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)
Anaheim Hills · CA, USA
red lights in the sky
Inyokern · CA, USA
While driving west on I178 at approx. 10:50pm, My wife and i observed a green glowing circular object appear in the clear night sky, th
Burbank · CA, USA
Gold light with red lights emitting sparks and sound above Burbank, CA
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Floating sphere outside LAX on Xmas.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Oval object crossing the sky at incredible speed turned bright red-orange then went straight up & out
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Orange Triangle or Orange flames?
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
A light dancing and shooting in the sky , lots of diferent fast movements, changing in diameter.
Martinez · CA, USA
2 orange colored lights moving thru the sky at a great distance. A smaller blue light moved away from the two.
Gilroy · CA, USA
In the northeast sky while star gazing, myself and two buddies overlooked a bright orange light which we first assumed was jupiter. F
Highland · CA, USA
I had just gotten home from HXXX DXXXX and was pulling stuff out of my truck when something cought my eye. At first I thought it was ba
El Cajon · CA, USA
UFO heard above El Cajon neigborhood on 12/29/03 at 00:30 in the morning
San Bruno · CA, USA
It was very very black
Anaheim · CA, USA
The most best thing that I seen in my life
San Bruno · CA, USA
Please don`t think I am paranoic or lier.I just yesterday left report about UFO, and today strange thing happened again. From the same
Landers · CA, USA
My child caught a picture of a craft.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Bright oval shaped object, flameing center, large tail, varying magnitude, moving across sky rapidly.
Canyon Lake · CA, USA
objects flew up thousands of ft., dissappearred,re-aprd, touched eachother, very fast, yet floated at times.
La Mesa · CA, USA
Saw a red cluster or fire ball hovering in the eastern sky. It blinked on and off and suddenly went out.
Lemoore · CA, USA
Last night my husband and his friend were out fishing. They saw a small ball of light rise from the ground to the sky. The color of the
Hayward · CA, USA
object appeared dropped 'pod'and disappeared
San Francisco · CA, USA
large hovering object UFO I thought was plane isn't moving and isn't a star -- I've done astronomy
Fairfield · CA, USA
Double-diamond shaped object sighted in Fairfield CA. Silhouetted by half-moon. No speed estimate.
Campbell · CA, USA
Pinpoint of light moving far too fast to be a satellite...Also not a meteor because there was no trail......
California City (east of) · CA, USA
5 large red/orange hovering lights east of California City
San Jose · CA, USA
About 5:05 saw a huge ball of shining light that lasted for about 15 minutes.