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)
Lewisburg · OH, USA
Triagular craft hovering over I-70 in OH
Portsmouth · OH, USA
The object(s) moved effortlessly and one became very close to the ground, hovered and emmited beams, others just seem to float by.
Maineville · OH, USA
Sshooting star but then it started going in the opposite direction, then down, then it was gone. ((NUFORC Note: Satellite? PD))
Montville · OH, USA
We have experiance numerous sightings over the pasture. The objects vary in speed shape and formation.
Toledo · OH, USA
A white circle-shaped object was spotted a few moments before it became distorted, flickered, and disappeared.
Newark · OH, USA
Unknown Object In the Sky
Cleveland · OH, USA
Color-Changing Light Appears in Sky
Willoughby Hills · OH, USA
Triangle object, multiple witnesses, 100 feet from ground. Hovering over wooded area
Columbus · OH, USA
Three lights in a triangle shape that eventually lined up and moved farther away until we couldn't see them any more.
Columbus · OH, USA
Was shooting digital shots for a client of thier building (I'm a professional photographer) The building faces North, so I was there
Newark · OH, USA
newark,oh-16:12 strong flash behind and above airplane-size approx. 1/2 tictac at arms length-3-5sec.
Euclid · OH, USA
Circular White Light
Lancaster · OH, USA
A red/pink pulsing object performing strange flight patterns.
Newton Falls · OH, USA
there was strange lighted objects in the woods that hummed and were cold that left a trail...
South Amherst · OH, USA
bright white/yellow/red circle of light, moving towards me, then just "blinked out"
Degraff · OH, USA
my hausband and i were seeing something that was like magic ..the stars are moving ! it was not lights! it looked like the stars
Berea · OH, USA
Bright, white elongated oval craft over Berea, Ohio, traveling north to south.
Lordstown · OH, USA
meteorite type observation ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of re-entering space debris. PD))
Sagamore Hills · OH, USA
Unidentified aerial event at night. One large ball of flame and 3 smaller blue diamond shaped flames.
Mentor · OH, USA
A light fading in and out brightness going north and south.
Akron · OH, USA
sightings in akron ohio multi colored and shaped object
Columbus · OH, USA
Cloud formations with a light emmiting from the center of one.
Hamilton · OH, USA
Black Area
New Springfield · OH, USA
me my dad my brother and cusin were driving home on a clear night and we pulled in my driveway and we saw a big oval red shaped object
Warren · OH, USA
I seen on the weather station that we had 11thousand ceiling hight and it was bright Light that I seen. It was very fast light and it w