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)
Easton · PA, USA
Five or six bright red lights sighted from Easton Pa. at around 7:15pm January 12th, 2014, from the east, and then all of them disappea
Stewartstown · PA, USA
Flashing red/blue circular lights in eastern sky at night; did not move, simply went out.
Shartlesville · PA, USA
Red, blue, green flashing lights with intermittent bright white pinpoint lights quickly and randomly flashing.
Harrisburg · PA, USA
2 fireballs in sky.
Ducannon · PA, USA
Duncannon, PA, alien contact 15 to 20 seconds small stature grey thin matalic.
Morrisville · PA, USA
Many unexplained orange lights shooting across the sky.
Greenfield · PA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information. PD))
Leetsdale · PA, USA
Star-like bright white light moving slowly across the morning sky.
Scottdale · PA, USA
Red lights changing to white on triangular craft
Scottdale · PA, USA
Red lights on fast moving triangular UFO.
State College · PA, USA
Orange light looked like a small plane on fire moving slowing across the sky, a piece of the fire broke away, the main part continued.
Conestoga · PA, USA
Orange lights moving slowly across the sky in formation
Lake Ariel · PA, USA
Four fireballs in the night sky.
New Hope · PA, USA
Low and slow flying round fireball dissoved into a pinpoint of light then vanished.
Mertztown · PA, USA
Orange slow moving lights in sky coming in and out of organized formation.
Levittown · PA, USA
ON DEC 7, 2013 SAW SEVERAL WHITE LIGHTS NO NOISE. TRAVELING IN GROUPS UP TO 13.
Felton · PA, USA
Bright object in sky, almost boomerang in shape which I have never seen before.
North Huntingdon · PA, USA
Triangle shaped object over North Huntingdon, Pa 12/12/13 @0:07.
Warrinhton · PA, USA
Gold orb over route 611 South bound...
Butler · PA, USA
Fireball hovering in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of Venus. PD))
Bushkill · PA, USA
One big light pulsating and moving in small, random circles and one small light staying still but slowly blinking.
Bethel Park · PA, USA
5 Red pulsating lights in the sky over Bethel Park, PA on Christmas Eve 2013.
Selinsgrove · PA, USA
Very small but bright (equal in luminosity to polaris) red/orange flickering light, appeared to resemble a burning out solid rocket.
Lancaster · PA, USA
Bright orange light with I pointy front no sound no flashing lights.
Allentown (east side) · PA, USA
A formation of 4 reddish orange speares moving in formation, one after the other.