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)
Oceanside · CA, USA
Tight formation of metallic egg shaped crafts
Placerville · CA, USA
Triangle formation of lights. Looked like moving stars.
Joshua Tree · CA, USA
A triangular formation of three lights heading south directly overhead. Appeared extremely high in the sky. Kept in perfect formation
Long Beach · CA, USA
a large yellowish light appeared a couple thousand ft up to the south east of my home in long beach, ca.
San Diego · CA, USA
Very high in the bright blue sky, string of pearls,
Wilmington · CA, USA
red ufo seen above the northern sky/horizon over Wilmington, Ca
Sierra Nevada Mountains · CA, USA
Blight blue light in the Sierra Nevada
Granada Hills · CA, USA
Strobing craft over the San Fernando Valley
Modesto · CA, USA
A circular to a diamond shape object with red, blue, and yellow flashing lights hovering in the air.
Scotts Valley · CA, USA
Santa Cruz County (Scotts Valley) 3 objects moving, not human like, 1 identified as saucer, 6 witnesses
Stockton · CA, USA
Very bright round light hovered while changing size then faded away.
Fresno · CA, USA
i was going out to do my regular prayer at that time at a close mosqe when i looked at the sky and saw a wired movment that i thought i
Altadena · CA, USA
Stationary Black Triangle over Southern California Near JPL, spotted by 2 witnesses. 20-30 seconds.
Sacramento · CA, USA
transluscent green oval travelling in a straight line heading due north at approximately 10 to15 degrees per second.
Temecula · CA, USA
Low flying lights pass from horizon to horizon at approximately 1000 ft altitude in less than 4 seconds.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
The object bounced up and down did a semi-circle and shot up in the sky; disappeared
Loma Linda · CA, USA
Sphere creating light all around it changing size and shape when it moved.
Kerman · CA, USA
It looked very much like a ball of fire. At first I thought it was a child's ball, however a child's ball would not be flying that hig
Pasadena · CA, USA
Slow moving , translucent object , that blocked out other stars , observed.....
Sacramento · CA, USA
Silent "flying wing" low and slow over McClellan AFB.
Lodi · CA, USA
Strange light over Lodi
Kern County · CA, USA
two neon green lights fly to the heavens, and no pics to prove it......
Bakersfield (80 miles north of) · CA, USA
An eractic object with three bright white lights traveling with traffic over I-5 in the middle of California
Beaumont · CA, USA
black grayish thing ((NUFORC Note: May not be a serious report, but we are not certain. PD))
Bloomington · CA, USA
light formation in san bernardino ((NUFORC Note: Probable advertising light. PD))