UFO Sightings in Virginia
2,512 UFO sightings reported in Virginia since 1945, peaking in 2013 (205 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,512
- Span
- 1945–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (205 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1945–2022 · peak 2013 (205 reports)
Top cities in Virginia
Virginia Beach
1963–2020 · peak 2013 (18 reports)
Richmond
1975–2022 · peak 2013 (15 reports)
Alexandria
1963–2021 · peak 2019 (42 reports)
Chesapeake
1974–2020 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Roanoke
1972–2022 · peak 2017 (10 reports)
Fredericksburg
1979–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Norfolk
1956–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Fairfax
1969–2020 · peak 2019 (16 reports)
Arlington
1952–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Woodbridge
1975–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Manassas
1980–2020 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Portsmouth
1945–2020 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Hampton
1973–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Charlottesville
1983–2021 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Newport News
1980–2021 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Stafford
1997–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Lynchburg
2000–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Williamsburg
1977–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Winchester
1984–2022 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Danville
1986–2018 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Patrick Springs · VA, USA
Green ball of light with no tail dropping out of sky.
Weirton · VA, USA
MADAR Node 192
Vienna · VA, USA
Circle shaped object that rotates at a high altitude
Daleville · VA, USA
Object moved in gridlike pattern for 2 hours, moving incrementally, other object met and sped off quickly.
Doswell · VA, USA
Enormously bright white light flew over my truck and disappeared
Richmond · VA, USA
we saw a very bright light out of nowhere.
Staunton · VA, USA
Pulsing bright orange ball of light
Lexington · VA, USA
Visiting the area and while walking the dog at 16:46 noticed a bright object ahead of a jet leaving contrails both moving rapidly
Richmond · VA, USA
we saw a very bright light out of nowhere.
Midlothian · VA, USA
Bright white light moving quickly toward earth, then stopped dead and shot back up.
Boons borough and Campbell county · VA, USA
I actually got to see what I’ve would describe as portals crafts movement clouds that are not real so much stuff and then they communic
Franklin · VA, USA
Roundish object spotted moving in a steady, straight line. Very high up in the sky. No contrail, no wings. Disappeared unexpectedly.
VA · USA
Orange light appeared in the distance, flew for a ways, then descended straight down.
Winchester · VA, USA
I was driving and glanced up at the sky and say 3 bright stars and as I was looking 2 of them vanished
VA · USA
Saw an orange light descend into a neighborhood
Staunton · VA, USA
I saw 3 blinking lights then it disappears.
Leesburg · VA, USA
Blinking but sporadic
Roanoke · VA, USA
Heard unusual noise unlike planes I'm used to. Saw craft in distance looking like an ALCM with a brown haze around it.
Lexington · VA, USA
Bright white object right shot across sky and disappeared in front of me
Clarksville · VA, USA
Bright ball of light moved in an odd pattern.
Roanoke · VA, USA
4 Silent lights moved in a circular pattern together and then apart. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights. PD))
Vienna · VA, USA
Silent, dark, broadside cigar.
Wytheville · VA, USA
Pulsating light doing 90 turns and zig zags before shooting off then disappearing
Richmond · VA, USA
A stationary bright light that changed to blinking red/green on the corners before zipping away.
Roanoke · VA, USA
Light in sky seen hovering rather low in the sky. Light was about 3-4 times the size of a large star. Looked odd.