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)
Whittier · CA, USA
Huge Triangle over Whittier in 1977.
San Jose · CA, USA
Between 1973 and 1977 retuning home from dinner with my parents between 8:00pm and 9:00pm. I was lying down in the back seat passenger
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was only 6 but I'll never gorget the silent metal stick that silently flew over me as I waited in the car that night on my birthday.
Riverside · CA, USA
we looked up in the sky and saw 3 large metallic looking discs hovering way up in the sky. they did not move for an hour
Brea · CA, USA
Night-time flight of lights changes formation suddenly.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I could see vehicles driving eastbound on the 134 freeway & the UFOs passing over the top of them.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
White lights w/blue halo over Santa Monica Fwy.
La Crescenta · CA, USA
Triangle formation in foothills.
Westminster · CA, USA
There were two ships, saucer shaped, silver grey..like pewter, soundless, drifting over our neighborhood like silent boats on the water
Long Beach · CA, USA
7 "PEARLESCENT" HIGH ALTITUDE CRAFT IN V FORMATION MOVE HORIZON-TO-HORIZON IN TEN SECONDS.
Mineral King · CA, USA
Two people view UFO in Mineral King National Park , California . Investigation by air traffic controller .
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Ufo over downtown Los Angeles witnessed by a husband and wife
Ahwahnee · CA, USA
Huge fireball hit and one big or three smaller crafts with blue lights came from where it hit the ground
Sacramento · CA, USA
In September 1976, I had another UFO encounter. This time I was out of the Army and living with my former girlfriend H. L. in an apart
San Jose · CA, USA
Hovering Saucer over South San Jose in the August Evening
Sacramento · CA, USA
fire emitting rectangle shaped object traveling at high velocity, low attitude roocket blasting noise then vanished silent.
Newhall · CA, USA
I apologize for not reporting this massive craft years ago. My ex wife son and his 11 year old friend were with us.We were going home a
Buellton · CA, USA
Stealth looking glider hung 20 feet over our house for a minute or so
Los Angeles (90 miles east of) · CA, USA
A dark rectangular object appears over my car out on the road and telepathically tells me not to panic, that I knew it was there.
San Diego · CA, USA
Summer of 1976, San Diego, CA, visiting Father stationed in CA for 3 weeks. One evening saw large red Triangular shaped object.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Organized human-alien abduction
Lompoc · CA, USA
A 2.5 foot diameter disc shaped ufo disguised as the full moon suddenly moves to within inches of my face. 500 Lights On Object0: Y
San Diego · CA, USA
Faint star-like object became larger and sat over the ocean for at least ten minutes.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Two UFO's sighted over Los Angeles and reported on ABC channel 7 news the nest day.
Newbury Park · CA, USA
I saw what appeared to be the lights of a plane that seemed to be going to crash nearby which then became a swirling mass of light and