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)
Brook Park · OH, USA
While heading south on I-71 a flash caught my eye in the sky heading W in the air... I continued to look for it, but it never reappear.
Ravenna · OH, USA
Saw two white lights flying and circling in a cloud.
Holiday · OH, USA
Bright light in sky. ((NUFORC Note: Bright light may have been Venus?? PD))
Holland · OH, USA
Bright light like a star. Too close to be astar with blinking red lights. Just hovering.
Chardon · OH, USA
Three lights spotted over rural area.
Zanesvill · OH, USA
V-shaped with big round lights on bottom.
Lancaster · OH, USA
I thought they were plane lights at first but in a umbrella formation they never moved. Just a yellowish white lights.
Huber Heights · OH, USA
Entire family sees very large, stationary, bright light in the night sky which simply disappears all at once.
Girard · OH, USA
We seen a light far off in the distance,looked like it dropped something and then was gone, was wondering if there was a comet or meteo
Circleville · OH, USA
3 sets of huge burnt orange and burnt yellow lights above been field were there then just disappeared, hard to tell all in a text.
Canton · OH, USA
Was sitting outside 7:30 p.m.saw an orange orb floating over the trees with no sound when I stood up to see what it was it shot off.
Junction City · OH, USA
I was facing south looking down and a light shined above me enough to get my attention. As soon as I looked up almost 90 degrees I saw.
Columbus · OH, USA
Group of blinking objects/lights. Soundless Filmed with still and video cameras
Findlay · OH, USA
I saw 6 self illuminated objects shaped like balls, that were giving off a light orange glow.
Vienna · OH, USA
Silent bright light maneuvering east, south, north, west, and back east without banking.
Centerville · OH, USA
I was out watching the moon as it was bigger and brighter than it had been since 1948. I notice a white object moving at a high rate of
Columbus · OH, USA
I saw a total of three lights moving north to south with the city of Columbus till they disappeared.
Old Washington · OH, USA
Strange obj. on horizon moved as we looked at it and slowly came towards us and hovered with 1 blinking light. ((anonymour report))
Barberton/Akron · OH, USA
My boyfriend and I saw at least a dozen circular ufos in the sky off of highway 224. All were motionless except for one. The one moved
Athens · OH, USA
Bright light that disappeared fast.
Carrollton · OH, USA
Bright green center, yellow white rays around. object elongated or shifted but did not seem to move. ((anonymous report))
Stone Creek · OH, USA
At 7:15 pm traveling S on US Highway 77 we spotted a triangle shape with lights all the way around the outside edge and a main light
Columbus · OH, USA
An orange cylinder flew north in the sky and moved at a moderate speed silently away from us and disappeared.
Montpelier · OH, USA
I think to object was a ufo and was watching me.
Kettering · OH, USA
I saw two huge beams of light going from the sky to the ground.