UFO Sightings in Ohio
4,176 UFO sightings reported in Ohio since 1947, peaking in 2013 (363 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,176
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (363 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2013 (363 reports)
Top cities in Ohio
Columbus
1956–2021 · peak 2013 (30 reports)
Cincinnati
1955–2022 · peak 2013 (17 reports)
Cleveland
1947–2021 · peak 2004 (9 reports)
Toledo
1954–2021 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Dayton
1959–2021 · peak 2021 (11 reports)
Akron
1956–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Canton
1956–2020 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Garrettsville
2004–2022 · peak 2020 (23 reports)
Cambridge
1966–2022 · peak 2020 (18 reports)
Youngstown
1969–2022 · peak 2020 (7 reports)
Springfield
1974–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Chillicothe
1982–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Fairborn
1999–2019 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Hamilton
1952–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Mansfield
1965–2022 · peak 1973 (4 reports)
West Chester
1992–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Newark
1976–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Medina
1977–2021 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Delaware
1977–2020 · peak 2003 (6 reports)
Massillon
1995–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Waverly · OH, USA
Huge boomerang ,flying very fast among the clouds,no sound,white lights along front edge.
Ashville · OH, USA
Dual beams of light (like headlights) reflecting off clouds, rotating in a stationary circular pattern; only visible when cloudy.
Bryan · OH, USA
It was cylinder shaped and had lights all around it. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Chagrin Falls · OH, USA
It was to long and going much to slow to be a plane. It was huge, I couldn't believe what i has seen.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
12 ovel objects flying east to west orange and red at a slow speed then vanished
Coldwater · OH, USA
spherical in shape, orange flames coming from the bottom, completely silent, moved fast and also hovered.
Avon · OH, USA
Oblong UFO with red/white lights (Elyria, OH)
Wadsworth · OH, USA
I winessed a light traveling from east to west in the lower southern sky of N. E. Ohio
Greenfield · OH, USA
Boomerang ,points upright, in Greenfield, Ohio
Columbus · OH, USA
White-blue lights over Columbus, Ohio
Pomeroy · OH, USA
The object was green with bright contrail, it moved at incredible rate of speed north to south at aproximateley a 45 degree angle.
Columbus · OH, USA
Bright White Sphere at I-270 and 23 on the south end travelling at an incredible rate of speed
Marion · OH, USA
A triangular craft sighted in Marion, Ohio was flying west leaving a deep bass coming from the sky.
Spring Valley · OH, USA
very bright diamond shape light hovered 100 feet in front of me near Spring Valley Ohio
Diamond · OH, USA
A color changing point of light in the sky turns out to be a whole lot more. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Delaware · OH, USA
Small red light object seen above Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH.
Bowling Green · OH, USA
There were three objects in the sky, quiet close together- all silent, two moving and one that stayed still until it disappeared.
Sabina · OH, USA
Green/White UFO appeared and disappeared.
Oberlin · OH, USA
Bright green light shot across sky, changed to white, then back to green, then disappeared.
Laura · OH, USA
Bright Blue Craft Over Laura, Ohio's Night Sky
Aurora · OH, USA
On October 31, 2008, we think we have found a possible oval ufo. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))
Brecksville · OH, USA
Triangle craft in clearing at Cuyahoga Valley National Forest
Atwater · OH, USA
TRIANGLE UFO'S ARE REALLY IN THE SKY
Kettering · OH, USA
Low Flying Quiet Object in Sky with 4 Bright White Lights
Williamsburg · OH, USA
my wife and i observed what appeared to be a orange light that was moving across the eastern sky from Williamsburg, OH. on the 18th of