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)
Hayward · CA, USA
Oval object with a rotating tethered object in the middle, observerd Oval blow up
Roseville · CA, USA
Abduction, middle of night, out of 2nd story bedroom.
San Leandro · CA, USA
Loud humming noise and oval shape with lights
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Object was flashing orange/white lights and moving in circles very slowly and vanished
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Large, ring shaped with inner ring. seen over los angeles
Cerritos · CA, USA
Circular non transparent object seen hovering inside house
Tracy · CA, USA
15 meters brilliant silver object slowly floats then zips away on a clear day - gone in a fraction of second
Anaheim · CA, USA
It is about 11:29 PM right now, I went outside to check on my car that is parked on the outside curb of my apartment when I saw a star
Graton · CA, USA
Triangular Lights
Ventura · CA, USA
Lights in V formation
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
in mid-May 2004 at around 2:30am (PDT), i went outside to grab my book bag out of my car. when all of a sudden i saw two dark yellow/br
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
2 bright red circle shaped objects almost jellyfish like
Los Angeles · CA, USA
conical shaped object with a solid band of light on surface perimeter - viewed by atleast 8 hotel guests
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Extremely bright light formation and disc shape over Santa Monica mountains.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Did anyone else see what we saw in Downtown Los Angeles?
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Two slow moving "tethered" objects"
Lompoc · CA, USA
Tapered Triangle. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of the triplet of U. S. Navy "NOSS" satellites?? PD))
San Diego · CA, USA
I was sitting on the patio in Point Loma (in San Diego, Ca) Friday, May 14th, 2004, looking up at the Big Dipper when I saw three red a
Chasworth · CA, USA
A bright Sphere object descended from the sky and stopped below tree lines in Chatsworth, Ca. area near 118 fwy.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Orange circular object moved quickly to NE and was followed almost to the horizon.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
They were transparent, but they clearly had a shape to them like soap bubbles.
South El Monte · CA, USA
It was a V-shaped UFO flying perfectly straight across the night sky at a very fast speed and it was a glowing baby blue.
Castro Valley · CA, USA
Sighting over the hills in Castro Valley
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Spotted Mylar Balloon looking object revolving as it floated above Hollywood Freeway by Vermont Ave. exit. Traffic was at a halt and I
Rocklin · CA, USA
Saucer spotted near Rocklin CA in clear, mid-morning. Observed for 20 minutes