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)
San Francisco · CA, USA
3 intensely bright, very small points of light, high in the sky, unmoving for at least 30-45 minutes
San Francisco · CA, USA
Single neon yellow/gold Chevron in San Francisco afternoon sky.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Several, individual blinking lights, in afternoon San Francisco sky.
Mountain View · CA, USA
website doesn't appear.
San Diego · CA, USA
A ballon-like small derigible looking object moved in a straight path, unaffected by wind currents, at a constant speed of about 5 mph
Redding · CA, USA
seen 3 flashed disappared over horizon 30 seconds and very high rate of speed!!
San Diego · CA, USA
I went into my backyard to shut a gate. as i was walking i was looking at the night s sky, and to my surprise i saw an oval shaped dis
Fairfield · CA, USA
2 fire balls in the sky, apparently communicating with each other
Sherman Oaks · CA, USA
My wife and I saw an '8' shaped white light in the sky move very quickly (vertically)across a great distance, then disappear.
Madera · CA, USA
this is not the frist time we saw this, about a year we saw it for more there 30 min the next night we saw it for about 10-15min tonigh
El Dorado Hills · CA, USA
I saw this bright circular, blurry light in the sky that got bigger as it came closer
San Jose · CA, USA
possible UFO crash debris discovered in southwest New Mexico (recent)
Yucca Valley · CA, USA
i was traveling from desert hot springs to barstow via old woman springs rd (hwy 247 i think it is) on hwy 62 passing from morongo vall
Fremont · CA, USA
Triangle Craft day time sighting low elevation for about 2:00 minutes in S.F. bay area
Glendale · CA, USA
Formation of bright white objects observed over Los Angeles.
Fairfield · CA, USA
can't access examples
Capistrano Beach · CA, USA
Large fireball in southern sky, low to horizon, burning white to blue, traveling east to west at 2000 hrs. 09/26/00
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Brilliant Green Fireball moves slowly from high in the SE to low in the SW
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
i was driving on my way home, I PULL UP TO A STOP SIGN WHERE I MUST TURN RIGHT OR LEFT, IN FRONT OF ME IS A HOUSE WITH A HILL BEHIND IT
Bel Marin Keys · CA, USA
Slow-moving horizontal round white light
Napa · CA, USA
Observed a bronze or amberish orb 1000 ft. up hovering over a residential area for appx 3 mins and then it moved away.
Canoga Park · CA, USA
UFO Sighting At The Turn of the Century In the SFV , CA
San Fernando Valley · CA, USA
Bright Lights above the San Fernado Valley
Los Angeles · CA, USA
5 red lights flying in formations, then disappearing, then an orange object, and a red one reappearing.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
A cluster of spinning red lights which formed into a diamond shape.