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 Diego · CA, USA
Series of bright orange lights appearing above San Diego
Marin County · CA, USA
7 stationary brightly lit objects seen over hillside homes
Hemet · CA, USA
Bright red cigar shape object slowly moved over Palomar Mt at 10:31pm on Aug 1,2019
Anderson · CA, USA
Bright light in the sky hovering, then it moved slowly across the sky and the it came back hovered again and was spinning. We could see
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Abnormal flashing object in SoCal. ((anonymous report))
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Repeat of last night. ((anonymous report))
Grand Terrace · CA, USA
A orb/cylinder type orange object floated from Highgrove area making no noise. ((anonymous report))
Pasadena · CA, USA
Steady very bright white light, changing to yellow then red on top of mountains seen during the day.
Grand Terrace · CA, USA
It was exactly the same as the night before ...Orange floating sphere that floated over the park area. ((anonymous report))
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Bright orange light appeared in the sky and quickly descended towards the earth in a straight line. ((anonymous report))
North Palm Springs · CA, USA
Event seen by two amateur sky observers/ufo-hunters. Tried to match craft with local planes or possible known satellites that were cur
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
I was sitting in the car with my family parked in front of a beach. Everyone in the van was a sleep except me because we had been drivi
Patterson · CA, USA
Bright white dot in a all blue sky just hovering approximately 70-80 degrees up N-E towards Turlock CA
Patterson · CA, USA
A bright white dot in a clear blue sky hovering over or between Turlock and Patterson CA at approximately 70-80 degrees up.
Patterson · CA, USA
White dot 70-80 degrees up N/E , clear sky with other objects near and around main object.
Modesto · CA, USA
A silver white oval shape remained in sky in same place for more than an hour .s2 ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a science balloon?? PD))
Modesto · CA, USA
Is round and real white looking. It is just sitting there not moving. ((NUFORC Note: Possible celestial body?? PD))
Chico · CA, USA
Large Structure Class UFO with "Drone/Repair" Class UFO.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Slow to then stop moving flying object to slow movement again. ((anonymous report))
Tiburon · CA, USA
Purple orange cylinder over Richardson Bay
Yuba City · CA, USA
There were 4 lights in diagonal formation that moved side to side to side. The fifth craft was moving in a figure 8 motion.
Laguna Hills · CA, USA
Orange light seen. In the blink of an eye it disappeared. It returned and kept shrinking. Disappeared again. ((anonymous report))
Half Moon Bay/San Mateo (between; Hwy 9) · CA, USA
I noticed a line of big lights of different colors hovering over the top of the mountains. ((anonymous report)).
Seaside · CA, USA
High speed, high altitude star-like object. ((anonymous report))
Ukiah · CA, USA
A green object came into the atmosphere , Southwestern area of the sky. It fell towards the ground and appeared to be close. This was