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)
Burbank · CA, USA
Adult male witnesses 8-sided "pyramid" fly directly overhead his home near Burbank Airport.
Burbank · CA, USA
Diamond-shaped metallic object crosses directly overhead violating FAA airspace in the process!!
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Looking from Simi Valley W, there was a flashing light, white, red, green. It seemed stat.. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius or Venus?? PD))
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
05/14/18 @ 0155h over LAX v-formation 6 items traveling westerly.
Encino · CA, USA
Strange cloud formation.
Fresno · CA, USA
High altitude white object in the sky for a few hours. ((NUFORC Note: Possible high-altitude balloon?? PD))
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Groups of unknown objects flying over silently then disperse
Irvine · CA, USA
I was in bed sleeping and some strange noise woke me. It sounded like a loud bass hum.When I opened my eyes there was what looked l
Fresno · CA, USA
Craft in clouds in Fresno, CA.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
THE SCENE TAKES PLACE IN LOS ANGELES AT 1.00AM. I SEE A UFO WITH THE SHAPE OF A SPHERE. ((anonymous report))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Circular UFO in broad daylight over Los Angeles.
Fresno · CA, USA
There was this orb of light flying over my house and it was slowly gliding over my house until it went down somewhere into my neighborh
Livermore · CA, USA
I noticed two white lights next to each other floating in the sky. Didn't move just hovered. ((anonymous report))
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Multiple streaks of light in the distance in rapid sequence
Gilroy · CA, USA
White sphere travels slowly and then reverses direction. ((anonymous report))
Torrance · CA, USA
silver bright flashy hovering object over southern california beach cities
Pleasanton · CA, USA
Being/Creature/Object Photo.
Fresno · CA, USA
Moving object with various light intensities
Antioch · CA, USA
Speedy orange oddly shaped ufo during twilight
Blythe · CA, USA
Video of ball of light in the sky with saucer shaped haze around it.
Vacaville · CA, USA
We were on freeway 80 heading west , at first we think was a drone. But when we close yo it it was big whit lights shape blue and yell
Fortuna · CA, USA
3 weeks of nightly sightings of several white hot glowing UFOS.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Fast moving chevron shape.
Dunnigan · CA, USA
10AP18, 05:20 AM. I was driving my big rig S on I-5. I noticed 4 what seem to be white clouds. ((NUFORC Note: Former law off. PD))
Stockton · CA, USA
I have pictures of this rectangle shaped thing in the clouds about 450 ft long by 150 ft wide. ((anonymous report))