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)
Pasadena · CA, USA
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San Diego · CA, USA
UFO hovering behind our backyard, the night of May 10,1978
Los Angeles · CA, USA
strange blue light enhances IQ
Los Gatos · CA, USA
Large elipsoid object (greenish hugh) hovering and slowly moving forward just above the treeline (approx. 150 feet) in Los Gatos foothi
Yreka · CA, USA
Low flying large darkened triangle with no sound seen by nine policemen
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Miraculous angelic orb of incredible speed seen by two witnesses in Simi Valley, March, 1978.
Winterhaven · CA, USA
Nine menacing crafts rounded up a large group of campers on the Colorado River during one incredibly long night. 500 Lights On Obj
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Light in the sky
June Lake · CA, USA
seen flying saucers at june lake ca
Whittier · CA, USA
Colaboration of 1978 sighting in Whittier, California (Southeast Los Angeles County).
Westport (about 10 miles North of · US Hwy.1), CA, USA
Three humongus craft with about 30 saucers about them loading and unloading something.
Chatsworth · CA, USA
One night I looked up and saw one "star" slowly move into another. 3 days later I saw a 15 foot wide orange circle.
Thousand Oaks · CA, USA
I awoke at 4:30 a.m. and was lying awake in bed looking out the window. I saw a large round yellow glowing object close to the ground
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I had a close encounter with an unidentified craft over downtown Los Angeles around 1978 or 1979. I saw 4 human in appearance beings .
Milpitas (Morgan Hill?) · CA, USA
We were all in a large group at the farm in milpitas ca. the 3 very close very bright lights stunned us all , we were all--- i don;t kn
Weimar · CA, USA
i was 23 years old and had just given birth to my first child two days previous. my daughter was just hours old and i was marvelling a
Iselton · CA, USA
While fishing on the San Joaquin river on Twithchell Island Rd., at the mouth of the Molklomne river, we observed 2-lights high in the
Fountain Valley · CA, USA
My brother, his friend and I saw an orange pyramid-shaped object in the sky about 25 yards away from us and about 25 yards up. We were
Ferndale · CA, USA
Silhouette, or dark object of craft appeared on moonless, starlit-night, backlit by glow straight overhead, appeared to be approaching
Diamond Bar · CA, USA
Huge flying saucer type object observed closely on Pomona Fwy near Diamond Bar, CA in 1978.
Alhambra · CA, USA
"People of Earth; unite and love each other"
Whittier · CA, USA
Very large metallic object hovering over 605 freeway
Pleasenton · CA, USA
They were not from this planet, man just doesn;t have the technoigy to fly that fast. Besides we fly airplanes not sausers
29 Palms · CA, USA
I was in the Marines and stationed at Marine Corps Base 29 Palms, CA in the Summer of 1977. I and some friends were at a Drive-In movie
San Leandro · CA, USA
A huge, maybe 100' wide, metalllic flying saucer. It hoovered quickly and swift, colorful lights at bottom