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 Jose · CA, USA
The Santa Clara Valley is bordered on the east by the Hamilton mountain range, and on the west by Santa Cruz mountain range. At the so
Claremont · CA, USA
Rectangle.
Chico · CA, USA
in 1974, I saw a white triangular object moveing low and slow over orchards and fields north of chico CA
Jamul (east of) · CA, USA
round glowing fireball traveling northt to south and straight up and straight up and down
Chester · CA, USA
Three white lights in equilateral triangle move across night sky, multiple witnesses, summer camping trip 1974.
Campbell · CA, USA
Sighting of a pair of triangular UFO's over the SF Bay Area, August 1974In the summer of 1974, I saw a pair of triangular objects
King City · CA, USA
Three bright lime green luminous oval objects traveling at high rate of speed across night sky
Novato · CA, USA
For three consecutive nights in a row, one to four beings came into my room
Live Oak · CA, USA
Shiny Black Triangle with lights in courners and one in center fly over small town in California.
Valencia · CA, USA
Passing by Magic Mountain in Los Angeles, I thought it must be a themepark ride in the sky
Napa · CA, USA
It was early evening, I was eight years old playing down the street (MacCloud St.) at my friends house when an adult nieghbor started p
Niles · CA, USA
ball of light flying over Central Valley and over SF Bay area
Boulder Creek · CA, USA
Extremely huge, very slow moving object seen in the sky by 7 witnesses.
Placerville · CA, USA
Chevron shaped objects in formation
La Mesa · CA, USA
Triangular object with three steady red lights, one on each corner, hovering over Miramar NAS
Live Oak · CA, USA
The triangle the flew over the house.
San Diego (Mission Bay Walk/Santa Clara Ct. M.B.) · CA, USA
A report from San Diego, CA in June 1974 described an enormous, sphere-shaped object that appeared to shrink rapidly to the size of a star, lasting 3+minutes.
Truckee/Lake Tahoe area · CA, USA
Subject and witness lying on backs in sleeps bags after day if logging. Both noticed silver/blue star off in distance, that got closer
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A report from Los Angeles, CA in June 1974 described a white sphere with three triangular points that produced a loud humming or ringing noise, lasting 5 minutes.
Orange County · CA, USA
I did not fill out your form as it is not working. My mother and I were walking out of our local grocery store when we heard loud clang
San Jose · CA, USA
First Encounter: I was 14 years old or so.Riding my bike home from a store and my brother 13, was with me on his bike. A semi-busy
Mill Valley · CA, USA
A report from Mill Valley, CA in April 1974 described round, white lights seen over the area for roughly 12 to 15 minutes, according to the witness.
Petaluma · CA, USA
Life altering UFO abduction experiences
San Jose · CA, USA
A report from San Jose, CA in April 1974 described lights in the sky observed by students at an elementary school, lasting 30 minutes.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
A report from Santa Ana, CA in April 1974 described a large, pulsing red-orange light that moved slowly across the sky before disappearing, lasting 1 minute.