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)
Hayward · CA, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Object video tapes, darted in and out of the clouds.
Hayward · CA, USA
My kids and I witnessed a round black object in the sky, that moved drastically at night with unbelievable disbelief.
Los Angeles (knottsberry farm area) · CA, USA
I WAS TRAVELING FROM SACRAMENTO CALIF,..TO SAN DIEGO CALIF.( HWY. # 5 ) IT WAS ALMOST MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY , THE 13TH OF JUNE, 2002.(A
Glendale · CA, USA
metallic saucer in broad daylight floating near verdugo mountains in glendale/los angeles area
El Toro · CA, USA
Standing at O'neill Reg. park. Facing the top of Saddleback Mtn.Object hung above to the right tip of mountain peak for about 15 min. W
Corona · CA, USA
saw redish orange fireball moving very slow in up and down motion in corona ca.2002 wuold stop for a while and keep moving
Paradise · CA, USA
There were three steady star blue lights in a triangular formation traveling from north to south before midnight
Encino · CA, USA
Craft with 3 faint rectangle lights over Los Angeles
San Jose · CA, USA
TOO MUCH ACTIVITY OVER NOTHERN CAL. SAN JOSE
Paradise · CA, USA
I saw a pulsating light , marrow white in color traveling north to south around 2300 hours
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Seperating Red Flashing Sphere with Lighting Speed
Avenal · CA, USA
UFO at Lemoore NAS exit off I5 in CA.
Visalia · CA, USA
round like changed shape from round to flat shiny silver in color
Northridge · CA, USA
I saw an object that reminded me of a stone skipping in the sky everytime it bounced it got higher and faster.
Claremont · CA, USA
Two distant three-sectioned cigar-shaped white UFOs observed for half an hour, one of them approached by an apparent jet.
Woodland Hills-Canoga Park · CA, USA
I had 2 previous sightings back east, but this was the most incredible thing I've seen in my 47 years.
Laguna Niguel · CA, USA
A brief experience with a reflective surface in the sky.
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
Bright moving object high in the sky. Changed intensity as it moved.
Plantation (northern coast) · CA, USA
Three star-like lights on/in the pacific ocean, one took off and disappeared at about 150 MPH, the others vanished.
Martinez · CA, USA
Large glowing ovoid descends rapidly west of Martinez, California.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
upon looking at a orange colerd coneshape object slowly moving west to south around 3:45AM
Napa · CA, USA
UFO's over Napa, Ca. sky.
Lakeside · CA, USA
I witnessed a black triangle craft that appeared over Rattle Snake Mtn. at my workplace in Santee, Ca., probably in 2001 or 2002.
Thousand Palms · CA, USA
Warships, Surveillance Apparatus in Óur Skies from Twenty Nine Palms Airforce Base
Torrance · CA, USA
Saw four lights moving in a chevron formation moving VERY fast, east to west through cloudless sky making no sound whatsoever.