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)
Gerrardstown · WV, USA
Sighting of a disk 3 times the size of an airplane in Gerrardstown, WV, near Martinsburg.
Bridgeport · WV, USA
Low, bright, light hanging in the sky.
Mineral Wells · WV, USA
Chevron of lights sighted along I-77, and again on RT. 14.
East Lynn · WV, USA
Rectangle UFO seen Wayne County, WV.
Chester · WV, USA
Triangular UFOs spotted in Chester, West Virginia.
Hedgesville · WV, USA
Large bright sphere seen above Hedgesville forest near Morgan County.
Inwood · WV, USA
Big, black triangle flying object!
Martinsburg · WV, USA
A glowing blue sphere streaking diagonally toward earth in the east.
Huntington · WV, USA
Two military grade Chinooks flying overhead.
Tomahawk · WV, USA
The UFO was egg like shaped. I saw 3 of them and each were different colors. The colors were red, blue and green. Hovered maybe about 5
Tomahawk · WV, USA
Spotted back in Tomahawk past Hedgesville. Hovers about 1,000' off the ground and has 2 bright large headlights. It is circle.
South Charleston · WV, USA
While sitting in a friend's driveway we both spotted a green ball-shaped green light fall strait down out of the sky. Lasted 2-3 sec.
High View · WV, USA
Two ufos, one had a red light, the other blue, hovering over the mountains.
Clarksburg · WV, USA
2 cigar or disk shaped objects with 3 bar shaped lights on each of them.
Dunlow · WV, USA
I was on way back from Wayne picking up my grandson who's 4 yrs.' old. My mom was with me it was dark out.
Morgantown · WV, USA
Entity showed itself next to black mass in Morgantown, WV.
Huntington · WV, USA
UFO Sighted over Spring Valley in Huntington, WV, on Christmas night.
Keyser · WV, USA
West Virginia man sees strange orange object in the night sky
Hedgesville · WV, USA
White ball moving up.
Shinnston · WV, USA
Low altitude craft flies over car, and possible physical evidence.
Marmet · WV, USA
11-25-14. Getting gas at Exxon gas station in Marmet, WV, as my truck was facing N at 10:23AM, I notice two identical small objs.
Oak Hill · WV, USA
Giant levitating triangle followed our car with four people inside from Stone Cliff to Oak Hill.
Winifrede · WV, USA
3 triangle shaped objects lined with lights, in formation, very close, very slow, no noises, and 1 with flashing red light at the end.
Morgantown · WV, USA
White, orb of light hovers, then darts into Western sky over downtown Morgantown
Morgantown · WV, USA
Watching a UFO bigger than a plane ziz zag and dance around without actually leaving its locaton.