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)
West Chester · OH, USA
Location: Monroe, Ohio, Time: 20:00, Duration: 5 minutes.
Monroe · OH, USA
Orange triangles in arrow formation
Dayton · OH, USA
Light formation in sky.
Dayton · OH, USA
Strange object with bright lights flying and hovering over Harrison Twp in Dayton.
Brunswick · OH, USA
Bright orange elngated circle flew swiftly across the sky from southeast to north.
Dayton · OH, USA
Bright fireball/ord seen over house.
Middletown · OH, USA
Reshaping spherical object - high altitude and traveling due north (iPhone video)
Miamisburg · OH, USA
Perfect shape of half the orb protruding from the clouds. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare, caused by pointing a camera at the sun. PD))
West Carrollton · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) Strange Mist and Possible Roll Cloud Precedes Multiple Ufo's.
Bucyrus · OH, USA
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Columbus · OH, USA
While travelling through Columbus, Ohio, saw a bright object break into 3 pieces go dark and reappear as 6.
Columbus · OH, USA
Six orange lights falling in a z pattern.
Findley · OH, USA
Two orange circles appear immediately before Findley fireworks display.
Vandalia · OH, USA
During fireworks display west of us I noticed from NW a fast moving ball very quietly moving ball red yellowish.
Lebanon · OH, USA
2 orange bright to dim flying together, then followed by a third round orange body, colors stayed same, sliw speed, bright to dim to va
Independence · OH, USA
15-20 red circular lights moving perfectly horizantal with change in vertical direction.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Silent orange disk.
Columbus · OH, USA
UFOs in formation both stationary and moving, over columbus ohio 8:45 pm.
Upper Arlington · OH, USA
Reddish orange sphere at high altitude before fireworks.
North Canton · OH, USA
Me and a friend of mine were lighting off fireworks, when we noticed in the SW sky, two red/orange or fireballs objects slowly moving.
Sandusky · OH, USA
S/E moving N/W one bigger dropping smaller lighted objects, 2nd higher up, stopped changed directions & then went south and vanished in
Withamsville · OH, USA
Fireballs and disk shaped object…….
Troy · OH, USA
Cigar shaped to triangle shape to a star.
Upper Arlington · OH, USA
Unusually dark red stationary light in eastern sky with irregular green flashing light seen during fireworks.
Hamilton · OH, USA
Orange-red flaming orb travelling constant speed, direction and altitude.