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)
Burton · OH, USA
5 Objects Silently move across sky, then disappear
Hudson · OH, USA
Three fireball like lights in triangle formation moving together then breaking apart
Franklin · OH, USA
Multiple UFO Sighted West of Franklin, OH.
Mansfield · OH, USA
Bright orange oval object hovering and then streaking across the sky.
Austintown · OH, USA
12 red light over austintown ohio
Massillon · OH, USA
Strange light in sky over Massillon, Ohio.
Canfield · OH, USA
Large obj. with bright red, orange, and yellow lights in SE sky in Canfield Ohio, moved towards us, stopped and disappeared backwards.
Lebanon · OH, USA
UFO in lebanon ohio
Lebanon · OH, USA
Bright white bell shaped craft bursts into yellow and orange flames immediately dissapearing ....
Liberty Township · OH, USA
July 18th at approximately 3:30 A.M. my son and I were out in our driveway watching Butler County Deputies deal with an accident in fro
Circleville · OH, USA
Around 10:45 to 11:00 pm I was in the parking lot of a restaurant and Iooked up and seen a object and I thought it was a plane.
Defiance · OH, USA
I saw a triangle red green and blue ((deleted word)).
Huber Heights (Bethel township) · OH, USA
Orange spheres in a triangular pattern.
Columbus · OH, USA
Huge light cluster (possible ufos).
Stringsville · OH, USA
Bright orange sphere hovering and dissapearing and appearing again.
Canton · OH, USA
Small metallic object seen high in the sky for about 5 seconds and then disappeared.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
4 bright orange lights moving southwest slowly in a diamond formation.
Eaton · OH, USA
Bright orange sphere hovering and dissapearing and appearing again..
Akron · OH, USA
Large, fast triangle craft
Findlay · OH, USA
Four glowing balls of light that changed direction and sped off really fast.
LaGrange · OH, USA
The bright orange/red triange; all I could do was yelll, "FIREBALL," STOP THE CAR, but this was no ball.
Rittman · OH, USA
Extremely bright large oval
Seven Hills · OH, USA
07/27/13 at 21:55 in Seven Hills, Ohio observed were 8 round orange-red balls traveling south to north, duration 4 minutes.
Chagrin Falls · OH, USA
Single constant, bright orange fireball flying silently south to north on a cloudy night, below the cloud layer.
Williamsburg · OH, USA
My friend and I were having a bonfire just hanging out (no alcohol was present) and we were just about to clean up and go inside. It's