UFO Sightings in Delaware
383 UFO sightings reported in Delaware since 1949, peaking in 2014 (37 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 383
- Span
- 1949–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (37 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1949–2022 · peak 2014 (37 reports)
Top cities in Delaware
Wilmington
1949–2020 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Newark
1974–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Dover
1966–2022 · peak 2009 (3 reports)
Bear
2003–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Lewes
2005–2022 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Bethany Beach
2011–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Rehoboth Beach
1994–2021 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Millsboro
1997–2022 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Milford
1999–2020 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Elsmere
1970–2016 · peak 2004 (2 reports)
Middletown
1999–2016 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Hockessin
1989–2017 · peak 1989 (1 reports)
Smyrna
2001–2020 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
Claymont
1954–2022 · peak 1954 (1 reports)
New Castle
1984–2019 · peak 1984 (1 reports)
Selbyville
2015–2020 · peak 2020 (3 reports)
Newcastle
1966–2019 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Georgetown
1980–2022 · peak 1980 (1 reports)
Laurel
2013–2021 · peak 2021 (2 reports)
Seaford
1984–2011 · peak 1984 (1 reports)
LEWES · DE, USA
Daughter noticed these lights and they were seemingly floating past. She took the attached photo with her cell
Edgemoor · DE, USA
Not visible object moving fast in sky creating a super long, thick contrail.
Dover · DE, USA
It was about two telephone poles high up in the air
Claymont · DE, USA
Clear blue sky. It was following a jet that had just taken off from PHL airport.
Dover · DE, USA
Moved very slowly just above the roof tops of some medical facilities across from the hospital.
Georgetown · DE, USA
White orb like object seen hovering over a field that changed its lighting from all white to 3 large diamond shaped colored lights
Newark · DE, USA
Noticed very silver/shiny object that changed shapes in the sky
Marydel · DE, USA
Was a orb of goldish color
Millsboro · DE, USA
I looked up and saw 3 lights flying in a v formation. They continued south, and seemed to converge into 1 light, and then vanished.
Laurel · DE, USA
Long string of lights moving slowly across the sky
Laurel · DE, USA
Looking West 75 41 23 44 An extremely long perfect line of lights. Very slowly moving, constant white. moving north.
Camden · DE, USA
High rate of speed and sudden stop and back to a high rate of speed
Newark · DE, USA
I saw a very large black cloud like structure and within minutes disappeared
Rehoboth Beach · DE, USA
6 orange globes in the night sky over Rehoboth Beach.
Lewes · DE, USA
Triangle shape craft with lights at points and center made low turn over tree line and disappeared into trees.
Dover · DE, USA
Massive String of lights in sky
Lewes · DE, USA
Is this explainable?
Millville · DE, USA
Watching a airplane high in sky saw a silver object come out of the clouds west of airplane flew at high rate of dipped from one cloud
Wilmington · DE, USA
Driving on Old Coach Road towards Polly Drummond Road at 5pm when noticed a skinny object with a red and white light at either end fly
Georgetown · DE, USA
Chevron in Georgetown, DE
Dover · DE, USA
i heard i weird noise that flew over the house i look it wasn't a plane if was a disc shape aircraft i don't know it was a aircraft bec
Wyoming · DE, USA
No summary available.
Delaware City · DE, USA
Orange flashes in sky
Bethany Beach · DE, USA
Observed a spinning circle which emitted various colors in a flared fashion as it moved in an irregular path in the night sky.
North Wilmington · DE, USA
7 fireballs moving horizontally very slowly