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)
Newtown · OH, USA
A very bright light, brighten than star, appeared then shot off straight, and stopped again., three times then disappeared rapidly.
Colerain Township · OH, USA
Cylindrical object in the southern sky with glowing red and white lights in the lower half.
Lordstown · OH, USA
Two large craft hovering over Lordstown (Trumbull/Mahoning County border).
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Bright light moving south to north very high rate of speed was not a plane brightness of a star
Lordstown (near; on I-80) · OH, USA
Travelling W on I-80 near Lordstown, OH, I suddenly saw a very bright light just south of the highway.It appears there is a milit
Columbus · OH, USA
L-shaped lights.
Burbank · OH, USA
I saw a rather large fireball in the sky that did not move for around five minutes.
North Canton · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) Sound very loud like an engine, shook windows of home. Fireball could be seen in the W sky for @5 min..
Lancaster · OH, USA
Large fireball in the sky to the left of the sun, seemed to changed it's shape, and size.
Concord · OH, USA
Distant stationary object in SE sky, with flashing red and green lights. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Sirius, we suspect. PD))
Uniontown · OH, USA
3 or more objects over Uniontown Ohio. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a twinkling star, perhaps Sirius?? PD))
Bexley · OH, USA
2 fiery objects seen above the starbucks in the center of town.
New Bloomington · OH, USA
Object flying with three bright white lights
Marietta · OH, USA
Round Orange light in sky over Marietta, Ohio and Ohio River. Moving steady with no sound.
Columbus · OH, USA
Flashes light up entire sky.
Dayton · OH, USA
Disc like Flying Saucer.
McComb · OH, USA
Large silent triangular craft.
Toledo · OH, USA
Too close to be shooting star and too bright and close to be landing plane.
Toledo · OH, USA
Pulsating red, green blue hovering objects. Watched them for over and hour.
Cleveland Heights · OH, USA
Triangular neutral-silvery object with 3 circular illuminations in each corner on the underside seen for 15 minutes.
Copley · OH, USA
Triangular shaped craft with bright lights on all 3 sides observed in the Copley/Medina area.
Campbell · OH, USA
Several bright green lights in the sky.
Hilliard · OH, USA
I witnessed about 8 reddish glowing lights in the sky. They hovered in an oblong horizontal pattern and then shifted.
Bremen · OH, USA
6-8 orange red lights in a horizontal line flying above at low altitude, and low air speed.
Gahanna · OH, USA
10 reddish/orange balls of light in the sky.