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)
Torrance · CA, USA
Saw it out of my bedroom window. Came up out of horizon, then over my house. Bright white shining obeject with windows. Silent slow mov
Murrieta · CA, USA
I was driving my children home from dinner and my son pointed at something in the sky that looked like a large floating city. I pulled
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
30 to 40 Star like objects moving in the sky to form one giant star like object
Winchester · CA, USA
Triangular in shape, dozens of lights slowly descending and aircraft flying toward it.
Perris · CA, USA
Large cluster/array (about 150 small and 5-10 - much larger white ones) of multi-colored lights slowly descending below the tree-line.
Menifee · CA, USA
Got a call from mother in law to go out my front porch . I went outside and looked up. Saw a huge formation and what looked like helico
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Zig zagging flashing light.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Brilliantly Bright green orb seen in the northern sky travelling east to west in a slightly downward trajectory
Arcadia · CA, USA
They were silver, round and were traveling in and out of sinc, disappearing then reappearing. Then they disappeared again for good bu
Lodi · CA, USA
I was looking up in the direction of Orion so I could see the meteor shower tonight. Suddenly I saw 3 lights, which I thought were star
Fresno · CA, USA
It was 1:00 in the morning coming from a neighbors apartment ,I was about to go home,but then I walked around the corner to my brothers
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was periodically checking the skies last night for any signs of the Haley Comet or shooting stars. Because we are so close to the
Irvine · CA, USA
x shape brightness irregular star on east sky after late night programming.
West Sacramento · CA, USA
I don't know my directions so I can't tell you exactly where it was. It was between a triangle of three stars straight above me.
Tiburon · CA, USA
Rainbow colored plasma lights appear in southeastern sky seen from Mt. Tamalpais foothills
Vacaville · CA, USA
This craft hovered for a couple minutes then picked up speed with no sound this was the 2nd time I've heard or seen something in the sk
Redding · CA, USA
At first it was a huge ball of light so bright after looking at it I saw spots. It faded to darkness and came back three times. After t
San Jacinto · CA, USA
We were on our driveway with friends. The year the skull haped Halloween asteroid passed 130k miles from earth. Well, I was talking abo
Barham · CA, USA
This video was on the news this morning it's of the start of the kinkade fire but in the sky there is a ufo that flys accross the sky h
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
White ball of light traveling across the night sky.
Carlsbad · CA, USA
Shiny Drone like formation object seen by 1
Fresno · CA, USA
It appeared to be a white tissue floating downward kind of waving and a shine to it then in sudden flew straight up then took a rt turn
San Diego · CA, USA
Saw 4 spheres floating at an altitude 10,000 ft. A commercial aircraft with an ice contrail flew a good distance behind them. They wer
Palermo · CA, USA
dark round objects
Anaheim · CA, USA
Low flying/hovering egg shaped object seen in southern california w/video.