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)
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
I was driving on I-95 with my mother in the passenger seat. I saw bright lights in the sky, sort of low. Lower than a plane but higher
Broadway · VA, USA
Bright lights, white and red and green. Maybe 6 lights at bottom of disc. Very clear night. High in the southwest sky above the moun
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
2 Navy Jets being followed by what???
Newport News · VA, USA
A bright moonlit night with no stars to see, except one that was in our atmosphere, moving slowly, and I knew it was special.
York County · VA, USA
I was heading back from a friends house coming back in to york county from Newport News and I was pulling up to the first stop intersec
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
strange extraterrestrial like object turns red flames off when realizing that they’re exposed and then disappears
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no detailed information about the sighting. PD))
Alexandria · VA, USA
I'm not crazy but we saw something that we couldn't identify.
Charlottesville · VA, USA
Red Sphere moving in the sky
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
Orange glow in the sky
Linden · VA, USA
witnessed countless orbs and an actual flying saucer, simply amazing.
Alexandria · VA, USA
Black Triangle UFO spotted at night over Woodrow Wilson bridge, following I-95 torwards Alexandria, VA.
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
They were fast red orbs that gravitated to a pulsating light of of the water of the ocean.
Richmond · VA, USA
This tight shape fanned out into 6 to 7 individual dimly lit red lights in a downward V-shaped formation traveling horizontally.
Woodbridge · VA, USA
14-24 CRAFT WITH WHITE/ORANGE LIGHTS IN FORMATION FOLLOWING EACH OTHER
Stafford · VA, USA
Fast moving objects over Stafford, Virginia 4PM 08/03/2020 during a storm cloud video
Norfolk · VA, USA
August ,4, 2020, mid day, seen best with binoculars, a stationary angular object, reflecting the sun's light.
Woodbridge · VA, USA
A total of 10 orange bright lights move across the sky. No sound 2 at first then 4 then 2 more 2 more. Their was no surface wind. They
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
Pink brown floating jellyfish over Virginia beach
Alexandria · VA, USA
Round disc flying above 100 yards and approximately 25 mph with a green flashing light.
Bristow · VA, USA
Stationary row of lights in the sky in daylight
Manassas · VA, USA
Slow, pulsating orange light coming from the south and disappearing after approx. 30 seconds.
Mineral · VA, USA
After fireworks on Lake Anna we saw a strange triangle in the sky made of 3 red circles in a very semantically form. The color was fli
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
My husband and I were driving down the interstate in Va Beach and we saw what looked like an airplane. I joked with him and said "
Upperville · VA, USA
Persistent lightning like explosions with no sound