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)
Ardsley · PA, USA
Looked as if it were flying straight for my house. Both were an orangey color. One stayed still while the other flew around it. The one
Warminster · PA, USA
Ufo videos, changing lights and moving short distances back and forth ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Jupiter? PD))
Kennett Square · PA, USA
Unknown Lights
Chambersburg · PA, USA
2 larger than planet size bell/saucer shapes with bright amber/white light emitting from each hovered briefly then vanished.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) Two strange red lights. ((anonymous report))
Honeybrook · PA, USA
3 white spheres drifting, twirling, and zooming out of sight.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
I noticed an extremely bright object ascend from below the horizon at a high rate of speed and in a perfectly straight line.
Oley · PA, USA
1 flat possible circle, 3 solid light blue lights. Tailed by 2 mil. helicopters with 2 blinking red lights. ((anonymous report))
Camp Hill · PA, USA
Hovering Object with White light.
Lancaster · PA, USA
Emitted a bright white light. ((anonymous report))
Arnold · PA, USA
Orange glow over western PA.
Bethlehem · PA, USA
One White light and one reddish ball of fire light by grocery store in Bethlehem Pa.
Bushkill · PA, USA
I saw a white light hovering in the distance. I know it can't be a helicopte, no flashing lights. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Moon Township/clinton · PA, USA
I am a delivery driver returning back to the home base and at 10:15 I was driving on 376 west bound just about one half mile from the P
Millvale · PA, USA
Driving on Rt 28 north heading to my gilr frinds house when just before the Millvale exit 4 a green fire ball was to my left just over
Gettysburg · PA, USA
I saw some sort of object flying in the sky that wasn't an airplane.
MckeesRocksr · PA, USA
MY HUSBAND AND I SAW A DISC SHAPED OBJECT TRAVEL TO WARD THE WEST ON S.BOUND 79
Bushkill Township · PA, USA
Bright light in sky last three days. ((NUFORC Note: Venus, we, too, suspect. PD))
Chambersburg · PA, USA
Bright orb like object moving very fast in an alrming route of motion.
Porter township · PA, USA
Bright light hovering, thought it was a planet but then it moved after 15 minutes.
Tamaqua · PA, USA
Saw 2 cyl.-shaped objects with 6-8 white flashing lights. They appeared to fly over each other from opposite dir..((anonymous report))
Harrisburg · PA, USA
Stationary hovering three tiered object, a short row of red lights above and below a long row of white lights.
Bensalem · PA, USA
Just a picture.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
What did we all see? Same craft, different night. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Reading · PA, USA
Very fast object moving quickly back and forth in the sky.