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)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was driving down the street when i came to a red light. I took my phone out ,stuck it out the window and took pictures of a building
Petaluma · CA, USA
Strange grouping of lights hovering in the S.F. bay areanight sky
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Silent object without lights nor sound was passing slowly above houses in my neighborhood at night
Stevenson Ranch · CA, USA
Bright white pulsing light travels across sky and then shoots straight up.
McKinleyville · CA, USA
Four red circular UFOs in formation sighted above the Pacific Ocean in Northern California
Sanra Rosa · CA, USA
I was walking with my dog, and since i saw some strange object a night before, i was just looking at the sky and searching it. I saw a
Lake Forest · CA, USA
Long, large craft, numerous flashing white lights in sequence over Southern California.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Big orange circle light in Bakersfield.
Napa · CA, USA
Large reddish orange light that dropped many more lights out of it, and some smaller same colored lights shot out the top.
Salt Point State Park · CA, USA
Darting in irregular manner orange orb.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
Sphere like craft with very strong red light emitting from its tail sighted traveling southwest to northeast near the PCH.
Nicassio · CA, USA
I was driving a long open road in the country farm land. Without coming into sight from my peripheral, approximately 100 yards in front
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Curving fireball followed by blinking light.
Visalia · CA, USA
Circular they got out of view about 7 foot across in about 5-7 seconds.
Indian Reservation on way to Barona Casino · CA, USA
Hovering long skinny aircraft with lights underneath and multiple witnesses
Sacramento · CA, USA
Driving on 99 south through Sacramento around 9:30 pm, seen 2 orange round objects dancing/flying together. Other cars slowed down.
Pebble Beach · CA, USA
A bright silver ball traveling west to east at a high speed, making no sound, flew past us making a slight change of direction and then
Ventura · CA, USA
There was one bigger light flashing with about 13 smaller ones except the smaller ones flashed a bit different. It reminded me of a dro
Merced · CA, USA
Around midnight on Wednesday March 1, 2017 I was walking across my back patio. I was stopped in my tracks because I noticed a very larg
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Driving in my car and saw what looked like a shooting star in the sky. As it was shooting it made a right angle turn and then shot off
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Saw amber/orange lighted object in western sky. ((anonymous report))
Temecula · CA, USA
Three star-like lights moving in the sky.
San Fernando · CA, USA
My son and I were playing catch in the backyard when my 8 year old son said, "Look what is that in the air."
Modesto · CA, USA
We seen in the sky three red lights we thought oh probably military doing excercises but they lined up then the one on top flew hecka f
Jamestown · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) We saw another spherical floating object directly above our heads, it was bright yellow and bright.