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)
Toledo · OH, USA
Fake plane. ((NUFORC Note: Possible military transport aircraft at low altitude?? PD))((anonymous report))
Ashtabula · OH, USA
Abduction from a day cab style straight truck.
Lewis Center · OH, USA
Squid-shaped floating upwards with legs, almost looked liked a flying squid.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Pill-shaped object observed by motorist. ((NUFORC Note: MUFON CMS report. PD))
Steubenville · OH, USA
Mother and two young sons witness a large triangular craft, ringed with green and blue lights. ((2nd report))
Steubenville · OH, USA
Triangle shape, blueish-green lights on the perimeter. Flew over Ohio River and made the water move, but no sound. ((1st report))
Newark · OH, USA
Possible ufo sighting over Licking County.
Dayton (near ) · OH, USA
Flashing Object, near Sirius; Ohio
Columbus · OH, USA
On 2/5/18 at 6:40pm,my wife and I went out to watch the ISS fly by. It was going to be a straight over head fly by. When we w
Chauncey · OH, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information about her sighting. PD))
Chesapeake · OH, USA
Two diamond shaped objects remained stationary above the highway.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
2 white lights, 1 possibly exploded?
Dayton · OH, USA
Saw a large bright red light decend from the sky. It must have been large because it was pretty far away. ((anonymous report))
Toledo · OH, USA
7 orange crafts in formation with Sonic like boom sounds around the same time of sighting
Batavia · OH, USA
Faint lights appeared in the sky in the formation of a large chevron.
Painesville · OH, USA
Group of several randomly blinking lights moving across the night sky together. ((anonymous report))
Chesterland · OH, USA
Cluster of between 5-6 flashing lights like fireflies in clear, eastern sky, moving seemingly in random pattern. ((anonymous report))
Wilmington · OH, USA
Rocket Launch Southwest of Wilmington, Ohio
Canton · OH, USA
Driving on 77N, my husband and I witnessed a bright green teardrop fall from the sky.
Sidney · OH, USA
Fireball like flare come straight down from sky near i75
Timberlake · OH, USA
I observed two saucer like objects flying erratically east to west then all of a sudden changed direction and headed south
Toledo · OH, USA
Brilliantly shiny and white dome outside of Toledo, OH
Columbus · OH, USA
I was standing outside smoking and a black triangle craft with lights at its corners flew right over me. ((anonymous report))
East Monroe · OH, USA
Bright orange orb above my neighbors tree, moved left and 3 more orbs that were in a diagonal pattern appeared. What was it?!
Bethel · OH, USA
Bright orange lights over Bethel, Ohio.