright red
San Mateo · CA, USA
2 bright streaks of light with dark object above them observed in clear, cloudless sky.
La Puente · CA, USA
UFO over the San Gabriel Valley
Fresno · CA, USA
Fast light zig zagging over Fresno
Jacumba · CA, USA
My partner and I were going on a drive on I-8 out of San Diego east towards the Arizona border. We often go on weekend drives out this
Sonora · CA, USA
I looked up and caught a very bright light (3 times the size of Venus). It moved in small arc and then simply faded out. The way that o
Torrance · CA, USA
Cloaked UFO shadow seen on low cloud layer
Murrieta · CA, USA
Moon like object moving abnormally, unlike any aircraft, location not reasonable for it to be a spotlight
Malibu · West, CA, USA
bright metalic cylinder 30-75 ' or more flying along CA coast over Ventura, speed of landing jet, jet flame out the end.
Campbell · CA, USA
Bright orange light in the sky
Tranquillity · CA, USA
bright white lite near Tranquillity/ Mendota
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Fast moving gliding oval shaped object in the sky just before Great America Parkway Fireworks event on Sunday May 28, 2006.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
3 highly metallic, highly reflective spheres moving rapidly together, then quickly ascending out of sight
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Four Green lights in a line moving from South to North
San Jose · CA, USA
flasing red orb almost a deep redish purple kinda like the tail lamp on a police bike. you can get the same effect by taking a clear c
El Cajon · CA, USA
Circular object with lights flying over el cajon.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
MY SONS, WIFE AND I WERE LOOKING AT THE MOON AND NOTICED A VERY BRIGHT OBJECT THAT APPEARED AT FIRST TO BE A PLANET (IN MY BINOCULARS)
Los Angeles (Highland Park) · CA, USA
Dark spherical / ovoid object travelling east/north-east from east of my position, climbing steadily.