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)
Philadelphia · PA, USA
4 Bright White Cigar/Long Disc Shape - Traveling Slanted in sky - Dissapeared & Reappeared 3 jets chasing them -Witnessed by 2 in car
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Saw 2 bright glowing orbs in Pittsburgh.
Reinholds · PA, USA
Large pulsing multicolored light hovering at cloud line. Pulsed for 2 minutes, then disappeared. ((anonymous report))
Moon · PA, USA
A triangular shaped object with yellow outline with all congruent sides was moving north at 30mph.
Washington · PA, USA
Bright unknown object hovered for 60 minutes.
Monroeville · PA, USA
Multiple circular fireballs ascended into the sky, one after the other, from the Monroeville airport. Each continued moving upward int
Palmyra · PA, USA
Very slow moving object in SE sky. Viewed obj. with binox and there were at least 3 distinct red lights.((NUFORC Note: Sirius? PD))
Pottstown · PA, USA
Late afternoon saw a small cloud. It just looked different, whiter/brighter. ((anonymous report))
Lower Burrell · PA, USA
GREEN TRIANGLE.
Mc Murray · PA, USA
Hovered in sky for about 30 min., then quickly moved east no sound and many lights in a triangle shape.
Smithton · PA, USA
Saw a unidentified object flying thru Smithton, PA, on I-70.7:00 am Friday 11-18-2016.
Cecil · PA, USA
4 orange lights flying in formation - straight line, formation broke two went straight up, totally silent - seemed choreographed.
Allentown · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) Orange UFO in a swarm in Allentown, PA. ((anonymous report))
West Park · PA, USA
Three solid lights with no other blinking lights or sound covering a angle of sight of pi/2 for the duration of the event
Greenfield township · PA, USA
Me. And. A. Buddy. Where. Chit. Chatting. On my. Back. Patio. In the evening. Nice calm quiet night. I live. In a rural. Farmland. Ar
Williamsport · PA, USA
Standing on my deck looking across the river I multiple flashes that were super bright and unform. Very short lived.
Saylorsburg · PA, USA
Approx. 4 seconds, a bright thick streak of light in sky & is low. bottom tip explodes bright white light & bits burst out & then gone
Lower Burrell · PA, USA
Low, slow and silent unidentifiable flying object.
Meadville · PA, USA
My coworker and I were getting ready to walk into work and a green neon light appeared and shot across the sky fast and smooth and look
Harrison City · PA, USA
2 objects seen. One larger bright white starburst; the second a glowing red sphere.
Elizabethtown · PA, USA
Single slow moving fireball that changed direction.
Elizabethtown · PA, USA
I believe the sighting over Elizabethtown, PA, was a single Chinese lantern.
Newfoundland · PA, USA
Large orbs rising from behind eastern mountains,traveling s on rt.196s just After sterling corners.seen many over 2 year period.they ac
Aliquippa · PA, USA
Sitting at a fire i looked at what seemed to be a bright star that just slowly faded and disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Satellite?? PD))
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A single orange light traveled in a slow, erratic, yet seemingly controlled pattern across the sky.