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)
Millsboro · DE, USA
4 lights in square formation in sky and small triangular craft seen at close range
Dover · DE, USA
Triangle aircraft, silent, 3 lights on the bottom, no flashing lights moved in directions no airplane could ever move and landed
Milton · DE, USA
over DE bay flickering lights moving over DE shore/ New Jersey shore .warm air temp. for April/sky colors
Rehoboth Beach · DE, USA
Sphear, white with concave and convex "windows" daylight with binoculars
Magnolia · DE, USA
Saucer-like object seen just south of Dover AFB.
Dover · DE, USA
it had a neon pink bottom and lime green lights on the bottom.
Dover (near) · DE, USA
1991 dover delaware. triangular craft
Stanton · DE, USA
TWO FRIENDS AND I WERE IN OUR HOT TUB WHEN WE VIEWED WHAT SEEMED TO BE ONE VERY LARGE PLANE IN THE SKY.SUDDENLY, THE FOUR TO FIVE LIGHT
Dover · DE, USA
AS I WAS SITTING IN MY CAR WAITING FOR MY COWORKERS TO ARRIVE AT OUR CONSTRUCTION SITE, I NOTICED A LIGHT IN THE DISTANCE THAT SEEM TO
Dover (south of Dover AFB) · DE, USA
Evening sighting of UFO at two different locations.
Greenville · DE, USA
White disc makes sharp turns and then shoots up as fast as lightning.
Hockessin · DE, USA
We all know we saw the same circular glowing object that night
New Castle · DE, USA
Silent and hovering.
Wilmington · DE, USA
Transluent like figure walking, early morning.
New Castle · DE, USA
Oct 1984 at 8:15 am small translucent half dome shaped object
Seaford · DE, USA
Me and a friend were night fishing in a pond in Seaford del.First we heard a sound coming from somewhere on the other side of trees.
Wilmington · DE, USA
I had almost instantly, as I looked up, noticed an odd shaped craft merge out of the clouds and be flying directly over my head.
Delmar · DE, USA
My sister and I witnessed six bright red lights shooting green lights up at six blue lights that were positioned directly above.e
Georgetown · DE, USA
UFO at Vo-Tech Center comes calling again
Wilmington · DE, USA
Silent hovercraft 35-50 feet above ground with searchlights beaming down on houses makes a 90 degree turn and vanishes.
Newark · DE, USA
This was not a far away light but a real flying sauser hovering directly above me.
Rehobeth Beach (near) · DE, USA
Hovering 25' up, middle section rotating clockwise and containing red, yellow and (green?) lighted sections, shot away fast, no sound.
Port Penn · DE, USA
A witness in Port Penn, Delaware reported a silver-blue streaking object zipping into the center of a starlit sky during a five-minute sighting in May 1972.
Wilmington · DE, USA
Witnesses in Wilmington, Delaware reported a gigantic, glowing object hovering over Concord Mall in 1972, describing stopped cars, deafening silence, and a sense of lost time.
Elsmere · DE, USA
Elsmere Delaware Linden ave Park Large round not helicopter blades many colored flashing lights all the way around it, black I beleive