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)
Meadow (Between Ellsinore & Paris) · CA, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Cone shaped object moving from side to side flying across the sky.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
A pair of orange lights rapidly crossed tha Santa Cruz sky.
San Gabriel · CA, USA
WAS LOOKING AT THE MOON THEN I SAW IT
Los Angeles · CA, USA
3 spots in sky in broad daylight moving oddly
Desert Center · CA, USA
TUBE SHAPED OBJECT WITH FLASHING LIGHTS HANGING IN SKY OVER MIDDLE OF HWY.
Fresno · CA, USA
Adult male reports witnessing a fast-moving, orange-colored fireball streak overhead.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
black V shaped object over West LA
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
Hovering, erratic green light appears for more than one hour in the Southern California sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD))
Sonora · CA, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Object noticed on film, Scoop Marks on Brother
Bakersfield · CA, USA
UFO sighting over Bakersfield, CA that lasted for almost an hour!!!!
Penngrove · CA, USA
luminiscent sphere
Anaheim · CA, USA
A coworker and I noticed a black roundish object that appeared to be hovering above the Disneyland hotel.
Avalon · CA, USA
Round, tall craft over Catalina Island, two teardrop black crafts inter-weaving with another at low altitude
San Jose · CA, USA
Weird buzzing, and I black out!
Pasadena · CA, USA
Small ovid object observed coming in from the San Gabriel mountains and hovering over Pasadena
La Mirada · CA, USA
Red bright flashing light that hovered moving slowly east and west a couple of times throughout its 20 minute showing.
Healdsburg · CA, USA
At 9:47 p.m.m PST, I was walking close to due north on Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, CA. I saw a very bright white object (about 10 degre
Hayward · CA, USA
blue light in hayward, califma
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Western Sky brilliant lights reflecting red, streams of green blue extending far past the point of a twinkling star.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Green fireball over San Francisco
Valencia · CA, USA
Very low, loud oscillating sound, 3 streaks of thin green light
Ceres · CA, USA
I saw a Huey heliocopter trailing a very large non light emiiting object at night at low elevation and low speed.
Tracy · CA, USA
a transparent looking triangle shaped craft flew west, then north-west, then disappeared.
Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) · CA, USA
Triangle Shaped UFO, Red Green Blue Lights Underneath, Los Angeles, March 2004
Watsonville · CA, USA
Feet of five craft "gliding" in air. No engine noise. Flying low to the ground.