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)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Bright object appeared of the west horizon made its ascend into the sky then dimmed away.
Oro Grande · CA, USA
highway 66
Lake Shasta Resort · CA, USA
Out for a walk at midnight, saw a object burning, disppear behind the mountains.
San Diego · CA, USA
Shape Changing Object in San Diego. Never scene anything like this before
El Cajon · CA, USA
I saw some bright lights shining through my window. I observed outside and saw three objects with blinking lights
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
While video taping a spider making a web ,I captured a U.F.O. fly bye in the sky behind the spider.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
I have seen these objects several times in the last two years other people have seen them also.
Rialto · CA, USA
This is not the fist time I have seen strange objects in the sky. I reported a sighting to George filer approx aug. 2002 along with pho
San Joaquin Valley · CA, USA
Several lights spotted along I-5, maybe helicopters but they flew low over crops, changed their light set ups, and flew real radical.
Hanford · CA, USA
Spinning dome shaped object hovering in sky with red tint &pulsing white light.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
The ball of light moved from one place to another at the blink of an eye, circling around the night sky until it flew higher and vanish
Palm Springs · CA, USA
I saw a flashing colored orb in the eastern sky over the San Jacinto Mountains.
El Cajon · CA, USA
We saw them again and now there are five objects with blinking lights
Roseville · CA, USA
I saw these lights last night 7/25/04 so I grabbed my binoculars and what I saw was amazing, looks like a cluster of dancing lights, bl
San Jose · CA, USA
2 quick flashes of light distant from eachother appeared in the sky over the Santa Cruz mountains.
Pacific Grove · CA, USA
High alltitude V-shape, slow moving
Mojave · CA, USA
bright light from the west came close within a few feet then shot into hyperspeed to the north
Fresno · CA, USA
this gold diamond turned on the side shaped craft that was moving so fast it looked slow and it was moveing so fast up that it look lik
Palm Springs · CA, USA
I saw a bright object in the western sky over the San Jacinto Mts. shoot a colored orb from its body.
Helendale · CA, USA
Light in Sky
Catheys Valley · CA, USA
Bright, shining,slowly falling oject at dawn . Seemed to fall from space to earth.
Truckee · CA, USA
no sound and fairly close
Coalinga · CA, USA
Similar sighting to the I-5 UFO phenomenon on NUFORC - probable crop duster
Newark · CA, USA
San Francisco Bay Area southwest and about 80 degrees above horizon.
Benicia · CA, USA
UFO's seen over Benicia, California as five objects converge and separate. 3 witnesses.