Oval UFO Sightings
5,989 Oval-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1930, peaking in 2012 (380 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 5,989
- Span
- 1930–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (380 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Oval
1930–2022 · peak 2012 (380 reports)
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Little Meadows · PA, USA
Oval Object With Aura - Close Up
Jefferson · IA, USA
A report from Jefferson, IA in September 1973 described an oval object, after which two witnesses reported an unexplained four-hour gap in their memory, lasting 4 hours.
Mansfield · OH, USA
Pure white oval shaped image moving slowly. Major axis was several full moon widths long. Minor axis about half of major. No colors or
Piedmont (3 miles east of) · MO, USA
A report from near Piedmont, MO in August 1973 described an oval object that drew a crowd of dozens of onlookers who stopped along the highway to watch, lasting 45 minutes.
Irvington · NJ, USA
A report from Irvington, NJ in August 1973 described seven elliptical objects seen roughly six miles from Newark Airport, lasting 10 -15 minutes.
Victory Lakes · NJ, USA
Watched a large, silent,bright, whitish, oval object hovering, moving slowly left to right and then so fast upward we lost sight of it.
Mriemont · OH, USA
UFO was taking electric from a electric jumping station and then started charging a smaller UFO The object was saucer shape.It was lat
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
A report from Salt Lake City, UT in July 1973 described soft green lights floating in the witness's yard, lasting 15 minutes.
Lexington · NC, USA
A report from Lexington, NC in July 1973 described an oval object witnessed by the reporter and two family members while traveling by car, lasting 5 minutes.
Dallas · TX, USA
A report from the Irving, TX area in July 1973 described an oval object reported hovering in the night sky around 10 p.m., lasting 6 minutes.
Cleveland · OH, USA
A report from Cleveland, OH in July 1973 described a grey oval object with white lights rotating underneath that hovered silently before moving quickly away, lasting 3 to 5 minutes.
San Rafael · CA, USA
A report from San Rafael, CA in June 1973 described a large, oval object seen near the county civic center by the reporter's sister and family, lasting 20 minutes.
Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico) · PR, Puerto Rico
Was already dark at 6pm; asking a girl for a date in the company of another friend, in the middle of the street, like an instict I look
Fort Lawn · SC, USA
When I was 6 or 7 years old, my sister and I were waiting early one morning to catch the school bus. Across from our stop there was no
Jackson · TN, USA
A report from Jackson, TN in June 1973 described a massive, silent oval object that shrank to a small dot within seconds before vanishing, lasting 5-10 minutes.
Peoria · IL, USA
Saw a U.F.O. over backyard at very close proximity to house located across from airport. Saw first hand object and passengers inside.
Fort Payne · AL, USA
It was round with colored lights all around it 50-75 yards in leanth 1972 in Fort Payne, AL. I was very close about 150 yds..
Glenolden · PA, USA
A report from Glenolden, PA in April 1973 described a large, brownish-gray oval object witnessed by multiple people, lasting 5 minutes.
Rockland · MA, USA
Military jet pursuit.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
3 objects in a tri-angle formation also in stationary mode for about 20 to 30 sec. Then dispersed in different directions in less than
Muscle Shoals · AL, USA
A witness in Muscle Shoals, Alabama reported a glowing orange, featureless oval object roughly the outline of a car, moving slowly across the sky before vanishing behind clouds, January 1973.
Lebanon · TN, USA
A witness in Lebanon, Tennessee reported an oval-shaped object over a friend's house at 9 p.m. on November 20, 1972, during a sighting lasting about an hour.
New Washington · OH, USA
A witness in New Washington, Ohio reported a white, oval-shaped object initially mistaken for a street light, during a two-minute sighting in October 1972.
Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
observed tarnished, oval shaped object with black symbols on side travelling south at a steady speed towards Lake Ontario
Greensboro · NC, USA
A witness in Greensboro, North Carolina reported a silent, oval-shaped object with a blacked-out cockpit window and flashing square lights around it, during a forty-minute sighting in September 1972.