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)
Hudson · OH, USA
Two distant orange/red lights cross sky and suddenly disappear.
Salem · OH, USA
Three round orange lights flying very close together
Jackson · OH, USA
Two UFO's witnessed in Jackson, OH
Troy · OH, USA
Pulsating red light over Troy, Ohio on 18 Sept 2011.
Fremont · OH, USA
I SEEN A FACE PRESSED UP TO MY BEDROOM WINDOW,IT WAS A GREY COLOR WITH BIG EYES
Cleveland · OH, USA
I was driving down a Cleveland street approaching a red light when I heard what sounded like an ambulance siren. When checking my surr
Dayton · OH, USA
Red spherical light flew overhead in Dayton, Ohio.
Kent · OH, USA
Red green and blue lights hovering with strange flight pattern then lands
Columbus · OH, USA
Orange orb / ball seen over NE columbus ohio
South Point · OH, USA
Red and white hovering light over South Point, Ohio.
Canfield · OH, USA
Total of 7 Balls of light over Boardman area.
Orwell · OH, USA
Strange star like ball of light follows plane and then tales off
Streetsboro · OH, USA
Orange lights over Ohio Route 43
Stonelick Park · OH, USA
There are definite lantern-like air-floating fireworks out there this year.
Bristolville · OH, USA
Multiple orange lights were spotted forming several different patterns.
Wellington · OH, USA
Bright "star" like object exhibiting erratic movements caught on video, along with possible contact?! Scary, unexplained noise on video
Delaware · OH, USA
bright round ball of light go straight over then disappeared
Mount Vernon · OH, USA
3 orange glowing lights forming a large triangle
Bowling Green · OH, USA
Pale orange light w/ bright center, size few feet wide-like orange plastic bag w/ glowing center-floated from low to become pt. in sky
Salem · OH, USA
a orange fire ball moved acrossed the night sky in N.E. Ohio
Tontogany · OH, USA
Large aircraft with bright white circular lights on its bottom half that hovered but could also move extremely fast
Lisbon · OH, USA
Disk or oval object with ring of multi-colored flashing lights and very bright white light in bottom center.
Howard · OH, USA
3 red/orange glowing ball shaped objects pass through Knox County Ohio in a series
Strongsville · OH, USA
Frequently seeing UFO in our western sky that darts in all directions and moves quickly with bright lines
Toledo · OH, USA
White light in NW ohio