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)
Culver City · CA, USA
While driving home I saw a light high in the sky, moving from east to west in a straight line, except at one point it acted like it wen
Redding · CA, USA
MY BROTHER AND I WERE DRIVING SOUTH BOUND ON I5 ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON, CALIFORNIA. A HUGE WHITE/BLUEISH FIREBALL WAS SEE
Petaluma · CA, USA
Bright white disk, traveling rapidly in a straight line from Northwest to North toward the horizon.
Oroville · CA, USA
A pair of lights joined by another light. They separate back into pair and single.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Orange glowing fireball with structures radiating from the light source
La Habra · CA, USA
First appeared as a huge meteor, but instead of burning out it exploded out; left a "dark hole" where it dissapeared followed by a stre
Escondido · CA, USA
I glanced up and saw a small white oval traveling very rapidly across the sky. I ran outside to get a better look as I had been looking
Carmel · CA, USA
My friends and I were sitting on Carmel Beach facing west. It was pitch black outside. Approximately three to four miles of the cost we
Modesto · CA, USA
On Saturday night 2 other persons and myself observed 4 primary targets in a parallel formation, traveling in the eastern horizon at ab
Belmont · CA, USA
Saw a bright green fireball with yellow tail shooting directly downwards
Novato/Petaluma area · CA, USA
driving north on Hwy 101 saw a large object falling from the sky near the horizon. It started out as green, then turned white, then re
Van Nuys · CA, USA
Two green luminous spheres moving straight towards the ground and disappeared behind a building.
Burbank · CA, USA
Meteor Flash 90 degress down, at about 2000 feet.
Barstow (near · on I-15 N), CA, USA
Green fireball with a tail falls to earth near Barstow, CA
Fullerton (from · spotted 20 deg. aboveW horizon), CA, USA
My UFO skeptic Mom and level headed brother observed a very large boomerang shaped object. It traveled west to east, stopped, changed s
Los Angeles (Downtown) · CA, USA
a spectacular fireball moving horizontally from south to northeast.. approx. the same height as the regular helicopters and small aircr
Pacifica (Rockaway Beach) · CA, USA
First sigtht, large white light,when acknowledged, turned to flourescent green.2 large 6 small. Numerous sightings.
Roseville · CA, USA
Red light seen in the eastern sky with a likeness of of a laser pointer. It hovered, made a bobbing motion and then faded away.
Rancho Cucamonga · CA, USA
Saw an anomoly at 11:38hundred hrs. Its shape was disk-like and hung around approximately 20 minutes. My friend had been looking at i
Fresno (Northeast of) · CA, USA
Two white lights beneath clouds-one fell at a 90 degree angle straight down, blinking continouslyand then stopped over the San Joaquin
San Diego (Camp Pendleton) · CA, USA
a fast moving, green-white, glowing object streaked across the sky. It moved southward as I drove south along I-5.
Joshua Tree National Park · CA, USA
UFO that dissapeared and reappeared but closer than before!
Joshua Tree National Park · CA, USA
Short duration UFO seen descending from approx 45 degrees above Northern horizon in a strange back and forth motion. Slowly lost lumino
South Lake Tahoe (Meyers) · CA, USA
@ approx. 4;30 AM MY SISTER IN LAW WAS UP DOING SOME LATE NIGHT PAPER WORK WHEN HER ATTENTION WAS GOTTEN BY A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY.
Sacramento · CA, USA
looked like a large star, moved for a couple seconds then shot out into space.