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)
Eureka · CA, USA
Large, orangish sphere over Eureka, CA. Here one minute, gone the next.
Pasadena · CA, USA
Black rotating or shape shifting object sores through clear day sky.
Bonsall · CA, USA
6 bright lights. Brighter than stars, form a triangle, pulse and then seemingly dissappear as 1 light strobes/pulses br and dissappears
Bonsall · CA, USA
Triangle Ufo with strobing flashing brilliant lights
Cobb · CA, USA
During the last blood moon. I am guessing that was 31JA18. A friend and I decided to look at the bl
Aliso Viejo · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Sphere ufo with white light beam abduction attempt.
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
We have been see these three times since 11/28/2017 saw three that night and on 11/30/2017 six that night and one tonight
Phelan · CA, USA
Animals went into a trance when a UFO came Into view.
Berkeley · CA, USA
Dark ominous circular craft with no lights over Berkeley, CA illuminated by the Super Moon .
Arcadia · CA, USA
Driving N, saw 2 bright white lights fall straight down in San Gabriel Valley at about 6:15pm. LA Co..
Kramer Junction · CA, USA
I was driving east on Cal HWY 58 1 mile west of the U.S. HWY 395 when I saw a green ball streek along side the 58 up in the sky not to
Cupertino · CA, USA
Strange red and blue pulsating lights (crafts?) to the S / SE of Cupertino? 12/5/17 @ 10pm ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius. PD))
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information about sighting; remains totally anonymous. PD))
Hawthorne · CA, USA
RED light seen at night gliding together and lights disappearing one by one along with sound. ((anonymous report))
Arcadia/Monrovia · CA, USA
There was a huge white orb that landed in a rock quarry near the sighting place.
Hornbrook · CA, USA
Flashing, hovering light moving multiple directions in one area of the sky.
Redding · CA, USA
Myself and sons were driving down I-5 south from Redding to Anderson i noticed a larger than normal chem trail close to the direction o
Turlock · CA, USA
low flying silent aircraft also reduces noise of heavy traffic
Santa Clara · CA, USA
Blue/green blinking noiseless light stops in mid-air and gains altitude, turns white/red and flies away quickly.
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
Formation of 2 unusually saturated, deep ruby-red blinking lights flew silently across entire sky in under 4 minutes. ((anonymous))
Victorville · CA, USA
https://t.co/hTWNi3cOVW?amp=1 There was an Alien in my room I have my ADT camera for proof.Something was opening my mouth
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Fireball contact over fence.
San Diego (Lemon Grove) · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) I was walking into my house when a red light zoomed across the horizon i was with my sister. ((anonymous report))
Watsonville · CA, USA
Large, dull red-colored, round object with a darker brownish glow around the outside going very fast. ((anonymous report))
Redding · CA, USA
At approximately midnight of 12/14/2017 I was on an i-5 off-ramp in redding ca when i looked in the sky and saw a triangular object in