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UFO Sightings in Arizona
7,742 sightings on record from 1946 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
7,742
Share of US total
3.61%
Peak year
2016
457 reports
Top shape
Light
1,677 reports
Years active
77
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-15 | Parks | unknown | 25 seconds | A huge see-through dark object appeared in one of my photos during an all-night time lapse I was doing. |
| 2023-12-10 | Scottsdale | circle | 1 minute | Possibly drone, but very high altitude |
| 2023-12-05 | Payson | triangle | Less than five minutes | I saw a triangular shaped craft while driving through Payson, AZ. |
| 2023-11-28 | Prescott Valley | circle | 60-75 seconds | While in our yard we noticed a silver, round, craft moving East. It made 2 90 degree turns over a 30 second period. |
| 2023-11-28 | Prescott Valley | circle | Around 45 seconds | We noticed a silver circular craft moving East at a steady speed. It made 2 90 degree turns before disappearing behind... |
| 2023-11-26 | Casa Grande | light | Over 15 minutes | I thought i saw a jet or satellite going N to S. It stopped then moved quickly and erratically. |
| 2023-11-24 | Mesa | circle | 15 minutes | I saw a small black circle in the sky moving back and forth in the sky in a strange flight pattern. |
| 2023-11-22 | Tortolita | orb | Approx. 10 min Early Dawn | Satellite appearance until it suddenly stopped. Erratic movements after stopping in generalized area. |
| 2023-11-21 | Sun City West | changing | 10 minutes | Watching fighter jet and saw a group of small white objects far above the jet that quickly changed shape and moved... |
| 2023-11-18 | Oro Valley | sphere | 20 minutes | Metallic UAP or Balloon |
| 2023-11-13 | Patagonia | other | 30 seconds | I rounded the corner of the gravel road, and as I did, I saw what i thought was the reflection of a green rectangle in... |
| 2023-11-09 | Phoenix | orb | 2 minutes | Orbs moving across sky towards mountains |
| 2023-11-02 | Phoenix | light | Five or more minutes. | There were two groups of three crafts. They came in and out of view, slowly hovered close to each and flew into a... |
| 2023-10-31 | Casa Grande | light | at least 3 hours | Rectangular light fixed in the Northwestern sky for over 3 hours. |
| 2023-10-30 | Tucson | triangle | 5 seconds | All three edges of triangle glowed blue. Horizon to horizon-5 seconds. No sound at all. |
| 2023-10-26 | Tucson | unknown | About 15 seconds | Black hummingbird looking thing coming from the east moving fast to the west |
| 2023-10-24 | Government Hill | triangle | Three to four seconds | Enormous white triangle craft with point straight down. |
| 2023-10-23 | Cottonwood | orb | 1:56 | Solid white glowing silent orb, traveling E to N with no aircraft of any kind in the area |
| 2023-10-21 | Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument | light | 8 seconds | Unknown dash of light appearing in remote webcam stream. |
| 2023-10-19 | Wittmann | rectangle | 15 seconds | Saw a perfect skinny rectangle flash at me 2 times with a bright white light |