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)
Orange · VA, USA
Looked like the full moon, but was not.
Waynesboro · VA, USA
We were driving down Interstate 64 West when I looked up and saw a bright white circle or ball shoot across the Interstate it was maybe
Fort Eustis · VA, USA
US military built flying saucer's
Suffolk · VA, USA
2 Rows of 4-5 vertical white solid lights moving slowly together in the evening sky, just over the tree lines. ((Starlink satellites??
Henrico · VA, USA
Eyewitness lights in the sky that hovered far above a house through my woods I have seen similar events on different days. This one did
Richmond · VA, USA
weird sounding and yellowish glow
Richmond · VA, USA
Strange flashing lights hovering and the sound of whales singing from all around me in the sky
Gloucester · VA, USA
My sister called five minutes ago and told me to go outside and look up to see a triangluar vechicle moving through the sky with red an
Summerville · VA, USA
((HOAX??)) A bright light appeared , three colored lights in back. It zigzagged , dropped to the ground behind hill.
rt66 · VA, USA
Cannot come up with another excuse for what I saw.
Chesapeake · VA, USA
Very bright blinking white object in early morning western sky on 12/26/2020
Spotsylvania · VA, USA
My name is ((deleted)) and for the last couple of weeks me and my wife and grandkids have been watching this flashing light in the ski.
Rural Retreat · VA, USA
Star like lights, stationary, but occasional red light flashing from them, on the East sides of the lights.
Warrenton · VA, USA
Brightly illuminated large object above Warrenton, Va.
Arlington · VA, USA
White ball-shaped light heading East along the Potomac River toward Washington, DC (not a plane or helicopter)
Virginia beach · VA, USA
I was at my local basketball courts with some friends and we saw lights moving in the sky in ways that didn’t seem normal. There was an
Portsmouth · VA, USA
Seen a light in western sky traveling east as it got closer it was 2 dots i took pictures
Burke · VA, USA
2 lights following each other at high speed. No blinking lights and no engine noise. They kept the same distance apart and went across
ASHBURN · VA, USA
There were bright orange lights side by side moving very slowly. Sometimes there was one lone light. One bright light followed with ano
Ashburn · VA, USA
Disc like craft with 3 lights and blinked hovers and lands on street 200 yards behind house by soccer field
North Chesterfield · VA, USA
While standing on my porch, a helicopter flew over my house and I didn’t pay attention to it until it came to a stop. It was hovering i
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
Glowing sphere, silently climbs to great height at a constant speed and in a straight line
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
I was out in my back yard walking the dog around 8:00pm. The moon is bright and it's a clear night, I can see the stars every well. I'm
Charlottesville · VA, USA
Driving to work on I-64, I saw two really bright stars in my peripheral vision. They didn’t catch my attention.... until one moved extr
Gordonsville · VA, USA
A oval shaped object flew by close to the ground without making noise.