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)
Sayre · PA, USA
Sitting in my backyard and saw cigar shaped aircraft zoom across the sky
Lancaster · PA, USA
Large triangle consisting of 3 inverted V shapes with pulsing red lighting, moved sideways & accelerated.
Edinboro · PA, USA
flashing lights, sudden movements changing altitudes very suddenly ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of celestial body? PD))
Folcroft · PA, USA
Speeding green ball of light
Easton · PA, USA
Triangular craft blue lights.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Large green light traveling at rapid speed across the sky over Philadelphia, PA.
Palmyra (near Hershey/Harrisburg) · PA, USA
flame-colored lights splitting, descending, disappearing and reappearing
Harrisburg · PA, USA
UFO or flares?
Parkesburg · PA, USA
LARGE WING SPAN, NO NOISE, SLOW MOVING AND VERY LOW. TWO OF THEM IN LINE.
Lancaster · PA, USA
Strange object in the sky on clear, cold day in Lancaster.
Stroudsburg · PA, USA
bright green light in the sky near the highway that within seconds moved, paused, and vanished.
Annville · PA, USA
Two sets white red white parallel and moving west to east at a very hi speed.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
witnessed a bright green sphere and the colors was moving in motion
Manheim · PA, USA
light or round bright object seen in PA.
Susquehanna · PA, USA
light/ufo seen over northeast pa in feb 08
Celta · PA, USA
fireball sighting report on Police/Fire scanner
Shippensburg · PA, USA
Around the evening of January 2nd, 2008 I was driving home from my girlfriend's house in the countryside surrounding Shippensburg Penns
Bloomsburg · PA, USA
I saw a set of lights in the sky that hovered above the road and then dissapeared
Tunkhannock · PA, USA
Flashing colors appeared to be spinning
Harrisburg (in general area of) · PA, USA
Pink aura flying below cloud cover.
New Holland · PA, USA
shadowy light ending as sphere
Germania · PA, USA
UFO lands in Pa. Slowly tipping side to side manuvers under power lines & around a pine tree & gone.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A triangular craft flew from east to west.The craft had bright white lights and one red light and was flying very low.There was no soun
York · PA, USA
A Redish purple teardrop shape ufo.
Russellton · PA, USA
UFO over Russellton PA