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)
Yucaipa · CA, USA
Seen yellowish orange object traveling north near the I 10 day. Near yucaipa CA.Moving very slow.It stopped and looked like it shot 2 f
Anaheim · CA, USA
Red Orange Ball of Light
San Pedro · CA, USA
White glowing object over the night sky
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Tic tax shaped object over downtown LA
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Bright green fireball flew across the sky
Indio · CA, USA
Looked like an orange star like in the night sky. It stood there for a minute. I thought it was Mars but it was 3 times brighter and it
Norco · CA, USA
Large Circular Structure hovering over south Riverside
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Silent, oblong-shaped bioluminescent-colored glowing disc observed flying northwest toward Santa Monica Mountains at dawn.
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
Green UFO spotted from North Lake Elsinore moving Northwest at extremely high rate of speed.
Castaic · CA, USA
Bright light fluidly moving through the sky.
Los Molinos · CA, USA
Firey cigar shaped stationary object, in daylight near Chico, Ca.
Sea Ranch · CA, USA
See above for details.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
round spinning
Escondido · CA, USA
Burned bright in daylight then in a second it vanished. No smoke left behind. Nothing.
Del Mar · CA, USA
Very large bright (white Light) object falling down out of sky at a controlled rate, did anyone else see it?
Downey · CA, USA
Bright light, brighter than any star in the sky fades out of view in an instant. ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from a satellite??PD))
Santa Monica Beach · CA, USA
Three or four bright lights, atleast, very high in sky in perfect formation, traveling higher and faster than the jets in the sky.
Gridley · CA, USA
Circular object with 3 big lights continuously moving from 1 light to another until it made it back around to the first light.
Fresno · CA, USA
I’m driving at the end of my block. There is a bright orange ball in the sky. About the size of a dime if I held it up to my eye. So I
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Lights in a row. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
satellite like looking objects single file line, orderely flying in perfection, 30 or so of them, wow!!!!! ((Starlink satellites))
San Francisco · CA, USA
Hundreds of crisscrossing star-like objects. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Hayward · CA, USA
OBJECTS APPEAR AS SATELLITES IN FORMATION. ((Starlink satellites))
Salinas · CA, USA
31 UFOs seen traveling SW to NE in a mostly evenly space row, one after the other. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
Castro Valley · CA, USA
Lights in sky in straight line at satellite heights moving very fast in easterly direction. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))