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)
Richmond · VA, USA
I witnessed several lights along with a bright light flying in the sky.
Newport News · VA, USA
Was watching fireworks in my neighborhood when I noticed two distinct red lights. They moved from SW to NE. I estimate the distance bet
Clifton Forge · VA, USA
Bright orange fireball loiters for 4 hours over rural town.
Windsor · VA, USA
Exceptionally big and bright star/planet-like light briefly appears in SE sky, then vanishes, as though getting shut off.
Hampton · VA, USA
Silver disk disappears, or somehow became invisible while watching it.
Arlington · VA, USA
Three Objects with Colored Contrails in the Skys over Arlington, Virginia
Arlington · VA, USA
Three Silent Objects with Colored Contrails in Broad Daylight over the Skys of Arlington Virginia
Charlottesville · VA, USA
AS I WAS TAKING A SHORT VIDEO OF PLANE , I SAW IN MY VIDEO A WHITE LIGHT OBJECT FLY DOWNWARD IN FRONT OF PLANE EXTREMELY FAST HIGH SPEE
Lexington · VA, USA
Strange but very beautiful
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
Large group of small circular objects
Aldie · VA, USA
Dozens of lights moving in single-filed formation flying east
Ashburn · VA, USA
6-8 lights moving in circular pattern from west to south along the sky
Lynchburg · VA, USA
Dimming Objects over Lynchburg
Gloucester · VA, USA
Oval blinking light craft traveled horizontally then vertically at high speed.
Lovingston · VA, USA
We were standing in the backyard around 6:00 PM and the blue sky was cloudless. I looked up and clearly saw a silver object flying quit
Mechanicsville · VA, USA
Ball in the sky ((NUFORC Note: Rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
Richmond to Norfolk · VA, USA
Commercial airliner pilots sighted two white lights at altitude. ((NUFORC Note: Report from airline pilot. PD))
Lynchburg · VA, USA
I leave for work at 7am and was excited to be able to see the passing International Space Station scheduled for that morning at 7am com
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
Orange lights interacting with each other
Coeburn · VA, USA
It wasn’t a shooting star or plane I know what I saw
Lyndhurst · VA, USA
Mt. Torrey road near Chinquapin Dr highly reflective oval shape spotted above tree line was almost stationary before dipping down quick
Norfolk · VA, USA
White cylindrical object with trailing haze, bigger than our plane, pilots don’t know what it is.
SPRINGFIELD · VA, USA
ufo next to the north star
Arlington · VA, USA
Bright orange orb hovered adjacent to, near top of radio tower
Richmond · VA, USA
Indeterminable Orb In Early Morning Sky, Richmond VA