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)
Toledo-Cleveland · OH, USA
UFO Stops Traffic on the Ohio Turnpike between Toledo and Cleveland
Eastlake · OH, USA
Neon Blue Flashes of light around Perry Ohio Nuclear Power PLant light up night sky and cause power disturbances
Mason · OH, USA
Silver ball chased by jet aircraft
Brookpark · OH, USA
Black triangle seen fairly close and quite clearly
Wooster/Mansfield (half-way between) · OH, USA
Driving due West toward Mansfield from Wooster, Ohio on US route 30, I noticed an intense RED light straight ahead, at an altitude some
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Wish I had written down the exact day and time but i didn't want to report it.I worked at an office complex in cincinnati ohio as a
Mayfield Heights · OH, USA
2 Strange black figures in my room resembleing my parents.
Columbus · OH, USA
Unknown light from the sky shinning on the ground
Toledo · OH, USA
5 bright lights / orbs floating just below clouds
Cleveland · OH, USA
My husband and I went to the "flats" in Cleveland (restaurants and club scene that line both sides of the Cuyahaga River...Left Bank an
Stow · OH, USA
Very bright light that was in the eastern horizon moving west, the light 'turned off' then reapered in the western sky seconds later.
Goshen · OH, USA
Close up encounter.
Kingsville · OH, USA
8:30 P.M. EST August 31, 2004-resembled airplane explosion in atmosphere ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Kingsville · OH, USA
Three (3) witnesses to strange object in night sky ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Reynoldsburg · OH, USA
On this night, I noticed a cylinder shaped illuminated object in the southeast sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail?? PD))
New Philadelphia · OH, USA
The object we all seen was shaper similair to an eagle ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Chillicothe · OH, USA
Comet-like object that broke up and then dispersed in a large cloud. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Ohio (eastern) · OH, USA
it looked like a cloud with a light behind it
Willowick · OH, USA
Big bright white ball in sky
Cleveland · OH, USA
Numerous sightings over Cleveland
Cleveland · OH, USA
Unidentifiable object over Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland · OH, USA
white light west to east banked hard as incoming jet flew intercept
Canton · OH, USA
An unusual chase of two unidentified flying objects were seen in the sky.
Circleville · OH, USA
MAYBE THEY WERE HUNGRY???
Caldwell · OH, USA
Looking east from back patio in caldwell, oh. There is a huge bright round light hovering in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Venus??))