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)
Canonsburg · PA, USA
Triangular shapes crafts. One red dot in the middle, and a white dot of light on each point of the triangular shaped crafts.
Jefferson Township · PA, USA
A triangulated object was hovering directly over our house I would estimate about 500 feet in the air. I had seen two similar objects a
Upper Chichester · PA, USA
Three red blinking lights, forming a triangle. Each light disappeared one at a time .
Clarks Summit · PA, USA
UFO crash landing followed by hours of military helicopter traffic
Bath · PA, USA
Witness a plane like object hovering over a warehouse
Girard · PA, USA
A very large, elongated vehicle with a lot of scattered lights, appeared as a shadow and floated by overhead in the night sky.
Upper Makefield (Above Delaware River) · PA, USA
Upon observing the sky as I often do spotting commercial aircraft I saw a stationary angular white object rotate erratically for about
Ambler · PA, USA
6 or so bright lights hovering in a V shape with red on the end points then vanished.
Clearfield · PA, USA
Bright flying light with brightness changes and strange flying pattern.
Carlisle · PA, USA
20 lighted craft in a row. (("Spacelink" satellites??))
Upper Darby · PA, USA
There were approximately 10 white fuzzy lights about 100 yards from each other forming a circle
Hellertown · PA, USA
Three red dots in a triangular shape with dull, but visible, white lines connecting the dots.
Springfield · PA, USA
I saw about 4 in a row and another off to the side. They disappeared just about 10min later I tried to take pictures but my camera suck
Concordville · PA, USA
Round Silver Object and Cigar Shaped Silver Object sighted hovering, then disappearing, then reappearing in Concordville.
Akron · PA, USA
I saw a light in the sky and I believed it was an alien spacecraft because the light shut off and it disappeared into the sky.
Philadelphia (northeast) · PA, USA
Small fairy like movements in a shape of far away star yet so close. No noise.
Slippery Rock · PA, USA
North on route 258 from slippery Rock toward North liberty a huge white ball with a short tail fell from the sky.
Three Springs · PA, USA
Standing on front porch when what we thought was a star for 20 minutes started moving and glowing bright red, green, and white lights.
Bethlehem · PA, USA
White cumulus shaped object travelling horizontally then sloped downward. No noise or contrail.
Mount Joy · PA, USA
Bright stationary (15 Min.) cigar shaped object in southern sky in Mount Joy, PA (6:59pm-7:14PM) 1/15/2020
Laughlintown · PA, USA
MADAR Node 94
Williamsport · PA, USA
18 dots - 50k+ ft - Williamsport, PA. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Bushkill · PA, USA
Lights changing shape
Oakdale · PA, USA
gray cylinder with dim red and white lights vanished from sight.
Lemasters · PA, USA
UFO Sighting – Thursday, January 30, 1920 Lemasters, Pa Around 7:30 pm while leaving our daughters home, there was a craft heading Nor