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)
Fairborn · OH, USA
Saw a very bright streak of light at about 500-1,000ft altitude with bright multicolored flashes of light emmiting from it. Estimated s
Napoleon · OH, USA
Bright light/craft with tail traveling s-ne
Springfield · OH, USA
6 unknown lights traveling in a straight line
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Saw three lights streak across the sky with particles flaking off. The objects left no trail however.
Hilliard ( Western suburb of Columbus) · OH, USA
Not believed to be extra terretrial. Probably that space junk. Many in Columbus saw it. Just giving you a time and palce so you can tr
Cleveland · OH, USA
Objects split over the city. Originally looked like a 'firework" passed east to west as i was looking north.
Norwalk · OH, USA
Bright light resembling bottle rocket or firework travelled from west to east.
Anna · OH, USA
Moving from west to east I saw a bright light followed by a long fire trail.
Parma · OH, USA
saw 6 to 7 white round obects with green glow going,.. across the sky towrds the East, not in a fast pace, but slow...the objects had t
South Point · OH, USA
Looked like a large meteor or space junk re-entry.
Holland · OH, USA
i went outside to smoke a ciggarette,i glanced to the west of my home.saw cluster of lights,elongated formation,some larger than others
Columbus · OH, USA
Earth Skimmer Meteor?
Columbus Grove · OH, USA
this was a large object moving at a very fast pace from the north west to the south east. it did not burn up but just went over the hor
Cleveland · OH, USA
Dear Sirs, My name is ((name deleted)) 36yr old biomedical engineering tech for a local dialysis center. I observed on date reported
Strongsville (suburb of Cleveland) · OH, USA
Flaming fireball initially looking like a firecracker was steadily moving in west to east. I was south of it facing north from 10:00 po
Hamilton (Hanover Twp) · OH, USA
A large fireball moving West to East in the Northern Sky at 1-2 o'clock was visible, deteriorating rapidly in light intensity as if bur
Cleveland · OH, USA
I was reading the reports from last year of the four fast moving objects Nov.'99. I also reported it to you. And their was a note that
Urbana · OH, USA
Stream of lights colored red, yellow, white in northern sky traveling West to East. Lower altitude. Changed speed from slower to extre
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Bright green fireball 20-25deg. above horizon the size of 1/2 thunmbnail at arms length traveling s.west to n.east for 25 seconds. Brok
Columbus (20 miles north of · RT 71 southbound), OH, USA
Fireball that subsequently broke-up or separated into two objects with debris streaming away
Sandusky · OH, USA
About 20 silver spheres were seen circling a jumbo jet in formation. They were extremely fast and formatted into a V shape at one point
Columbus · OH, USA
I was looking for meteors. Saw a grey shadow coming out of the east, heading Northwest. It appeared to be a dark grey shape, like a w
Columbus · OH, USA
While on patrol in my police cruiser I noticed a dark object coming from the east. As it grew closer I noticed it was triangular in sh
Ohio (I-71 · Mile Marker 75), OH, USA
2 bright lights in northern sky on a right to left angle approx. 40 deg.
Toledo · OH, USA
3 balls of light, rapidly changing color, zipping off at, what seemed to be, the speed of light.