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)
Brawley · CA, USA
Indiviual green lights that made a triangle , traveling at a good rate of speed.
Rio Dell · CA, USA
My husband and I were driving home to Santa Rosa,Ca. We had been visiting in laws in Eureka, Ca. We were on our way home around 1am in
Lemoore/Hanford · CA, USA
Unidentified Silent Aircraft near Lemoore AirForce Base
Burbank · CA, USA
Odd beam of light transversed the sky.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
black, odd-shaped object sighted in los angeles in broad daylight
Cabazon · CA, USA
Cigar shaped object, heading west from east, that glowed in the sky like a floresent light bulb.
Riverside · CA, USA
possible explanation for sightings at Redlands, Mead Valley, Cabazon this date
Redlands · CA, USA
Large glowing oval object hovering in field over Redlands(San Timoteo Cyn.) ranch
Mead Valley (to Riverside to Ontario) · CA, USA
NO DEFINITE SHAPE COLORS LIKE THE MOON BUT WITH LIFE BIG AND FAST AS A PLANE BUT WAY BIGGER AND NO NOISE
Whittier · CA, USA
Green Meteor like object bright!
Fillmore · CA, USA
See for your self, here is the address: http://ufoinfillmore.homestead.com/1.html
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I saw the craft out of my hotel window with four other friends.
Rio Oso · CA, USA
I saw a bright triangluar object that split into two objects and went in opposite directions.
Woodland · CA, USA
this is the third sighting of these golden lights we have seen. Just after midnight on New Years we stepped out side and we notice our
Sacramento · CA, USA
Big Bouncing Light
Crescent City · CA, USA
This was a bright orange ball that was seen by others above ocean.
Oceanside · CA, USA
First off, I apologize for the length of the "report" however, it took quite sometime for me to actually be interested enough to find o
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Several dark objects traverse the moon on the night it was historically closest to the earth.
Woodland · CA, USA
Another sighting, same golden lights in the Northwest sky. As I was typing up a report for last nights sighting my husband came in teh
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
This kirk carpinteria I would like to get in contact with the person who gave the report about Chevron over Santa Marcas Pass. I spoke
Santa Barbara/ Highway 154 · CA, USA
Huge boomerang-shaped object seen over San Marcos Pass/Highway 154.
Fairfield · CA, USA
Thought at first it was a falling star ???????????????????
San Clemente · CA, USA
3 lights close to horizon, 2 lights fade slowly, one very bright, until it vanished.
San Diego · CA, USA
A hovering bright red light which blinked off and on. It appeared to be a cluster of red lights which iluminated a triangle.
La Mesa · CA, USA
Bright red light in the night sky.Sometime later separate fluorescent white light falls from the sky to the ground.