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)
Bridgeville · PA, USA
Slow moving sphere over Pittsburgh area
Mars · PA, USA
Hovering triangular object with 3 white lights and one red.
Macungie · PA, USA
2 lights that looked like the engine burn of a very large rocket were seen proceeding south and then south easterly. There was no sound
Enola · PA, USA
Fast-moving cloud-like chevron object
Snydersville · PA, USA
Saw a shape like a top hovering for about 40 minutes to an hour thru binoculars could see red green blue and orange lights flashing.
Millerton · PA, USA
MADAR Node 104
Bristol · PA, USA
Object was coming from the west, and was completely silent. It had a large white light. ((MUFON report))
Northampton · PA, USA
Bright motionless-less light object. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Honey Brook · PA, USA
Perfect triangle shaped object hovering over former campground just south of Honey Brook PA.
Wampum · PA, USA
White glowing disc with light underneath!
Quakertown · PA, USA
Saw circular object in the sky holding steady which did not appear to be a star. I filmed it and watched it for a while until it starte
Bellwood · PA, USA
line of lights in sky over central pennsylvania ((Star;oml satellites))
Reading · PA, USA
Tonight I saw a bright light or cluster of bright lights hover for over an hour silently at about 2,000 feet above the city below our m
Clifton Heights · PA, USA
Strange clusters of hovering white lights sometimes 3-5 of them seen nightly in the sky in Delaware County PA
Frackville · PA, USA
This was the best encounter.
Quakertown · PA, USA
Same as previous report second sighting of same object
Millerton · PA, USA
MADAR Node 104
Aliquippa · PA, USA
MADAR Node 68
Wellsboro · PA, USA
Hhovering off the side of the mountain..was the brightest ball of light I have ever seen. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Muncy · PA, USA
Formation of 8-10? star-like lights, equal distance apart, quietly gliding across sky from SW to NE ((Starlink satellites?))
Curwensville · PA, USA
Triangular object hovering fairly low to the ground before disappearing out of sight. Witnessed by 5 people
Millerton · PA, USA
MADAR Node 104
Millerton · PA, USA
We observed an orange orb low and slow in the Northwestern sky, while responding to a MADAR alert.
Wyomissing · PA, USA
20 Lights in a row. ((Starlink satellites?))
Sunbury · PA, USA
25 solid circular lights moving SE in a strait line. ((Starlink satellites?))