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
After running at the Glasgow Park off of 896 and rt 40, my friend texts me and asks, "Dude, did you see those 8 orange lights leavin
Newark · DE, USA
Two silvery-white circular shaped craft appeared to use a cloaking technology to reappear and disappear.
Bear · DE, USA
Fireball sighted about midnight traveling northeast in Bear, Delaware.
Newark · DE, USA
Red glowing fireball floating across field in Newark delaware
Newark · DE, USA
Red blinking light near Venus on 7/12/12
Viola · DE, USA
Mysterious light resembling fire scanning cylinder
Bethany Beach · DE, USA
Yellow lighted large disk soundless over Bethany Beach De
Dover (west of) · DE, USA
Triangular UFO with white blinking lights
Wilmington · DE, USA
Four Bright Orange Sheres appear twice with 5 minutes seen by neighbors in Delaware
Elsmere · DE, USA
Small triangular shaped craft, which made zig zag movement in the sky.
Frederica · DE, USA
Yellowish-Gold falling star, that stopped, changed colors and vanished.
Bear · DE, USA
Dull Orange Cicular Objects Fly in Formation over New Castle County
Bethany Beach · DE, USA
Hovering double sphere shape bright metalic craft just under the cloud ceiling on Delaware shore
Middletown · DE, USA
Craft sighted in Delaware
Bellefonte · DE, USA
Glowing orange cluster of lights
Newark/Bear · DE, USA
2 clusters of orange lights in sky. About 25 lights per cluster
Lewes · DE, USA
I JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK UP AND SEE A "V" SHAPED lights.I know what I saw!
Ocean View · DE, USA
Formation of 4 aircrafts with glowing underbelly flying low and towards Atlantic Ocean
Lincoln · DE, USA
i saw blinking lights in the sky, & think it was hovercrafts.
Wilmington/Pike Creek · DE, USA
2 bright light shooting across the sky and disappeared in Pike Creek, DE
Camden · DE, USA
Yellowish orange sphere of light passed in front of my house 300ft off the ground and did not make a sound.
Elsmere · DE, USA
Aircraft comes and disappears out of thin air.
Dover · DE, USA
A triangular shaped hovering object with green and red lights
Wilmington · DE, USA
UFO object in the southwest sky as I was at Silverside rd and Concord POike at 13:00 on Friday October 7, 2011
Seaford · DE, USA
One cloudy evening on Sept 12, 2011-as I walked toward the sunroom in the backyard which is toward the south, that is made of all wind