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)
Santa Clara · CA, USA
UNKNOWN SPACE DEBRIS TRAVELING NORTH WITH A VERY LARGE CONE SHAPE VAPOR TRAIL
San Francisco · CA, USA
while light, very high in the outh eastern sky on horizontal or slightly upward trajectory. white flare behind it - conical shaped. mov
Palo Alto · CA, USA
white light and gaseous tail resembling a comet tracking through upper atmosphere, which exploded like a firework
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
Object leaves illuminated cloudlike spiralling path in the night sky, before disappearing
Pleasant Hill · CA, USA
An object with a trailing white narrow line
Cypress · CA, USA
I don't know if it was a UFO...but I have never noticed a plane go in a straight line up so fast and with a red light leaving a trail o
Antioch · CA, USA
Glowing ball that left a vapor trail.
Luguna Woods · CA, USA
It was a yellow gold large ball. It was moving at a fast speed and came from the North and went South and disappeared behind a large c
Yosemite National Park · CA, USA
Slow flying very bright ball of light, surrounded by a much larger halo of light, trailed by miles of zig-zaging smoke.
San Diego · CA, USA
Perfect cone shape light in non foggy conditions turns to a spider web shape then fades away.
Malibu · CA, USA
bright, large, white sphere, with flaming orange contrails over Pacific Coast Highway
Danville · CA, USA
100 people saw a neon orange glowing saucer disappear into the hills.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Pinkish Lightbulb shape over neighborhood
Long Beach · CA, USA
Time was about 21:15 I was in my back yard when I heard a loud jet as I looked up I could see these lights flashing I could not believe
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Fast moving object , possible cigar shape
Fremont · CA, USA
On Saturday morning i woke up and went outside to get the paper. The wind was calm and but it was a cloudy day. When looked up at the s
Wheeler Springs (near Ojai) · CA, USA
Four or five rectangles connected with thin filament, one degree in length, moving slowly
Victorville · CA, USA
Man and son witness bright light, with second trailing object, pass overhead.
Redding · CA, USA
Two bright lights, no sound, thin faint white trails behind then, travelled from west to east.
Long Beach · CA, USA
When doing trash run I looked to sky and saw a scary green fireball which seemed to want to communicate, as if it were alive.
Livermore · CA, USA
simple silver disk, moved at amazing speeds
Rancho Santa Fe · CA, USA
2 triangles at 500 feet
Camarillo · CA, USA
Unbelievable craft observed at low altitude over Camarillo, CA.
Chula Vista · CA, USA
V Shaped Formation of White,Cross-like Objects Observed in Chula Vista, California
Whittier · CA, USA
Three UFO's cat fight then fly off