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)
La Mesa · CA, USA
I was sitting on my terrace when I saw a bright red light in the sky.At first I thought it was an aeroplane but I noticed that it didn'
Gilroy · CA, USA
Twice in the same place
Eagle Rock · CA, USA
1/10/01 6:20 PM. Saw a large elongated tube cigar like object. Dark outside. Several long stream blinking lights. I was bewildered
Torrance · CA, USA
I saw weird light. It was really bright green flash that lase about 1/2 second.
Burbank · CA, USA
It appeared to be cascading down the tree outside, a huge fir with a slanting shape. The object curled down in puff-like shapes of smok
Los Angeles · CA, USA
White/metallic spheres circling each other above west Los Angeles
Chester · CA, USA
Late evening I was cuting wood when a very bright light cought my attenson behind me I turnd around to see a light that was so bright I
Los Angeles · CA, USA
POSSIBLE UFO SIGHTING.
San Francisco · CA, USA
HOVERING white light.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Unidentified Craft Hovering Over Los Angeles Freeway
Martinez · CA, USA
Light in sky that constantly dulled and brightened while moving.
Porterville · CA, USA
I watched a ufo cruise by my house at 21:00 at low altitudes, noiselessly with ferriswheel lights wit a strangesaucer shape.
Oceanside · CA, USA
25 mph, 50 ft. in diameter, 300 ft. above, dark-camo-green, shaped like a tall slice of pie. Two 10' white pods underside.
Crescent City · CA, USA
There was a very bright orangish light out over the Pacific Ocean gradually moving to the north...it was accelerating up and down...
San Francisco · CA, USA
I found this photo when I was downloading individual frames unto my computer.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Light seen pulsating from white to completely red then completely orange and back to white seen west of Sacramento
Mira Loma · CA, USA
I rolled my telescope out to look at venus against a Light/Dark Blue dusk Sky.I panned the scope to Venus. About 10 seconds later an Eg
Aliso Viejo · CA, USA
THESE OBJECTS APPERRED OVER ALISO VIEJO CA JUST 10 MIN. AGO. THEY WERE SILET AND LOOKED LIKE FLOATING HOUSES AND THEN THE 3 OF THEM SHO
San Dimas · CA, USA
Unusual objects videotaped over San Dimas, Ca
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
It was 12:00 noon I was walking with my friend at lunch time. I was about a block away from the building I worked in when I notice som
Roseville · CA, USA
A witness in Roseville, California described a black, boomerang-shaped object rotating high overhead for about half an hour in October 2001.
Lemon Grove · CA, USA
two oddly shaped craft flew over me & my house
Lake Tahoe (about 30/40 miles southwest of) · CA, USA
Southwest of Lake Tahoe- a large, bright neon green fireball suddenly appeared high above the gap between two mountains and vanished.
Concord · CA, USA
Large bright light and circular disk shaped object that hovered for nearly 25 min and disapeared with out a trace.
Hollywood · CA, USA
Shimmering daylight orb casually traveled in a north-west direction near the Hollywood Bowl in December 2000