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)
Carroll · OH, USA
MADAR Node 89
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Regularly spaced lights lasting at least 20 minutes. ((Starlink satellites))
Bainbridge · OH, USA
Two yellow circles appeared shining Yello with light. Then three at one time between those lit up. (("Spacelink" satellites??))
Massillon · OH, USA
Too high and too fast to be from here. (("Starlink" satellites??))((anonymous))
Brunswick · OH, USA
6 White circles moving in a straight line and then dissapearing and then looping and reappearing. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Columbus · OH, USA
8 lights evenly spaced moving in a straight line and each consecutively disappeared overhead. (("Spacelink" satellites??))
Jackson · OH, USA
~1.75 hours after sunset approx. 20 lights flew in straight line SW to NE fading out at certain point. ((Starlink satellites))
Vienna · OH, USA
24 lights flying one after the other in a pretty consecutive time frame. (("Starlink" satellites??))((anonymous))
Delaware · OH, USA
I see 5 lights in a line, separated evenly, flying at the same speed. (("Starlink" satellites??))((anonymous))
Columbus · OH, USA
Perfect line formation of round white objects moving across the night sky and vanished one by one. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Bryan · OH, USA
String of 32 satellite-like lights that lasted 10 minutes. ((Starlink satellites))
Rayland · OH, USA
Saw a bright object and 26 other ones coming out of the bright light. All in a perfect line. ((Starlink satellites))
Brunswick · OH, USA
Saw 3 circles that I thought were stars but then the objects started moving and disappeared. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Lebanon · OH, USA
Round spheres, evenly spaced, heading northwest. Total of 12 lasting 5 minutes. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Beavercreek · OH, USA
Flash and object zig-zagging near wpafb
Port Charlotte · OH, USA
My husband and I were passengers in a car returning home from late night flight. He points out strange light in sky to east of I-75 (i
Fremont · OH, USA
10 very high white lights in a single file formation 8 to 10 degrees apart. ((Spacelink satellites))
Columbus · OH, USA
40-50 solid lights going from West to east at equal intervals for about 10 min from when I noticed them. ((Spacelink satellites))
Huber Heights · OH, USA
11-12 Fast Flying Objects over Dayton, Ohio Suburb ((Spacelink satellites))
Delaware · OH, USA
At 7:30pm I was in my back yard and looked up at the stars as I often do. I noticed what I thought was the ISS. So I checked my ISS tra
Powell · OH, USA
A line of at least 7 points of light moving from southwest to northeast over Ohio 1930 hrs 3-7-2020 ((Spacelink satellites))
Madison · OH, USA
11 lights traveling in a straight line very high up perfect spacing and speed in a single file. (Spacelink satellites))
Niles · OH, USA
Saw 4 lights looked like dim stars. All in a line spaced evenly apart too high to be an a/c. ((Spacelink satellites))
Cambridge · OH, USA
MADAR Node 137
Youngstown · OH, USA
MADAR Node 73