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)
Benicia · CA, USA
Slow moving, low flying fireball. Moved erratically and faded away.
Burbank · CA, USA
Police spot 6 objects over the Burbank Airport on the evening 2/15/03.
Chico · CA, USA
Driving home in the evening headed east, I looked north out the van window and saw what apeered to be a rocket entering the atmosphere.
Chico · CA, USA
A firey ball of light descending from left to right and high to low in front of us changed colors from white, to yellow to green.
Chico · CA, USA
I saw a bright blue/green fireball in the East/Northeast sky travel from left upper corner to the lower right horizon.
Chico · CA, USA
Multiple reports of bright light in northern California.
Chico · CA, USA
A bright glowing blue sphere shaped object with a firey tail falling to the earth.
Quail Valley · CA, USA
Vertical elongated diamond shaped Light in sky flashing every five seconds and getting smaller as it faded away.
San Ramon · CA, USA
I was looking at the moon and a large star to the right of the moon. A star-like shape appeared between the moon and the star. It sat l
Burbank · CA, USA
Redish lights cought on video over Burbank
Burbank · CA, USA
Fifth sighting of red/orange lights that drop or shoot sparks and then disappear.
San Diego · CA, USA
Saw a bunch of U.F.O.'s flying around for about a half an hour in our mountains in east San Diego.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A large firey green light passed at a high rate of spead, north to south, over a passenger jet going east.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Big, bright green ball
Fullerton · CA, USA
The craft was a silvery type and moved much faster than any plane I've seen before.
San Diego · CA, USA
Star-like light streaks across night sky
Tulelake · CA, USA
something that looked like a star but shined colors and grew and shrank then disappeared.
American Canyon · CA, USA
There were two crafts miles from each other.The first one we saw would stop and go,stop and go. Suddenly we saw a second craft it just
Oakland · CA, USA
No summary available.
San Francisco · CA, USA
a bright fireball like object that hovered for severall minutes then dispersed and shot high into the clouds
Palm Springs · CA, USA
The sphere of light was silent and being followed by a helicopter with no visable lights.
Antioch · CA, USA
Fireball like object, dropping something then disappearing
Antioch · CA, USA
Fireball like object, dropping flare like objects then disappearing
Burbank · CA, USA
New Year's Eve Two Fireballs Move SLOW across sky in CA
Burbank · CA, USA
6 orangish bright lights flew above us, then disappeared. . .