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)
Watsonville · CA, USA
MADAR Node 105
Hayward · CA, USA
High altitude craft splitting and instant direction change.
Sacramento · CA, USA
I saw what could be a blue green weather baloon which dispeered then about 15 white dots in the sky which come and go.
Randsburg · CA, USA
Strange Teardrop Light of Unknown Source
Garden Grove · CA, USA
I was at a local restaurant and saw in the east a dark craft about 7 feet long traveling north at the speed of a small airplane. It wa
South Gate · CA, USA
Hovering shiny diamond like shape objects... and also there was a pill shaped object I got on the video
Madera · CA, USA
Saucer came extremely low and unstable then quickly vanished.
Lake Forest · CA, USA
Sphere bounced, then disappeared.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Bright light passed overhead silently and descended half a mile away from my view
San Ramon · CA, USA
Bright Light Seen from Bay Area 7:20PM. ((anonymous report))
Landers · CA, USA
On the night of august 30th my boyfriend were sitting outside of our landers California home and we saw two extremely bright flashes th
Oxnard · CA, USA
Red, blue white and green, Colorful and different single lights more like dots and moving at the same speed, and at some point forming
San Jose · CA, USA
Large triangle over San jose
Watsonville · CA, USA
MADAR Node 105
Big Bear · CA, USA
Two UFO's flying over Holcomb Valley Pinnacles. Pictures included
Idyllwild · CA, USA
I went outside to take my dog for a walk and looked up at the stars. They were so bright. I started looking around. I stopped because I
Lone Pine · CA, USA
Camouflaged bird shaped object in the eastern sierras.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Driving westbound on hiway 50 and friend and I both noticed a light in the sky over sacramento/sunrise area in the sky above us. As so
Roseville · CA, USA
Saucer like UFO that emitted a white light that circled the craft horizontally, last seen on Blue Oaks BLVD
Big Bear · CA, USA
There was a star like object that was the brightest in the sky. It started to move faster than a shooting star. It went one direction t
Fontana · CA, USA
Triangle over Fontana, Ca.
Canoga Park · CA, USA
Fourth of July, I saw three bright lights and made a triangle shape.
Imperial Beach · CA, USA
Teardrop shaped object seen flying over beach
Pico Rivera · CA, USA
I saw a white light high in the sky. It never flickered. As it was moving E, the light slowly disappeared. ((anonymous report))
modesto · CA, USA
White side way triangular shape containing gold chunks inside of it traveling from left to right slowly, 2 minutes later turned right