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)
Allentown · PA, USA
Cluster of lite blue lights
Grove City · PA, USA
Same object as reported on 8/6/12 grove city pa.
Bethel Park · PA, USA
4 red lights, with some white, in a sharp triangle formation with the 4th light in front of the point. No sound moving slowly.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Orange sphear seen by myself and my wife over south philadelphia.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Fireball over Brookline, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Quarryville · PA, USA
Orange Fireball sighted in Solanco
Palmyra · PA, USA
Starlike object witnessed in morning sky
McKees Rocks · PA, USA
Bright red shining object
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Watched 2 craft in the night sky, one that went extremely fast, one that went extremely slow.
Ephrata · PA, USA
Gold Metallic cone shape object in the sky above Ephrata
Dingmans Ferry · PA, USA
Saw orange/amber burning kind of orb flying low and silently North to South and then completely vanish as jet approached from the South
Sunbury · PA, USA
Orange Globe Hovering over Sunbury.
State College · PA, USA
Lights in the shape of an oval.
Shillington · PA, USA
Orange fiery orb travels in slow erratic path from east to northeast over Shillington and Reading, PA
Philadelphia · PA, USA
2 objects moving together across the sky during the day.
Bristol · PA, USA
It looked like a yellow/redish fireball and it looked like something was hanging down from it on fire. It went down the street behind u
New Castle · PA, USA
Orange disk-shaped objects that fly under the clouds without sound.
Erie · PA, USA
Giant orange/red globe slowly moving across the sky.
West Mifflin/Pittsburgh · PA, USA
6 orange lights were seen in Pittsburgh, PA.
Auburn · PA, USA
Firey Orb in night sky
Pottstown · PA, USA
Red/orange fireball moving slowly
Pottstown · PA, USA
Fire colored sphere in Pottstown.
Ridley Park · PA, USA
2 amber colored lights flying in the same flight path and then darting off and vanishing.
Hyde · PA, USA
Several witnesses to strange "Patriotic" lights over 4th of July Holiday, many photographs.
Beaver Falls · PA, USA
"Fireball"-type crafts over Beaver Falls, PA