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)
Fort A.P. Hill/Bowling Green · VA, USA
fireball with object ejected.
Charlottesville · VA, USA
Five-Sided Craft Spotted in Charlottesville
Buena Vista · VA, USA
Triangle Shaped Craft Hoovering over small town in VA.
Amherst · VA, USA
Mother and daughter see UFO once again on farm road in Amherst county, Va. My daughter and I again saw the same lights on the road
Clover · VA, USA
Clover VA sighting
Falls Church · VA, USA
At 2:10am, March 14, 2001, 2 dimly lit craft observed mirroring one anothers movements 8mi. west of the Washington Monument.
Springfield · VA, USA
Large unknown object over Northern Virginia.
Disputanta · VA, USA
Multitude of extremely fast flashing lights in a small area of the sky.
Chilhowie · VA, USA
Object NOT Sirius
Oakton · VA, USA
small glowing object moving slowly among the trees
Chatham · VA, USA
A silver, perfectly shaped, sphere was spotted.
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
Solid diamond shaped craft moving incredibly slow and silent E/SE in VA Beach on 2-11-01
Chatham · VA, USA
It was beautiful
Rockville · VA, USA
I know this was not normal aircraft. It stayed in one place for a very long time and then simply vanished.
Leesburg · VA, USA
TRANSPARENT, TRIANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT
Covington · VA, USA
I know what I saw this is not a hoax
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
A silver cylinder hovering in the sky near Oceana Naval Air Station.
Roanoke · VA, USA
Unusual cloud-like formations with precise activity from at least three moving lights
Glen Allen · VA, USA
A glowing, riding lawn mower after a thunderstorm?!?!
?? · VA, USA
Highway incident
Lynchburg · VA, USA
Extremely bright light stationary then slowly moving easterly over skyline of blue ridge mountains.
Arlington · VA, USA
There were lights on the object that changed in a distinct circular pattern from red and white.
Lyndhurst · VA, USA
Craft changes shapes, disappears and reappears, and changes direction under the clouds while making no noise.
Clintwood · VA, USA
Dickenson % Washington County Sheriff's Departments were heard on the scanner describing strange lights in the sky.
Mechanicsville · VA, USA
While lying on my back waiting for the oil to drain out of my car I spotted a small white/silver circular object traveling at a high ra