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)
Los Altos · CA, USA
During lightning storm and early morning hours (still dark)an object with lights stayed motionless in the same area.
Shasta/Sand Flat · CA, USA
ASLEEP AGAIN AFTER SEEING DISC 35 MIN PRIVIOUS. LARGE SLOWMOVING GREEN FIREBALL 200FT AGL MOVING W.TO E. STUCK TREES MADE LOUD CRACK,
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Three lights across the horizon slowly travelling from side to side seeming to dip into the water then flying high above. They were far
Shasta/Sand Flat · CA, USA
LARGE DISK FLOATED OVER SAND FLAT ABT 200 FT AGL N TO S DIRECTION VIEWED 3 LARGE RECTANGULAR LTS (LIKE WINDOWS) STAR FIELD BLOCKED OUT.
Mount Shasta · CA, USA
multiple anomalious lights,white flashes,orange fireball, wt/rd lights on side of Mt. Shasta moving and signiling
Vacaville · CA, USA
Eastbound on I-80 through Vacaville, object appeared to travel from west to east
Modesto · CA, USA
Three luminous disks trail a jetliner
Fair Oaks/Sacramento · CA, USA
Saw a pearly white craft - cylinder in shape with a silver belly the whole length of craft. Flying from west to east, clear skys. Jus
Pollock Pines · CA, USA
My friend and I were sitting outside on the patio of Crystal View Station when I noticed a light approximately 3500 ft in the air slowl
Acton · CA, USA
While driving westbound on I14 from Acton I saw green ball of light move across the sky from my upper left to my lower right view throu
Roland Heights · CA, USA
I saw a moving white light, from south to north, directly above me. It was as bright and large as the largest brightest star above me.
Campbell · CA, USA
It can't be a star ,I watched it move a good distance within 5 to 10 min. It stoped , then moved , stoped ,moved, etc. It didnt look s
Claremont · CA, USA
flashing bright light changing colors and smaller objects flying around it in the night sky.
Temecula · CA, USA
I was working the night shift at a manufacturing plant when I went outside to take a break. It was around 1:00-1:30am and night visabil
Pomona · CA, USA
object was heading north toward mt.baldy,reversed course(on a dime)headed south traversed the sky.about a fist away from moon it zig za
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Five dark triangles in a "V" formation
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
I observed an object rising slowly up from about 2000 ft. until it disappeared into the low clouds. It was star shaped and rotating.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Wife saw it first looking north, altitude approx. 1000-2500 feet, then lost it in marine cover. Hovered, slight climb, hover, slight cl
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
A red light about the size and shape of a star moving at about the speed of a shooting star but with no tail. As I watched it it slowed
Highland Park · CA, USA
A trianular object observed hovering, but wobbling, and then going up at a high rate of speed.
Silver Fork · CA, USA
Large sphere above the American River
San Diego · CA, USA
Ilooked up saw circular object with 3 whitish lights on the outside one big red in the middle and went away strangely in an instant.
Chico · CA, USA
small silver object, low flying in very strait line emitting what looked to be a thick bright billowy contrail the shape and length of
Lower Lake · CA, USA
At 10:00pm our dogs and the neiborhood dogs started to bark. I went outside to check why they were barking. I looked around and saw i
Riverside · CA, USA
two objects came from east to west then broke apart soon they came together again but now there were three they zigzagged between eacho