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)
Hollywood · CA, USA
4 people saw 5 objects in the late afternoon forming a distinctive hovering pattern 20 to 30 thousand feet above Hollywood, CA.
Petaluma/Sausalito · CA, USA
Two white flashes light up Northern California sky
Ahwahnee · CA, USA
Three lights in triangular formation
Riverside · CA, USA
Witness is retired from a career as an inspector with a defense contractor, and is in the habit of paying close attention to detail. I
Petaluma · CA, USA
looked like a flickering planet but a little larger than the largest thats visable to the naked eye.
Martinez · CA, USA
bright streak in the sky
Gaviota · CA, USA
On August 10, 2002, I was camping with my family and we were watching for falling stars on a clear night. We noticed a star like objec
Redding · CA, USA
Odd moving lights (multiples) seen on two seperate nights
San Pedro/Long Beach · CA, USA
EXPLANATION FOR A SIGHTING OR TWO
Studio City · CA, USA
Our first UFO sighting together
San Diego · CA, USA
WE WERE ON THE DECK AND SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
We saw a soundless, dimly-lit, fast gliding craft at midnight that was unlike any aircraft known.
San Rafael · CA, USA
A light similar to Venus increasing in intensity and velocity and then disappearing East into the night.
Weldon · CA, USA
soft green glowing object seen 40 miles west of Edwards AFB
Concord · CA, USA
I watched the object the skys had a real quite still sense other have seen this same object but different times
Ludlow · CA, USA
it wasnt a mylar ballon !!
Pleasanton · CA, USA
Observed V formation of 10 objects flying from SE to NW over Pleasanton CA
Beverly Hills · CA, USA
it was a long round cylindrical object and it just stayed in the sky for an hour and started moving north towards orange county. it was
Ojai · CA, USA
A ship that glowed an emence blue with a long blue streak, about the size of a truck, and spead at about 6 g's.
Sonora · CA, USA
Red and Yellow lights moving in erratic patterns
Gaviota and Lompoc (between) · CA, USA
Bright white low-flying "light" fades to green and then fades out.
Coalinga (just outside of) · CA, USA
3 bright lights swooping by the freeway in a figure-of-eight-type pattern.
Coalinga (near · on south I-5), CA, USA
triangular object with 3 huge spotlights chasing our vehicle on the freeway
Bakersfield (1-30 · North of), CA, USA
Long, cigar shaped objects flying very low, doing manuevers that earthly aircraft can't do. Disppeared into thin air.
Ontario · CA, USA
OBJECT HOVERING ABOUT 2 HOURS, CHANGING SHAPE, NEWS WAS CALLED, POLICE WERE CALLED