UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania
4,650 UFO sightings reported in Pennsylvania since 1947, peaking in 2014 (382 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,650
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (382 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2014 (382 reports)
Top cities in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
1947–2022 · peak 2014 (20 reports)
Pittsburgh
1950–2022 · peak 2013 (21 reports)
Reading
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Allentown
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Erie
1969–2021 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
York
1968–2022 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Harrisburg
1965–2022 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Lancaster
1975–2021 · peak 2011 (5 reports)
West Chester
1973–2021 · peak 2009 (7 reports)
Easton
1998–2019 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Johnstown
1951–2019 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Bethlehem
1965–2022 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
State College
1968–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Williamsport
1957–2020 · peak 2002 (4 reports)
Wilkes-Barre
1973–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Mechanicsburg
1973–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Millerton
2012–2021 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Downingtown
1985–2022 · peak 2007 (3 reports)
Pottstown
1965–2021 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Altoona
1951–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
McMurray · PA, USA
Vertical pinkish light shaft pulsing brighter and duller in night sky for almost 2 hours
Drums · PA, USA
circle of light in my neighborhood
Cochranville · PA, USA
I saw a brilliant and bright, bluish-green object crossing the sky on a southeast to northwest direction.
Media · PA, USA
One Blue "fireball" moved rapidly across the sky.
New Freedom · PA, USA
Slowly moving bright light and aircraft near it.
Jacobs Mill · PA, USA
3 minutes-Two disc shaped crafts, 4 lights each, in South Central PA 12/22/09
Wellersburg · PA, USA
small light moving in perfect sync
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
See above statmement.
Spring Grove · PA, USA
My dog awaken me at 5:45am in the morning, as I was getting out bed I glanced outside the window and seen an object moving across the s
Spring Grove · PA, USA
Sighting in Spring Grove PA -Revised
Mount Cobb · PA, USA
my grandson and i were going home on the exspressway route 84 we were east bound. we were almost at the mt cobb exit 8 when we saw thi
Kittanning · PA, USA
Shooting star like a flare with a trail, traveling north to south and then it burned out. Space junk?
Mechanicsburg · PA, USA
X shaped object.
Chambersburg · PA, USA
3 aircrafts and 2 with no wings, one dissapeared after about 30 seconds
New Kensington · PA, USA
Large object in the sky with jets shot up and disappeared.
Mahanoy City · PA, USA
Four cloud shrouded lights to the east of town moving in erratic jerks.
York · PA, USA
strange orange lights in the sky, fade in and out, disappear, then reappear several minutes later
Erie · PA, USA
orb repeat
Holland · PA, USA
one yellow ball of light traveling across the sky slowly without sound
Coatesville · PA, USA
Red Green and white flashing lights?
Wellsboro · PA, USA
light following another,no sound,no flashing blocked out stars between the lights.
Jim Thorpe · PA, USA
3 spherical bright white lights turned into a dim bluish light moving fast horizontally
Chadds Ford · PA, USA
Driving south on Rt.1 through Chadds Ford, Pa. on black Friday (day after Thanksgiving). Before passing Longwood Gardens on the way to
Hermitage · PA, USA
A loud, sideways triangle, with many lights.
Minersville · PA, USA
2 large, bright Orange/Amber lights in the sky