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)
North Canton · OH, USA
Several bright glowing objects in North Canton, Ohio, near the Akron Canton Airport.
Columbus (New Albany) · OH, USA
Slow moving pink sphere changing from small to large (and back again) over Columbus, Ohio
Dayton · OH, USA
Two red/orange spheres.
Gallipolis · OH, USA
A white light releasing two smaller white lights fly in a triangular formation while either being escorted or chased by 2 small planes.
Madison · OH, USA
3 bright whitish lights that changed formation moved slowly above the tree-line toward Lake Erie then disappeared.
Wilmington · OH, USA
We seen one brite light blink and three in rotation behind it and then it was gone.
Stout · OH, USA
Disk shaped bright white light hovering hills, disappears behind tree line, reappears as bright yellow with multiple colored flashes.
Lima · OH, USA
Witness a strange event on 1-2-2015 (Lima, Ohio) There was 3 of them. Did not appear large. They all had mostly steady red lights wit
Toledo · OH, USA
Bright orange light moved back and forth over toledo 4 to 5 times then disappeared.
Blanchester · OH, USA
I was driving to work and I noticed the moon was really bright so I looked up, and when I did I noticed two bizzare lights making a tri
Vandalia · OH, USA
I look to my right, and see TWO bright lights (one flying object).
Miamisburg · OH, USA
I saw one white sphere object flying in the sky and then it kept multiplying and they were really close together.
Mt. Vernon · OH, USA
Strange lights over Mt Vernon, Ohio.
Toledo · OH, USA
Moving objects in the sky.
Harrison · OH, USA
Orange/red balls.
Iberia (outside of; rural) · OH, USA
Unexplained 2 objects first noticed at approx. 19:05 that remained until approx. 21:00.
Iberia · OH, USA
Add on to seeing 2 objects with intermittent lights.
Euclid · OH, USA
Looked towards Orion's belt and a pitch black craft with about 6 lights all in a V shape flew by at a pretty good clip. Made no sound,
Sunbury · OH, USA
Low, slow, silent delta shaped flyer over Sunbury, Ohio.
Columbus · OH, USA
Looked like a low, slow moving orange sphere that stopped, shrank in size and moved away, and out of sight.
Miamisburg · OH, USA
Triangular craft with five lights flew low, emitted no noise, gained speed, ascended higher and then flew off in a different direction
Mentor · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) I saw a black triangle fly low with a red light on bottom with two blinking ones on each side.
North Ridgeville · OH, USA
Circular flying object with green and red lights in center.
Streetsboro · OH, USA
Looked big like 727 slow just above trees above freeway tail lights red blinking in like diamond. Very big for about 10 min hovering an
Ravenna · OH, USA
On a cloudy night, me and my friend noticed a bright white light that came out of nowhere and disappeared.