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)
Encino · CA, USA
Saw a motionless light floating in the sky. It flashed off and on at 1/2 second intervals then disapeared. From - Thu Sep 30 23:30:13
San Jose · CA, USA
I SAW A WHITE OBJECT AT A VERY HIGH ALTITUDE NEXT TO A 747 FLYING SOUTH ,I THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT IS GOING TO COLLIDE WITH THE OBJECT BUT
San Rafael/ Vallejo/ Fairfield · CA, USA
Original observation of bright lights of craft 20-25 miles away; lost sight of craft for awhile as I meandered through hills on way hom
San Jose · CA, USA
shiny metallic saucer shaped.
Bear Valley Ski Resort · CA, USA
Silvery UFO rose out of the huge, deep canyon to the north of the ski parking lot to a spot overhead in about 3 seconds & I then lost s
Rialto · CA, USA
slow moving object burning and dropping pieces of burning material
Redding · CA, USA
Bright light that looked like a low flying star with no blinking lights and no sound. Traveling from west to east
Monterey · CA, USA
Luminous oval-shaped light seen over Monterey.
Hollywood · CA, USA
Friends and self were at a high point in the hills of Hollywood, when strange beams of light flashed the parking area of a lookout poin
Sausalito · CA, USA
approx.6 objects flying in formation. manevering in relationship to eachother breaking formation acelarateing then rejoining formation
Newport Beach · CA, USA
A large shinning diamond flying slowly or hovering.
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
BROWNISH,GREY NO LIGHTS..LIKE A BIG BIRD HIGH BUT NO WINGS FLAPPING APPROX 1000FT UP CROSSING TOWARDS LAX, SPEED FASTER THAN ANY JET, N
Eureka · CA, USA
UFO came over house where my girlfriend and sister were. It was bright orange. It stayed, then left, and they saw it explode far up in
Santa Nella (along I-5) · CA, USA
circular shaped frisbee like disc with a flourescent white glow approximately 900 to 1,000 feet off ground and approximately 1,000 yard
Westminster · CA, USA
I looked up, at about a 165 degree angle, and spotted what appeared to be a silent white radiant elongated diamond shaped object, it wa
Yosemite National Park (above Half Dome) · CA, USA
Watching 2 fighter Planes fly across sky and then saw a bright Craft with 2 bright lights on both sides, when 2 planes came close, it d
Napa (near) · CA, USA
It was approximately 1 a.m. and I was returning from my office in Napa with a friend, heading West on Hwy 121. The evening was rather d
Ettersburg · CA, USA
Faster Than any convetinal flying apparatus. It was like a fleet of ships moving west to east. Perfect uniform.
Long Beach · CA, USA
While viewing the meteor shower, I noticed just to the right of Jupiter a small orange dot heading due north over me, passed extreme sp
Fresno · CA, USA
three lights traveling west to east,in a triangle formation, or one large object, very high and faster than anything I know of
Woodland (N of; off hwy 113) · CA, USA
Driving about 5 to 7 miles North of Woodland CA--South of Knights Landing CA; saw Large flash of light illuminated every thing around f
Lancaster · CA, USA
Very loud humming sound with a very bright bluish red flash. then a fire started as a result of the light.
Glendale · CA, USA
High flying large object followed by 20 small ones. Joined by other large object
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
A ball of light at a distance of approx. 1/2 to 1 mile moving at high speed with extremely exagerated lateral and vertical motions that
Fairfield · CA, USA
STRANGE SILENT CRAFT SKIRTS MAJOR A.F. BASE!