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)
Leesburg · VA, USA
Highly illuminated rectangular shaped object tilted at a 20-30 degree angle in the early AM hours.
Burke · VA, USA
while waiting for a party with my littel sister for aparty arond 9;00pm i saw a round metalic object 8-10 ft high.
Marion · VA, USA
Far away 'thing'
Martinsville · VA, USA
star shaped,,,reddish in color
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
last summer while recording a low flying airplane at my rc club field,something above the airplane flew by with great speed super fast,
Waynesboro · VA, USA
When I was 17, I came home from work around 10pm on a warm summer night in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia by the Blue Ridge Mountain
Hopewell · VA, USA
Two witnesses saw a huge neon-green fireball travelling parallel to the ground, behind treetops, near Richmond VA on I-295
Hopewell · VA, USA
Large neon-green fireball, travelling parallel to I-295 (south) at 200 mph and parallel to ground, behind treetops, near Hopewell, VA
Powhatan · VA, USA
Every night around 12:00pm, over the skys in Flintrock Powhatan Virginia, there have been about 100 or so objects.
Mt. Vernon · VA, USA
I spotted a short black rectangle in the sky moving moderately fast.
Lebanon · VA, USA
Yellow ball surronded by red fire, followed by a blue tail
Blackstone · VA, USA
Fast moving lights over the Virginia Sky
Hampton · VA, USA
Daylight observation of strange shaped craft over interstate in populated area near local Air Force base.
Burke · VA, USA
We think we saw a ufo with very bright lights.
Powhatan · VA, USA
The object swooped down on my front pasture and proceeded to travel horizontally thru the air at a very quick speed for about 5-8 secon
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
Shot across the sky. Started orange then turned to a greenish color.Then it disappeared.
Centreville · VA, USA
I was researching antigravity and free energy when I found info on SEG's Searl Effect Generators, youd be surprized with what I found.
Alton · VA, USA
i saw a gold orb in the south sky about 30 degrees up the horizon. It was 1/2 the size the full moon. it seem to slightly pulsate. a
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
I saw what seemed to be 5 separate lights in the eastern sky. One bright light and 4 smaller and less bright lights. The lights were in
McLean · VA, USA
Craft which looked to by cylendrical with one moderatly bright, bluesh light on the front and a dimmer, redish light on the back flew o
Roanoke · VA, USA
At 16:52 under partly cloudy skies I witnessed a luminescent(white hot) teardrop shaped object which appeared in the Notheast and moved
Mt. Weather · VA, USA
WITNESSED 3 EVENLY SPACED FIRE LANCES GOING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
Midlothian · VA, USA
I WAS OUTSIDE AND I LOOKED UP AND SAW A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT BLUE OBJECT SHOOT HALVEWAY ACROSS THE SKY AND THEN DISSAPEAR
Chesapeake · VA, USA
I was doing some observations for my astronomy class tonight and I saw something very strange. I was looking west about forty five deg
Newport News · VA, USA
I was on lunch break on second shift at Newport news shipyard, we were sitting on the river's edge facing south west. I looked over my