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)
Lisbon · OH, USA
I saw it out my window.
Columbus · OH, USA
Three red lights in consistent formation, occasionally vanishing, and re-appearing.
Danville · OH, USA
Red with orange cast dot's started 3 in line spred to right than went to a sloppy box. No noise; gained altitued then faded.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
I do not know what it was.it was bright green rather large with the stuff around it when something is moving at a high rate of speed an
Blue Ash · OH, USA
Blue Ash, Ohio 11/15/2012 around 06:33 PM EST - Single red sphere traveling S/SW below the clouds briefly before disappearing.
Ravenna · OH, USA
Two glowing orange fiery orbs sighted by Ravenna , Ohio family
Columbus · OH, USA
Watching large object separate then merge again.
Austintown · OH, USA
Orange lights and crafts.
Huron · OH, USA
Saw strange lights over lake Erie near Huron Ohio for about 2 hours.
Austintown · OH, USA
We were outside and these orange circular orbs came out of the eastern sky toward the west moving very slowly ; spaced quite a distance
Cleveland · OH, USA
I was outside on my backyard porch looking up into the sky: I then saw a circular shaped object, with bright lights, moving at speeds g
Lima · OH, USA
I thought I was seeing a moving low cloud reflecting the light.
Elyria · OH, USA
Orange lights in triangular formation over Elyria, Ohio.
Cleveland · OH, USA
Fast bright object very high up in the sky.
Avon Lake · OH, USA
Red Orange Objects.
Washington Court House · OH, USA
3 yellowish-orange circular spheres in sky
Greenville · OH, USA
Bright orange flash of light that shone through heavy curtain, and a loud, unsettling, quick boom.
Loveland · OH, USA
Orange orbs over Loveland, OH
Wilmington · OH, USA
The Visitors.
Columbus · OH, USA
2 spheres flying in formation
Dayton · OH, USA
Multiple high speed, high altitude lights over Dayton, Ohio.
Reynoldsburg · OH, USA
UFO over Reynoldsburg OH 10/6/12
Columbus · OH, USA
Four orange/red lights in changing formation viewed from the Short North
Elyria · OH, USA
Big red/orange lights in the sky of Elyria
Wooster · OH, USA
Huge, quiet object over central Ohio