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)
New Castle · PA, USA
Basball size ball of light moves 6 inches over car and up windshield.
Newfoundland · PA, USA
Ball of white bright light about size of two car garage. So bright, could not decern if there was a definate shape.Moved at very slow r
New Cumberland · PA, USA
Small to medium sized black rectangular shaped craft several years above the tree line.
Marshall Creek (Rte. 209 · west 1 mile of Marshall Cr. jxn.), PA, USA
Witness reports seeing a disk.
Mont Alto · PA, USA
Huge oval shaped craft which had an amber glow quietly flew at tree top level over my friend and I.
Vanport · PA, USA
Cone shaped craft, size of small car, approx 50 feet above ground. Shot up in sky when I started running.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
I've came across sightings of a alien form flies and walks on the ground it's clear it comes in several differen
Philadelphia · PA, USA
An object followed my car parallel to me then stopped when I stopped & observed me for 5 minutes.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Oval shaped moon colored object that darts in and out of the clouds above my house,
Amity · PA, USA
Beam of light with no sound; no indication of light source; eerie radio broadcast afterward.
Johnstown · PA, USA
It was a clear night with a bright moon. I was a passenger in a car with a friend of mine driving. As we drove along, I noticed somet
Yardley · PA, USA
U.S. Government tape of UFO's
Westfall/Matamoras · PA, USA
very large lights in a row.
Union City · PA, USA
It was unbelievable and never thought UFOs where real till I seen one.
Columbia · PA, USA
oval ring of lights hovering, moved vertically and fast
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Enormous black triangle, southeast of Pittsburgh, 1987/88. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Allison Park · PA, USA
glowing red shapeshifting ball sighted early morning
Muir · PA, USA
Seen a huge disk above out house.
New Brighton · PA, USA
First looked like a plane in trouble. Then changed to a play jack shape with clustered balls in center and at end of each spoke.
New Britain Twp · PA, USA
Broad daylight gold colored flying object about the size of an airliner wing cqame close to my private airplane.
Erie · PA, USA
probable pre-declassified stealth sighting
Gettysburg · PA, USA
I was visiting the site of the famous civil war battles by myself. At that night, I was restless and got out of bed. I looked out of
Butler · PA, USA
I saw an unmanned craft, 3' long fly 12' over my head slower than a man walks, then accelerate away at a great speed.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
It was trianbular in shape. It was in Plum Boro Pennsylvania. Not really a ufo hot spot. I hovered there until we left after 15 minutes
Cresson · PA, USA
A UFO followed our car!