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)
Wellsboro · PA, USA
LOW FLYING/HOVERING OBJECT W/ RED/GREEN/WHITE LIGHTS W/ LOW HUMMING
New Brighton · PA, USA
glowing triangle
Butler · PA, USA
it was a white orb with a red outline. it had a long tail that was white and red.
Newtown Square · PA, USA
May 25, 2008 (9:30 pm) translucent football cuts through cloud layer, no lights.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Bright yellow flying disk, dark center, observed flying over city of Pittsburgh Pa.
Scottdale · PA, USA
Two large balls of light over a highway or above some fields.
Saxonburg · PA, USA
Viewed red and white strob-like lights moving silently in a slow arc from north to west overhead at about 11pm on April 7th.
Penn Hills · PA, USA
rotating potato shape over Pittsburgh
Clifford · PA, USA
Aircraft distress beacon or something else?????
Apollo · PA, USA
Unknown craft over Western PA
State College · PA, USA
Silver lines/flashes in the sky.
Slovan · PA, USA
flashing object in southwest sky, changed colors from red to blue to white staying in same spot for 30 minutes, then vanished
New Brighton · PA, USA
Triangle shaped craft flying low.
Newtown · PA, USA
Orange/White Object with Fire Trail seen crashing from the sky in Northeast Pa.
Millersville · PA, USA
Three objects flying over Millersville, Pa. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Altoona · PA, USA
4 dim orange color objects
Breinigsville · PA, USA
UFO - Under The Rainbow
Holtwood · PA, USA
flashing lights in sky over Lancaster PA
Tarentum · PA, USA
Large Slow moving Delta shaped ufo seen by alot people over tarentum and deer lakes
Milroy/Belleville · PA, USA
Cigar-shaped gleaming object near the Milroy exit off of Route 322 East in Pennsylvania
Lenhartsville Exit (Interstate 78) · PA, USA
Truck driver witnesses peculiar object hovering over empty field in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Lehighton · PA, USA
Two bright headlights, gliding above the tree tops, not a helicopter or a plane, a wake-up call - they are out there!
Canonsburg · PA, USA
3-24-08 approximately 4am, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania I am a sound solid sleeper so it was extremely unusual for me to suddenly wake up
Sykesville · PA, USA
Bright orange oval shaped object
Edinboro · PA, USA
Ball of light seen over campus