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)
Shavertown · PA, USA
I am visted at least once a year every year since early 1980's. They are green glowing redish eyes slit for mouth 2 holes for nose (
Corry-Wattsburg · PA, USA
Triangular - Silent craft
Hershey · PA, USA
Sleath Blimp sighted in Pa,
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Clear Saturday night , fall, hiding in the trees
Edinboro · PA, USA
Two red probe crafts ascended into "mother ship". Mother ship ascended in altitude and release one of the probes and then lost visual.
Saegertown · PA, USA
The 3 seconds of my life that has lasted 35 years
Star Junction · PA, USA
Crafts seen by many in PA media covers
Ellwood city · PA, USA
Gold shaped sphere hovering in the sky at a few thousand feet.
Kittanning · PA, USA
Huge dark gray metal disc with colored lights hovering above a tree.
Vandergrift · PA, USA
Dark round large disk like shape with colored lights in the center,silent , just above tree tops.
Kulpmount · PA, USA
3 triangle craft buzz us at low attiltude. ((NUFORC Note: We are unsure whether this is a serious report. PD))
Shirleysburg · PA, USA
Sometime during the late 1970-s and early 1980’s, I can’t remember the time of the year. I was in my home in rural Shirleysburg, PA.
Apollo · PA, USA
2 objects, one spherical and huge, the other even larger followed after only a moment or so. Second object appeared to be very high and
Fleetville · PA, USA
seeing this hovering there with no sound and moving away so quickly
Warminster · PA, USA
Saw disk object wiht pulsing lights move at supersonic speed with no sound.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Low flying craft that defies explanation.
Pittsburgh (north of) · PA, USA
Two glowing disks seen over an Interstate highway in Western Pennsylvania.
Churchill · PA, USA
Stationary silent black cigar shaped object in the winter sky. ((NUFORC Note: Report from an aerospace engineer. PD))
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Disk appeared over stadium at end of game... spun like a coin on a table...game ended ... never heard a thing about it.
Ellwood City · PA, USA
What ever it was it knew I was their
Holmes · PA, USA
It was brown, covered in crators. Like a small moon. It was spinning like a bowling ball between 200 to 300 feet from the ground. It wa
Greenville (near the Greenville Airport) · PA, USA
Craft was triangular in shape.
Medix Run (Cakedonia Pike area) · PA, USA
Bright light half the size of moon with 2 smaller lights.
Victory Heights (Franklin) · PA, USA
Lights and some kind of being (creature) starring back at me.......
Green Township/Erie · PA, USA
the same thing happened to me in green township/ERIE PA in june of 1979 was babysitting for my moms friend. was awake and next thing i