UFO Sightings in West Virginia
851 UFO sightings reported in West Virginia since 1944, peaking in 2012 (63 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 851
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (63 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2022 · peak 2012 (63 reports)
Top cities in West Virginia
Huntington
1966–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Morgantown
1978–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Charleston
1997–2022 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Martinsburg
1973–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Parkersburg
1980–2021 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Beckley
1984–2021 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Wheeling
1986–2013 · peak 2004 (5 reports)
Clarksburg
1979–2022 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Princeton
2001–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Barboursville
1967–2018 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Fairmont
1995–2016 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Hedgesville
1996–2019 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Moundsville
1998–2020 · peak 1998 (3 reports)
Hurricane
1997–2019 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Lewisburg
1971–2021 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Summersville
1999–2019 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Fayetteville
2010–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Weirton
1956–2022 · peak 2022 (3 reports)
Milton
1966–2014 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Oak Hill
1996–2021 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Gordonsville · WV, USA
AC reported numerous slow moving lights west to east above flight level 390
Weirton · WV, USA
MADAR Node 192
clarksburg · WV, USA
2 craft meet on ridge and disappear
WV · USA
4 aircraft reported, many pilots discussed on frequency. ((NUFORC Note: Report from /faa employee. Starlink satellites?? PD))
WV · USA
I saw this object flying over me it was long in shape lots of white lights then it was gone
Kearneysville · WV, USA
Only the edges of the craft were visible the center/body of the craft seemed to project a live image of the sky above it, it was silent
Weirton · WV, USA
MADAR Node 192
Weirton · WV, USA
MADAR Node 192
Charleston · WV, USA
Green square in sky moving at high speed.
Morgantown · WV, USA
My wife & I saw 3 orange/yellow objects that looked like fire pop up from horizon, move across the sky and disappear into the clouds
Morgantown · WV, USA
String of lights
Bridgeport · WV, USA
I saw two bright white lights traveling on the exact same path that disappeared as a plane approached them.
Jumping Branch · WV, USA
Large object moving extremely slow.No sound.Red/yellow/white lights alternating in a pattern. Triangular/ovoid. Zero explanation
MacArthur · WV, USA
I did not see the ufo until I was viewing pictures of the sunset on the evening of Christmas Eve.
Terra Alta · WV, USA
At approximately eighteen hundred hours, I was outside with my dog when I sighted a cigar shaped object hovering in the sky over my nei
Mount Hope · WV, USA
Light Moving Rapidly and Ascending
Princeton · WV, USA
orange streaks in Princeton WV
Parkersburg · WV, USA
While looking in the sky in the southern direction at either Jupiter or Saturn (orange star) from my position 39.292850 -81.542600, I s
Moorefield · WV, USA
Multiple non flashing lights (some were solid blue, some were red and others were kind of white) flying in all different direction all
Beckley · WV, USA
Lighted object flies directly at United 1520 and makes sharp maneuver.
Upper Tract · WV, USA
At approximately 21:30 we witnessed the brightest planet type light I have ever seen traveling east to west. From my point of view, th
Bluefield · WV, USA
I saw a row of 5 lights, round, each one the same size appear in the sky and slowly 1 by 1 faded away at the same point in the sky.
Lewisburg · WV, USA
string of lights roughly in line numbering more than 50 heading from roughly west then turning to the south
Charleston · WV, USA
Blue Flash making quick maneuvers in the sky
Oak Hill · WV, USA
A little after midnight at a resort in WV. Was outside in a hot tub relaxing. Had 3 beers 1 had a drink koozie around it, the one I was