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)
Erie · PA, USA
Orange Flaming Orbs fall from the sky over Lake Erie, August, 2007
Lancaster · PA, USA
Marching Band loving light follows the patterns of the band. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Bristol · PA, USA
yellow lights
Lewisburg · PA, USA
Bright star disappears before my eyes and within two mintues large crescent shaped, dimly lit amber object flys silently overhead.
York · PA, USA
3 friends including myself were driving down lewisberry rd in york,pa around 7-7:30ish and we were passing one of my friends developmen
Stormstown · PA, USA
UFO outside of State College Pennsylvania
Erie · PA, USA
A bright spec of light hovered over east Erie and was brighter than anything in the night's sky.
York · PA, USA
I witnessed a glowing sphere darting across the sky and making a spiral maneuver.
Scranton · PA, USA
red rotating light in white sphere over scranton
Throop · PA, USA
Stange orange glowing object flying across the sky slowly that looked like the moon.
Etters · PA, USA
Three yellowish lights in the shape of a Triangle moving very slowly
Seward · PA, USA
It was a saucer and only 1
State College · PA, USA
3 lights formed in a pyramid shape, blinking with harmony as if it was a beacon of some sort.
Larksville · PA, USA
the sighting was like a reverse metiorite sighting.
Wilkes-Barre · PA, USA
bright red circle object floating around sky. Moving fast, slow and up and down, Have Video
Clarion · PA, USA
Light moving high in the atmosphere in many diredtions, speeds, and even cricles.
Forest Hills · PA, USA
Bright Light Over Pittsburgh!
Uniontown · PA, USA
Fast, flying object flys over my house.
Millmont · PA, USA
large black disk and two black helicopters appere and the disapear.
Apollo · PA, USA
At Approximately 18:00, Tuesday June 6 as a thunderstorm approached from the west, I was on my back deck. I looked to the North north w
Williamsport · PA, USA
Bright orange fireball
Allentown · PA, USA
Extremely bright 'twinkling' star-like light hovering in cloudless night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Venus sighting?? PD))
Darlington · PA, USA
I witnessed moving object which looked like a star fly through the sky and then change directions at a 90% angle.
Shavertown · PA, USA
Stationary light in distance
Warner Town · PA, USA
very fast