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)
Townsend · DE, USA
Glowing ball of fire hovering in the evening sky.
Ellendale · DE, USA
Three white lights in a triangle formation were hovering above the tree line, until the lights dimmed and it totally disappeared.
Wilmington · DE, USA
It was white like a star had white streak could have been a meteor And it made no sound and disappears.
Fenwick Island · DE, USA
Orange reddish ball ovef the ocean.
Rehoboth Beach · DE, USA
3 bright orange crafts flew silently above the beach, and disappeared over the ocean.
South Bethany Beach · DE, USA
BRIGHT SLOW BLINKING STATIONARY LIGHT IN STARRY SKY.
South Bethany Beach · DE, USA
V-SHAPED SLOW MOVING SILENT FORMATION OF LIGHTS FEW HUNDRED FEET WIDE AND HIGH IN SKY.
South Bethany Beach · DE, USA
4 LIGHTS (OBJECTS) APPEAR SUDDENLY AROUND JET FLYING AT NIGHT AND STAY IN FORMATION.
S. Bethany Beach · DE, USA
CIRCULAR EXPLOSIONS WITH COLOR SPIRALING TOWARD EARTH
Newark · DE, USA
Reg, green lights, movement atypical.
Newark · DE, USA
We were watching the fireworks, when we noticed this thing in the sky flashing green & red lights. At first I thought it was just a hel
Bethany Beach · DE, USA
Red orbs float over ocean.
Wilmington · DE, USA
"Fireballs" (n=2) Moving in a southwest to north direction.
Newark · DE, USA
Red and green lights and spinning quick movements in a crowded place.
Longneck · DE, USA
Green STREAK SW SKY downward then two flashes as if impacted.
Middletown · DE, USA
Red flashing light moving at impossible speed at night in middletown DE.
Rehoboth Beach · DE, USA
Four equidistant white lights forming a diamond shape from the rear of what appeared to be a silver-gray cylinder.
Dewey Beach · DE, USA
3 blue in color triangle shaped objects "dancing" over the Indian River Inlet Bridge, just S of Dewey Beach.
Camden · DE, USA
An intensely bright strobing light that appeared, silent, and moved with incredible speed across the sky changing position.
Wilmington · DE, USA
A object skirting slowly across the sky over my house it had a light in the center it was 300 to 400 ft away moving very slow......then
Wilmington · DE, USA
Four orbs spotted over Wilmington, DE.
Wilmington · DE, USA
Chevron shaped object with string of lights hovering for about ten seconds. Object then very slowly moved away and out of sight.
Newark (I-95; near PA border) · DE, USA
Slow moving orange and red circle, like a large upside down gas stove range.
Lewes · DE, USA
9 lights flew diffrent speeds some times fast and others slow W to E north of the canal Red-Green and Blue. They made no noise.
Elsmere · DE, USA
Greenish light splits into 2 with a yellowish glow.