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)
Lewisburg · WV, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. PD))
Princeton · WV, USA
UFO? over Princeton/Oakvale, WV.
Huntington · WV, USA
Was driving home from store and looked up and saw an orange fire ball in the sky at first i thought it was a meteor but then it hover a
Valley Head · WV, USA
Fleet of 30 UFO's crossing E/W and N/S - very high blinking white red green in square.
Princeton · WV, USA
Light yellowish white circle of light looking like a full moon started moving, descending down behind trees of horizon.
Belle · WV, USA
Something in the sky in Belle, WV.
Keyser · WV, USA
red and white lights tjat telaported across the sky moving with strange angels.
Huntington · WV, USA
Red and white "T" shaped objects with small white lights falling from the white ones and all disappearing at the same point i
Charleston · WV, USA
Bright Amber light in the sky.
Princeton · WV, USA
Flat precise platinum line viewed low in sky, descending at sharp angle, tilted to show shape, modified triangular, immediately masked.
Martinsburg · WV, USA
Grey elongated egg like shape.
Boomer · WV, USA
Lights in small town looks like that of the New Years Eve ball.
Kearneysville · WV, USA
5 or more orange lights.
Martinsburg · WV, USA
Very green light appeared and fell straight down.
Ceredo · WV, USA
My son, age six, and my self walked outside on my patio to view the sky because we was told there was going to be a meteor shower tonig
Lost Creek · WV, USA
Small triangle with 3 lights floating low over a field then slowly flying away.
Reedsville · WV, USA
Dark-colored, silent, hovering triangle with red and white lights.
Milton · WV, USA
24 ORANGE LIGHTS OF MILTION, WV.
Milton · WV, USA
24 strange lights in sky for 16 minutes.
Logan · WV, USA
Long half a mile at least, white lights along the side.
Augusta · WV, USA
Rod or cylindrical object seen heading from NW to SE. Object was white on either end with a darker division in the center.
Fayetteville · WV, USA
Upon letting my dogs out, I observed a bright flashingight i'n the NE sky. This light moved rapidly and randomly. It appeared to have r
South Charleston · WV, USA
Multiple orange lights seen hovering stationary over South Charleston. The slowly dimmed one by one, and eventually completely disappea
Huntington · WV, USA
Numerous star-like objects observed in Huntington, WV
West Union · WV, USA
A big ball was over our head and it did not seem from this world as i know?