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)
Uniontown · OH, USA
Stepped out of house to go to a store. Saw this huge craft with a long blueish white streak across the sky from east to northwest.
Bellefontaine · OH, USA
Silent low level object with red&white lights flying into a head wind east of Bellefontaine Ohio.
Miamisburg · OH, USA
Bright color changing and, shape shifting object seen over Miamisburg, OH. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star?? PD))
Vandalia · OH, USA
Strange bright multicolored beams of light were seen near the airport, and then the lights went out.
Columbus · OH, USA
Fireball In the Sky.
Avon Lake · OH, USA
Triangular shape seen hovering and then moving away from neighborhoods and roads.
Springfield · OH, USA
UFO over Clarence Brown reservoir in Clark County, Ohio,
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Five dancing fireballs in the sky over Cincinnati on Christmas night.
Mentor Headlands · OH, USA
Triangular pulsating light drops a flashing orb.
Centerville · OH, USA
2 high intensity flashes of light in sky.
Akron · OH, USA
Rotating light, making quick circles, being followed by a fainter light made a continuous circle for around an hour or two.
Mentor · OH, USA
Five red lights in flying in formation Mentor, Ohio December 27, 2014
Granville · OH, USA
Bouncing ball of orange light turned into two balls of orange dancing light.
Cincinatti · OH, USA
Orange ballot light traveling at constant speed across the sky.
Troy · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) A stream of ten lights hovering above the city for about three minutes.
Troy · OH, USA
2 bright lights turned in circular motion then vanished.
Jamestown · OH, USA
Orange lights blinking in and out.
West Milton · OH, USA
Aircraft that looked like a small airliner hovering less than 100 feet off the ground.
Monroeville · OH, USA
Bright orange light hovering in south sky.
Shaker Heights · OH, USA
Slow flying object that looked like a ball of fire. Orange w/ red mixed in. It came across the sky, and then it just disappeared.
North Canton · OH, USA
Lights in formation over North Canton.
Ironton · OH, USA
On Nov. 17, 18 or 19?, 2014, I was walking the dog sometime between 8 & 10 pm. ((NUFORC Note: Report from commercial pilot. PD))
Mansfield (Rte. 30; near I-71) · OH, USA
I was heading E on Rt. 30 past I-71, just outside of Mansfield, Oh. I glanced at the night sky and a round, red, ball of flame.
Mentor · OH, USA
Wave formations of lights exceeding 70 aircraft that looked like small balls of fire.
Fairfield · OH, USA
V-shaped lights over Fairfield & Hamilton Ohio.