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)
Harleysville · PA, USA
Large bright orange object traveling SW to NE slowed and dimmed turning easterly, No sound or strobe.
Pottstown · PA, USA
Orange ball moved north, slowed and shifted east.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Orange ball of light drops something and then leaves.
New Freedom · PA, USA
I saw 2 golden yellow balls of light flying slowly through the sky. Had to get off highway to follow them.
York · PA, USA
Six objects with the appearance of an orange afterburner glow traveling in sequence and seemingly spaced evenly on same path.
Lancaster · PA, USA
Mysterious light flashing red, blue, and green left of a firework show in Lancaster, PA.
Lewisberry · PA, USA
Bright Orange Slow Moving Ball of Fire Moving Through The Sky.
Shaler · PA, USA
3 bright orange orbs hovered then flew east at 300 mph.
Erie · PA, USA
Disc bright light around military aircraft.
Johnstown · PA, USA
Saw three large red orbs moving slowly above Johnstown that simply disappeared after changed colors a few times.
Easton · PA, USA
3 objects seen flying in a straight line. 1 minute apart from each other they would dissappear into thin air. They were red and orange
Carlisle · PA, USA
A shiny sphere with a black band appeared to be falling from the sky then darted west and out of sight.
Solebury · PA, USA
I saw 2 groups of white dots in formation across the night sky and they faded and disappeared in the exact same spot.
Mercer · PA, USA
Three people dumbfounded!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Several orangish orb-like lights appeared in succession and flew a distance and then turned off their lights one.
Kutztown · PA, USA
Grouping of 7-9 reddish triangular objects moving slowly then dissapearing on route 222 near Kutztown, PA.
Oley · PA, USA
Orange fireballs traveling north at slow rate.
Douglassville · PA, USA
4 orange glowing balls hovering above open field in staggered line formation.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
5 or 6 lights in a straight pattern, fluctuating in intensity appeared and then disappeared in a very short time.
Emmaus · PA, USA
Five bright orange/red lights, followed by a black object.
State College · PA, USA
Bright orange fireball circles around house five times on same, slow path for 15 minutes.
Brownsville · PA, USA
Orange, orb like lights hovering above Turnpike 43. Multiple witnesses from multiple vehicles slowing to witness.
Garden City · PA, USA
Three erratic large orange lights off the coast of Garden City , SC.
North Versailles · PA, USA
3 lights heading north and one flashing light in the north.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Orange orbs float over Pittsburgh.