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)
Clear Lake · CA, USA
ON MARCH 14 2O15 AT EXACTLY 4:37 TILL 4:40 , IN CLEAR LAKE CA .DIRECTLY DUE EAST ,FROM MY LOCATION, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ON THE SOUTH
La Quinta · CA, USA
Strange jet-trail-like thing sighted over mountains
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Hello, I am a recent engineering graduate from USC. I live near University of Southern California (USC). I witnessed a very strange
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
zig-zag persistent low-altitude contrail
San Jose · CA, USA
Very low, very long, metor-like flash across sky
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Clear day cylinder UFO caught on tape over Santa Monica , California.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Daytime UFO over Santa Monica Ca.
Mountain View · CA, USA
very sharp, very bright, intense green light - moved like a meteor
Pacifica · CA, USA
Green-white intense light darting horizontally across the clear evening sky.
Hayward · CA, USA
Fast, bright and low flying UFO seen over Hayward, CA.
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Three very large triangular widely separated lights in the sky which formed a triangular pattern.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was able to capture video of the object over the ocean in the Santa Monica area.
San Anselmo · CA, USA
"V" pattern over hill came towards me, zig-zagged slowly and then "flew" away very quickly
Oxnard · CA, USA
fading light
El Cerrito · CA, USA
green light of varying intensity, speed and direction
Rocklin · CA, USA
Light seen over Auburn Ca.
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Reflected Impulse in desert sky.
Farmersville · CA, USA
Observed bright light traveling rapidly northwest to northeast.
Bakersfield (1 hour north of) · CA, USA
triangle shaped object off of I5 California 3/29/02
Bakersfield (I-5 north of) · CA, USA
large triangle shaped object with 3 bright lights on front on I-5 north of bakersfield,ca
Martinez Lake · CA, USA
5 Dancing Spheres
San Bernardino · CA, USA
Orange/red craft appears over backyard 2 obejects ejected from it then pulses and disappears. Twice!
San Dimas · CA, USA
UFO over Lake
Windsor · CA, USA
Glowing Balls of fire 3 Large and 16 small in the sky
Avila Beach (Diablo Canyon Nucular power Plant) · CA, USA
Craft sighted at a nucular power plant