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)
Hanover · PA, USA
Slow moving fireball.
Sharon · PA, USA
A strange orange light seen in the night sky.
Mohnton · PA, USA
Orange fiery object, cylinder shape, moved rapidly north to south.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Multiple blue light over skyscraper in Pittsburgh, PA. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the lights are lens flares. PD))
Whitehall · PA, USA
Black sphere with lights dropping off of it in the night sky.
Smithfield · PA, USA
Bright light appeared, flew a direct route and disappeared.
Warminster · PA, USA
My husband was outside looking into the sky when he saw what he thought was a UFO. He quickly came in the house to show me and ask what
Pottsville · PA, USA
Disc-shaped craft with blinking lights.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Falling blue round object southern sky pittsburgh helicopters flying around area of possible sighting
Allentown · PA, USA
Could have been a planet, but it seems odd rising in the northern sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a "twinkling" star. PD))
Scranton · PA, USA
I noticed an object in the sky that looked very similar to a dirigible, or so called cigar-shaped UFO.
Bangor · PA, USA
Bright blue object hovering in the sky.
Export · PA, USA
Multi Orange gold lights with slight wobble moving east, second sighting
Glen Mills · PA, USA
Bright Orange Lights.
Trevose · PA, USA
Tonight we saw 10 fireball colored, round objects flying in a line going west to east about 9:00 PM. These objects flew in a nice pace
Ardmore · PA, USA
Triangular ufo mid air tow
Washington · PA, USA
Western sky. Sunset. Five lights that moved in downward direction. They had short "tails," but no contrails. They disappeared.
Lemoyne · PA, USA
Large blue orbs hovering and looping on horizon.
Denver · PA, USA
Red and green objects, side by side.
Columbia · PA, USA
Two bright lights, bigger than Venus, to left side of Cassiopeia, in eastern sky.
Orefield · PA, USA
Blueish/greenish lighted object moving west to east, making no sound, ascended northwest rapidly out of sight.
Birdsboro · PA, USA
Brilliant blue and red square shaped object massive size no sound vary low to the ground
Monroeville · PA, USA
Two oval objects white/silver traveling rapid high rate of speed high up in the atmosphere any plane that I have seen.
Wilkes Barre · PA, USA
09/26/15 7:36 Sugar Notch exit off of 81S Wilkes-Barre, PA. Cigar shaped steady bright green light. Moved slowly up, down, right & left
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Fireball came in from east and made sharp turn north.