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)
Abingdon · VA, USA
at first,looked like a big bright star,after zooming in with my camer...looked like a mucial note,or a lopsides v
Pound · VA, USA
Very odd. Electric blue color. Shape changing. Seemed to land. Very good perspective.
Fairfax · VA, USA
A Neonish Red Sphere Appeared in the Night Sky
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
3rd night of Orb sighting in Larkspur area of Virginia Beach
Bedford · VA, USA
Three lights moving slowly overhead, no sound
Lynchburg · VA, USA
V-shaped lights, very faint and moving amazingly fast....this was no man made aircraft!!!
Richmond · VA, USA
green-blue fireball/meteor shooting across sky
Richmond · VA, USA
Object forming a perfect triangle of lights, unidentifiable.
Sandston · VA, USA
SILVER,TRIANGULAR,SAPE OVER SEVENPINES EXIT,NO LIGHTS
Charlottesville · VA, USA
Three Deer Mutilated in Virginia in 2005
Dickensonville · VA, USA
Appeared to be flattened round shape. White, red, and green colored lights flashed around the perimeter.
Woodbridge · VA, USA
object was greenishyellow color
Lynchburg · VA, USA
Black Triangle, Three White Lights, What was that?
Hiwassee · VA, USA
Hello, I saw a light above a wooded area near my house white light no noise I watched it turn from one light into two then back to on
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
Sighting in Virginia Beach near Pungo
I-495S/I-95S · VA, USA
Bright, white light moving horizontally/vertically visible from I-495/I-95S in Northern Virginia. ((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))
Charlottesville · VA, USA
Craft with bright light focused on something, and then gone.
Augusta Springs · VA, USA
We saw an unusual bright blue flash in the sky and then noticed a trail in the sky that quickly faded away.
Leesburg · VA, USA
Very bright flash with a tail seen in the night sky on Oct. 31, 2005 between 21:00 and 21:30 over Leesburg, VA.
Charlottesville · VA, USA
Bright fiery contrail in eastern night sky
Lynchburg · VA, USA
White cigar shaped object was stationary in the sky and then it was simply no longer there.
Chesapeake · VA, USA
large triangular object that was seen over our home
Roanoke · VA, USA
bottem was covered with lights. and it was a big black triangle like shape.
Hatteras · VA, USA
On my way home from an exciting vacation at Hatteras, NC, while driving, i noticed a cloaked cigar shaped object gliding parallel to so
Lynchburg · VA, USA
maybe sighting of ISS?