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)
Summersville · WV, USA
Silver cylinder flying object with no wings, flying west, moving in a straight line, with no sound.
Weirton · WV, USA
Single bright orange light moving slowly east to north. Light seemed to be traveling away then abruptly disappeared.
Rainelle · WV, USA
Saw 2 large yellow lights, with red light strip on bottom, traveling NE, stopping, hovering, separating and then suddenly disappearing.
Charleston · WV, USA
5 orange lights observed moving S to N before independently disappearing
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Several lights seen over Parkersburg, WV
Huntington · WV, USA
White pulsing disc near moon over Huntington WV
Rupert · WV, USA
Large object with rotating blue-ish white lights hovering above mountain in middle of nowhere.
Milton · WV, USA
Bright orange lights came from south moving north in groups, 1 after another.
Milton (5 miles south of) · WV, USA
In West Virginia about 5 miles south of Milton on big 2 mile rd Saturday evening 4-12-14 between 8pm and midnight I saw 10-12 bright or
Fayetteville · WV, USA
Baseball on fire.
Rainelle · WV, USA
Witnessed floating, slow moving object with wierd circular light outside of Rainelle, WV.
Twilight · WV, USA
Bright objects moving in sky.
Morgantown · WV, USA
Observed 12-18 flickering, yellowish-burning objects following a path NW to SE above Morgantown, WV.
Charleston · WV, USA
I could not see the craft just Two pale yellow sets of triangle lights on the bottem not a air plane not a helicopter moved to slow and
Huntington · WV, USA
Outside smoking a cigarette seen it goes straight up went over to the last for about 10 miles until we couldn't see it anymore then sta
Bluefield/Bland Virginia · WV, USA
White light and flash?
Princeton · WV, USA
Cobalt bue lightning like flashes near I-77 exit 9 at Princeton, WV.
Huntington · WV, USA
Weird, maybe a meteor passing through atmosphere. But on and off blue then red, orange and back to blue strobing light. Illuminating th
Beckley · WV, USA
There was a boom at about 4:06pm that was felt in 3 different counties and tonight well at 12:40am on 2/5/14 I went out to look at the
Fairmont · WV, USA
Three smooth gliding amber lights;no blinkers,two kept same distance apart moving WSW to ESE as moon stayed still while one followed.
Thurmond · WV, USA
Approximately 7:15 pm, we looked into the sky and seen a formation of 4 red lights in a triangular shape, but not a perfect triangle.
Harpers Ferry · WV, USA
Object viewed with telescope moving a high rate of speed outside our solar system.
Scott Depot · WV, USA
Secret aircraft comunicating with unknown
Princeton · WV, USA
Brite white star light object positioned from the E followed me to my work site on Fri. a.m..
Saint Albans · WV, USA
Orange lights in a triangular formation.