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)
Montpelier · OH, USA
Hovering lighted object changed colors in the western sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a celestial body. PD))
Springfield · OH, USA
Triangular Craft Headed Toward Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Cleveland · OH, USA
Private Pilot/Amateur Astronomer Witnesses Satellite-like Object Make 2 Course Corrections
Franklin Furnace · OH, USA
Amber lights.
Chillicothe · OH, USA
5 red orange fireball looking things
Enon · OH, USA
i was driving back fromdayton ohio and i saw something it didnt make sound it had alot of lights on it
Sommerset · OH, USA
I was in Ohio to visit some friends. We saw some beautiful trees and I stopped to take some pictures of them.It wasn't until recent
Kirtland · OH, USA
Light blue orb traveling from North to South near Rt.6 in Kirtland Ohio
Heath · OH, USA
jet planes after UFO
Heath · OH, USA
bright light being followed by jets, till it out flew them, and they left.
Arlington · OH, USA
Dissappearing Orange Ball of Light
Dayton · OH, USA
UFO seen in Dayton, Ohio near Huber Heights
Granville · OH, USA
Hovering bright white light turns horizontally mid-air and becomes silvery dome-shaped object
Lima · OH, USA
Lima, Ohio circle Black Metal red white and blue object above us in country rd.
Toledo · OH, USA
Unknown Lights above The Maumee River
Hilliard · OH, USA
Four orange/yellow lights appear, disappear in night sky.
Toledo · OH, USA
Round brightly lit object that changed in size.
Toledo · OH, USA
very bright light in sky fades out.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
UFO sighted on Oct 20, 2007 8:30 pm near downtown Cincinnati
Defiance · OH, USA
Triangular craft silently moving through the air above me and past me.
Hilliard · OH, USA
The object was flying about 300 feet above my home around 11:45 PM on the night of Friday October twenty-six, 2007. The object was
Dayton · OH, USA
We were heading west on I70 near exit 26 in Ohio, just west of Dayton. The lights appeared in the southwest and I thought it was the li
Doylestown (southeast of) · OH, USA
Daylight: Tiny bright traveling east, then appeared to hover, made a sharp left turn north, accelerated, and blinked out of sight.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Bright, blinking star -like objects moving from the western horizon toward the east were observed.
Franklin Furnace · OH, USA
Several amber colored lights in formation in Southren Ohio.