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)
Mountain Top · PA, USA
Saw a bright star move from a stationary position to a full 90 degree downward to the right, lit up to 3x the size and took off.
Elizabethtown · PA, USA
V-shaped, fast moving set of lights above the clouds.
Moon · PA, USA
Object hovered alongside highway, outlined in green light. ((anonymous report))
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Using my binoculars I witnessed a cigar shaped, rusty orange colored object fly from my south to east .
Willow Grove · PA, USA
Saw bright light far in the sky orbiting and lights turning green,red and yellow. It moved back and forth. ((NUFORC Note: Star? PD))
Bethlehem · PA, USA
Saw 2 white light silent, low-flying crafts in the area of Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem PA on Oct. 25 at 7:15 PM
Pennsburg · PA, USA
Tracked lights then looked away and then they were gone, nowhere to be found.
Lehighton · PA, USA
Two red spheres with a yellow center following a path from north to south
Riegelsville · PA, USA
Approx. 5:20 AM looking south saw a somewhat cylindrical blinking object at about 35 degrees above the horizon. Assumed it was a plane
Springesttbury · PA, USA
UFO shaped like the number 4 !!
Sellersville · PA, USA
Objects were round, twice the size of a star, bright orangey color, there were about 15-20 of these things.
Donora · PA, USA
Wasn't a plane.
West Chester · PA, USA
Strange irregular shaped object, possibly some kind of baloon, sending photo.
Jefferson Hills · PA, USA
Bright white orbs in the trees, atop a hill,and partially silent yellowish orb with quieter jet-like sound.
South Park Township · PA, USA
White and orange lights that seemed to be intelligent/intelligently controlled followed us all night.
Bangor · PA, USA
Let's just made no sound and had no propulsion devices.
Ridley Park · PA, USA
The light was a perfect circle moving in a circular pattern above the clouds.
Warren · PA, USA
Bright circle shape low. Not a plane.was there for about 3 min pulled over it was gone
Freeland · PA, USA
Several lights in same area for extended period of time with unusual cloud formation present.
Sugar Grove · PA, USA
Moving color changing lights in the night sky over forest. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" stars?? PD))
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Large circular light spotted in airspace above Consol Energy Center
Warminster · PA, USA
Watched circular object approach plane an flash it with a bright light and fly past it. A short time later a similar object.
Bensalem · PA, USA
I was walking my dog outside and noticed 2 red lights side by side that looked like red eyes and underneath the 2 red lights was a brig
Charleroi · PA, USA
4 bright goldish lights stationary-moving randomly then disappearing
Harrisburg · PA, USA
Bright stadium like lights across a very large long object moving across sky then vanished.