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)
New Cumberland · WV, USA
Three red lights forming a triangle in the sky
Hurricane · WV, USA
Large triangle red lights seen by many
Wheeling · WV, USA
Red lights following each other but not in any type of formation
Charleston · WV, USA
Strange Set of 2 Lights In The Sky Located Off Campbells Creek Drive, Charleston WV
Morgantown · WV, USA
Orange lines and dots on the horizon of the sunset; differed in size and shape; moving very slowly, while disappearing and reappearing.
Morgantown · WV, USA
I saw a fireball of green light that was completely silent.
Belington · WV, USA
Silver streak. Imagine taking a pencil and drawing just a basic line in the sky. it was about an inch long from my perception of vision
Point Pleasant · WV, USA
3 pulsating lights in small town West Virginia
Buckhannon · WV, USA
UFOs Observed Over Buckhannon, WV - September 2012
Paw Paw · WV, USA
I heard some yelling outside, so i looked out my window and saw a bright white flash that zoomed off into the sky and dissapeared.
Ripley (North of; on rte. 77) · WV, USA
Entire sky lit up bright orange 2x and greenish blue once. It was not lightening.. Crazy!
Pennsboro · WV, USA
Blueish light seen wabbleing through the sky over pennsboro wv
Weston · WV, USA
West Virginia call about 9:15 pm 08/07/2012 , about bright slow moving light, and other directional objects.
Moundsville · WV, USA
Three lights in the sky tat formed a perfect triangle
Inwood · WV, USA
Orange triangle with flames from tail shooting through sky above tree line
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Bright orange light moves rapidly across the sky and dissappears suddenly, three witnesses.
Charleston · WV, USA
Lights flying. very quiet.
Whitesville · WV, USA
On film @ angelanwv youtube. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A67fxy0O78s We had a windstorm on 6-29-12 that caused a blackout until 7-4-12
Charleston · WV, USA
Glowing ball rose from the mountain, flew towards us, hovered above us for about 30 seconds, flew left, and vanished into thin air.
Morgantown · WV, USA
Orange light over cheat lake
Lewisburg · WV, USA
5 yellow-orange objects triangular in shape moving independant of each other in Lewiburg, WV for over 15 minutes.
Kearneysville · WV, USA
Silver colored saucer with dark trim around the bottom and top/middle.
Jakes Run · WV, USA
Not a plane. Not a star. The most amazing thing I ever saw.
Morgantown · WV, USA
Large spherical bright lights moving in tandem perfectly horizontally across the sky,7 totatover 1o minutes,hovering stationarry and fa
Vienna · WV, USA
10 orange single round lights traveling from NE to SW to West