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)
Zanesville · OH, USA
a friend and i saw a bright circular craft moving from left to right
Massillon · OH, USA
Was a small looking cigar/bone shaped white thing with a little red on it in the sky heading N.W at 6:30 EST on Friday March 8, 2001.
New Washington · OH, USA
Multi-colored lights on craft(not Plane)
Munroe Falls · OH, USA
Object seen 3-14-01 changing shape and size in Northeast Ohio
Cleveland · OH, USA
Very Large Ball of Fire Scattering and Sparking
North Canton · OH, USA
Unusual object with very dim, steady lights darts across sky
Loveland · OH, USA
Stationary light that changed from yellow to green to red and was hovering below the clouds.
Lancaster · OH, USA
A Bright light in the shape of a sphere that moved southeast at a steady spead and appeared to have flames pulsating behind it.
Wadsworth · OH, USA
Red lights on a triangular object with 2 others hovering paralle
Chardon · OH, USA
Blue orb hovering over trees, then crosses feild.
Toledo · OH, USA
Midnight car drive, unexpected visit by an object
Cincinnati · OH, USA
2 saucer like objects that moved from place to place then sped towards the sky.
Kettering · OH, USA
On 02/24/01 at 11:32 p.m. I saw a difuse, moving red glow in the sky while I was driving
Wadsworth · OH, USA
Six Star like objects in tight formation moving at a high rate of speed
South Point · OH, USA
the object had a bright white center and a weblike bright white formed structure forming the bottom, could not be a star because it van
Marietta · OH, USA
Bright light go's threw 1/2 the sky and over the horizen in 5 sec.
Lancaster · OH, USA
We watched a cigar/cylinder shaped object about ten degrees above the horizon.
Sidney · OH, USA
Sphere that emitted blue & red flashes & disapered without a trace.
Beaver · OH, USA
Three bright objects would appear and disappear covering great distances in the night sky.
Madison · OH, USA
We were just sitting outside back by the woods when I saw two different color lights which were red and green. They just streamed acros
Medina · OH, USA
Black Triangle followed by Orange Orb.
Amhearst · OH, USA
2 seconds of blue light that covered the whole sky
Plymouth (rural) · OH, USA
my husband and i were returning from son's home, heading northeast on state route 598, around l0 p.m. when i saw a bright green firebal
Mentor · OH, USA
Round object flying through the sky
Perrysburg · OH, USA
large,flat square object that didnt seem to move much