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)
San Francisco · CA, USA
A very bright shooting star-like event over San Francisco.
Simi Valley · CA, USA
bright orb, moving extremely fast , no trails behind it
Borrego Springs · CA, USA
3 cylinder red lights stationary in the sky
Temecula · CA, USA
Two pulsating lights changing from white to blue to red ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of star, Sirius. PD))
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
Looks like a normal star, but moves around. No other star around it does that.
West Covina · CA, USA
early morning sighting of bright, oblong object with more rounded dome shape at top center.
Berkeley · CA, USA
The object hovered over a park then flew off extremely fast
San Jose · CA, USA
Sphere emits Rainbow of Colors
Fort Smith · CA, USA
Saw a strange thing in the early morning sky Saturday morning February 5, 2005. It looked like a comet southeast of Fort Smith over For
Sacramento · CA, USA
U-shaped snake-like object
Napa · CA, USA
Orange light slowly travels across the sky and rapidly ejects smaller lights downward from it, before disappearing.
Tujunga · CA, USA
The fireball UFO came from behind the mountain,and was traveling south. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail?? PD))
Biggs · CA, USA
Two diamonds flying in the sky.
San Jose · CA, USA
large object falling east to west multicolors
San Diego · CA, USA
Saucer With White Bright Light ((NUFORC Note: Possibly not a serious report. PD))
Agoura Hills · CA, USA
Sphere traveling very high, and very fast from south to north over the 101 freeway heading over towards Oak Park. Gracefully curved lef
Pittsburg · CA, USA
2 orange lights in the sky seen twice second time by more witnesses
Woodland · CA, USA
Dog barking just before I went to bed...I looked out the bedroom window. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Santa Maria · CA, USA
Three objects flew from one cloud to the other leaving a "c"ish opening where the cloud appeared to have been disturbed.
San Diego · CA, USA
MIRAMAR AFB: 805 Freeway closed near Miramar Air base night of sighting 2/12/05
San Diego · CA, USA
Craft lands straight down over Miramar base at out of conrol speed.
Ventura · CA, USA
Pill-shaped, swiftly moving solid object spotted through small telescope
Riverside · CA, USA
Orange V shaped object observed overhead
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Two orbiting spheres in broad daylight.
Borrego Springs · CA, USA
Huge Black Triangle sighted in the night sky over Borrego Springs, Ca. East of San Diego.