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)
Newark · DE, USA
Orange-ish array of lights cruising over I-95 in Delaware
Harrington · DE, USA
It sat still for ten miutnes then out of nowhere made a sharp right turn and took off faster then anything ive ever seen
Dewey Beach · DE, USA
Large fireball over Dewey Beach, Delaware
Newark · DE, USA
White haze/light moving at amazing speeds. Far greater than any known military or commercial aircraft
Dover · DE, USA
Bright light changed shapes, multiplied, and faded out. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
Dover · DE, USA
Large, silver flying object with light beaming down.
Dover · DE, USA
NOISELESS HOVERING THEN FLYING CIRCLE OF WHITE LIGHTS
Dagsboro · DE, USA
7 Obects seen over Southern Delaware.
Rehoboth Beach · DE, USA
Odd panel of four orange lights spotted above Atlantic Ocean before quickly fading out.
Lincoln · DE, USA
blinking lights, silent, moved rather quickly.
Bear · DE, USA
Three of us witnessed a orange, glowing, round object, that was soundless, and moved slowly accross the sky from the south to the north
Hockessin · DE, USA
UFOs Sighted in Hockessin, Delaware.
Clayton · DE, USA
Black ring 20' diameter in back yard.
Felton · DE, USA
Large, highly bright and changing lighting, shape changing, increbable speed UFO captured on phone video. Felton Delaware
Milford · DE, USA
Three family members saw a green fireball, about the size of a tennis ball, travel E to W for 3 seconds, with trailing red-orange spark
Delaware (Rte. 113) · DE, USA
Fast moving bright white light the was sperical in shape .It blinked three times then vanished.
Wilmington · DE, USA
Light sphere seen, exactly the same as the one in the British Police Helicopter footage.
Smyrna · DE, USA
Large triangular craft with three bright lights.
Bridgeville · DE, USA
A rapidly changing light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a sighting of the star, Sirius. PD))
Penns Grove · DE, USA
as if it was just sitting in the sky,as if it there where no gravity moving in unhuman tec.
Newark · DE, USA
Coming out of RedRobins resturant around 6:50pm I saw a bright light ahead of me moving towards my right which would be south. It was a
Newark · DE, USA
Two very bright lights seen in the sky before vanishing, one seen a second time in a different location several minutes later
Bear · DE, USA
Multiple sightings of a perfect circle of light that is replaced by three dimmer lights in an equilateral triangle.
Smyrna · DE, USA
Unexplainable acceleration and deceleration in proportion to emitted light intensity.
Newark · DE, USA
Bright BLUE/GREEN object streaked cross the sky from NE to SW.