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)
Orange County · CA, USA
Lights in straight line formation, moving slow but fading away real fast.(("Starlink" satellites??))
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Bright stationary light in Western sky above Santa Monica. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Oceanside · CA, USA
Driving down the interstate going Northbound on I-5 and noticed one object in the sky with a red flashing strobe flying abnormally low
San Leandro · CA, USA
I sit at the marina every morning for the sunrise to meditate and this morning I noticed above the cloud and fog line would appear to b
Los angeles · CA, USA
Working light 5x the speed of sound.
Visalia · CA, USA
Me and my husband noticed three bright lights in the formation of a triangle just sitting in the sky. We thought they were stars and as
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Traveling West on Hwy 18 between 7th St and the 15 Fwy 2 hexagon shaped objects appeared at cloud level pointed South bound. They were
Patterson · CA, USA
Round white object looked like a balloon hovered for 20 minutes then gone.
Morro Bay · CA, USA
String of 20 lights in formation west to east over north San Luis Obis county CA.
Morro Bay · CA, USA
String of 20 lights in formation west to east over north San Luis Obis county CA. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Patterson · CA, USA
Ballon type ufo just hovering over house about a 90’ up then implode in on itself and gone. Same as yesterday.
Riverside · CA, USA
I was driving south on Brockton Ave between Magnolia Ave and Arlington Ave. On the south side of the sky appeared three circles of abo
Maxwell · CA, USA
Fleet of 8 to 10 lights, 3 at a time appearing, then disappearing. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I awoke to find an udulating beach ball sized black sphere hovering in my kitchen.
Porterville · CA, USA
Stars moving in perfect line (("Starlink" satellites??))
Chula Vista · CA, USA
this ufo stayed on one course, but had this really intense glow to it. It was glowing so much that I couldn’t tell what kind of shape t
Oroville · CA, USA
Looked like white feathers,in formation traveling across the sky. 500 ft in altitude , and 75 ft wide. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Isleton · CA, USA
Too warm yellow orange lights dance in dirt across the sky almost every night of the year in a repeatable fashion.
Standish · CA, USA
50-100 lights traveling across the sky in same path at same speed. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Downey · CA, USA
A solid round(luminate) green light with no sound, I'm not going to lie I was kind of scary.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
I was in bed asleep, when a bright red light illuminated our bedroom. I woke up and laid still staring at the red orb the size of a soc
Baldwin Hills Estates · CA, USA
Cloned Stars
La Mesa · CA, USA
Orange fireball dropping a flare
Coachella · CA, USA
Driving down Frederick st coming to stop light on. Ave 52 when we saw what looked like 3 fireballs coming down but instead of just fal
Temple City · CA, USA
Metallic Floating object determined not to be a plane, drone, helicopter or otherwise non-conventional flying object. Change shape and