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)
Smithville/Orrville · OH, USA
orange/red teardrop looking with many bright lights object stopped before us above a field and then left.
McComb · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) 6:22 pm mccomb ohio circle shape stpped in mid air then was gone
Amelia · OH, USA
SILENT OBJECT OVER AMELIA OHIO 3/23/08 1:30AM
Liberty Twp · OH, USA
Bright flashing lights seen in the night sky, same area every night, odd movement.
Minster · OH, USA
Flashes flying through air
Huron County · OH, USA
Light seen in night sky, with strobing colored lights and no sound, traveling slowly
Liberty Twp · OH, USA
Blue light flashes across the sky, with no trail.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Dark object falling rapidly downward from the sky with bright orange flames emanating from it
Massillon · OH, USA
Blue flashes of light
Kimbolton · OH, USA
SAW SPHERE OF GOLDEN LIGHT FLOATING SILENTLY FROM EAST TO WEST
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Black Flat Object with a Luminous Light hovering in the sky...
Massillon · OH, USA
My wife and I both saw a strange orange glowing ballon like object that seemed to float silently above the trees
Brewster · OH, USA
It was loud and fast and had lights spinning around it.
Wapakoneta · OH, USA
trianglular crafts in a triangle formation over wapakoneta, ohio
Sheffield Lake · OH, USA
They never appeared there again.
Sugarcreek · OH, USA
3 large triangular aircraft in the skies over Sugarcreek, OH
Newark · OH, USA
A bright perfectly round ball shaped object hovering north of our location on a hilly street with a bunch of trees.
Tallmadge · OH, USA
Dark colored (rounded off) disk (dome) came over a hillside near the fair grounds at RT 91 and zig zagged for a minute or so like a top
Waynesburg · OH, USA
Amber triangular craft seen in Northeast Ohio
Columbus · OH, USA
Silent round black object moving opposite the wind direction - Columbus, OH
Niles · OH, USA
To me, the most interesting thing about these orbs has always been their way of moving around, which was instantaneously.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
My friend and i were on the trampoline and it was sort of dark but light so we could see planes but out of nowhere behind a tree(not we
Ashville · OH, USA
A bright, shiny, metalic looking object fell downwards in the sky.
Pataskala · OH, USA
Triangle-shaped craft hoverig low over a house in Pataskala Ohio
Grand Rapids · OH, USA
Small white and blue rectangular object scares dog and boy.