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)
Delaware · OH, USA
4-12-03 Delaware ,Ohio Large White light across field hovering and zipping in straight lines "curious"
Jackson · OH, USA
we seen a pill shaped object in the sky
Cuyahoga Falls · OH, USA
A dozen or more lights in a "V" formation moving quickly and silently.
Columbus (140 mi ESE of) · OH, USA
Bright lights in triangular pattern 'hang' in sky, then accelerate and fade from view.
Cedarville · OH, USA
Spotted hovering in midair perfectly still, then silently accelerated away at great speed
Zaleski · OH, USA
Orange sphere slowly drops for the Zaleski, Ohio sky.
Piqua · OH, USA
appeared ,moved very fast, lost altitude, vanished.
Parma · OH, USA
Triangular craft, from the front you only saw white light, almost invisible in the sky, pyramid characteristics
Norton · OH, USA
3/2003 UFO in NE Ohio ~A low-flying craft gliding at night that was silent until it was out of sight and about a half mile away
North Royalton · OH, USA
Me and my friend were in our jacuzi at my house. The lights on our jacuzi change color every 2 or 3 seconds. We saw a light very far
Delaware · OH, USA
MORNING TIME SHIP FLY BY
Washington Court House · OH, USA
Large,round,orange balls of light,followed by fast moving craft in sky with strobe like lights.
Hamilton/New Miami · OH, USA
on 2-12-2003 at 12:29AM.On the way home from work with my wife we saw freakish flashes of blue lights over HAMILTON & NEWMIAMI OHIO .My
Hudson · OH, USA
observed objects for 2-3 min,there were 10-12- of them moving in and out, lined up one headed north then vanished
Medina · OH, USA
January 4 2003-lights in rearview mirror
Washington Courthouse · OH, USA
2 white lights in front, 3 accross back, triangle type aircraft, hovering and slow moving, 800-1000 ft up
Cincinnati · OH, USA
UFO heard fly over teens house and teen hears voices in braces.
Williamsburg · OH, USA
Ufo shaped like a plane that could hover levitate and back up.
Portsmouth · OH, USA
oblong glowing blue light in the north, then the north east
Lorain · OH, USA
Crazy light beams in west cleveland area
Stryker · OH, USA
I saw something that at first I thought was a shooting star, but then noticed that it was too spread out and dim to be a shooting sar.
Beachwood · OH, USA
V-shaped light formation over Beachwood, OH
Columbus · OH, USA
A glowing object past over the columbus zoo late at night
Columbus · OH, USA
On Jan. 31st 2003 I believe what I saw classifies as an unidentified flying objects that was hovering over the top of trees in fron
Brookfield · OH, USA
I was away for a weekend on a hunting trip when my companion and I retired for the evening. I was in my sleeping bag at 10 pm. I thoug