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)
Mt. Vernon · OH, USA
a huge orange ball of light shot across the sky with stealth spped then dissapered
Proctorville · OH, USA
it was likede it knew we were watching.
McComb · OH, USA
Triangle shaped object with red pulsating lights with instant change of direction and speed.
Brook Park · OH, USA
4 lights, moving across the night sky, changing directions and speeds.
Circleville · OH, USA
I went outside to look at the stars, bored out of my mind and that is what I do when I get bored. I have been seeing an unusual amount
Lancaster · OH, USA
A white chevron UFO moving at high rate of speed in perfect visibilty.
Reynoldsburg · OH, USA
Huge doughnut shaped object hovering over the trees.
Lexington · OH, USA
large unknown object with red outer lights followed uss in the night
Columbus · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) A yellow triangle that made a big bang.
Cleveland · OH, USA
green fireball over cleveland,ohio
Amelia · OH, USA
Strange triangular shaped object over Cincinnati, Ohio.
Akron · OH, USA
Green Fireball SOUND
Broadview Heights · OH, USA
Me and my family saw weird objects in the sky one Friday night.
Cleveland · OH, USA
It was late at night and I was over my grandmother's house awaiting my mother to pick me up. We both looked up into the dark night sky
Springboro · OH, USA
I saw 4 small lights moving in a pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Middlefield · OH, USA
Triangle aircraft observed with Night Vision Goggles, could not be seen with naked eye.
South Charleston · OH, USA
Bright Flashes of Light
Cleveland · OH, USA
Ufos seen in cleveland ohio, changed color and disapeared then reappeared.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
spherical object with changing light pattern viewed and recorded from colerain township
Barberton · OH, USA
I spotted a dark sphere with random flashing white, red and blue lights hovering in the distance. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star? PD))
Ashtabula · OH, USA
Bright object observed in the morning sky until it suddenly disappeared
Oregon · OH, USA
cloaked craft with 3 dim tail lights silently passes over house.
Oregon · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) the ufo was there for 2 minutes and gone very fast
Grove City · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) white lights flying around the moon several times.
Mason · OH, USA
didnt move like a plane or helicopter, too close to be a star.