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)
Daniels · WV, USA
Small white light floats at constant speed in straight line over Daniels, WV.
Mt. Lookout · WV, USA
Silver cylinder obect flying close to public beach.
Fairmont · WV, USA
Spinning UFO's over West Virginia
Cross Lanes · WV, USA
It was triangular and had lights on all corners with a glow coming from the center
Grafton · WV, USA
On Saturday night my family and I were at the Grafton Drive inn laying in a sleeping bag. At approximately 10:30, I saw a ball of light
Walton · WV, USA
Circle of light flashed five times and took off and dissapeared
South Charleston · WV, USA
Highly erratic flight pattern by unknown object flying around multiple other common aircraft.
Hedgesville · WV, USA
05/05/2012 Orange object spotted in Hedgesville, WV that appeared and vanished within 15 seconds at around 11 pm.
Oak Hill · WV, USA
a large boomerang shaped craft with glowing pulsating front edge soared silently at about cloud level for about 25 secs on clear night
Eskdale · WV, USA
Bright like an arc welder
Sutton · WV, USA
Bright oval light floating through the sky in a straight line.
Martinsburg · WV, USA
Since I am not allowed to smoke in the house, I have to go outside on the deck. The first night it had happened, I was sitting in the c
Mannington · WV, USA
Tuesday april 3rd at 8:50 p.m. in Mannington wv I was pulling in my drive way and my two kids say "hey dad what is that in the sky abov
Philippi · WV, USA
Bright blue/white orb forms hazy cloud, changes shape to teardrop. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus. PD))
Summersville · WV, USA
UFO flying west, in daylight, oval shape, silver, disappeared in about 5 seconds.
Barboursville · WV, USA
Large oval object spotted and possibly landed in Barboursville WV
Barboursville · WV, USA
Large oval object lands in Barboursville WV
Charleston · WV, USA
Bright light entering cloud with major lightning activity and disappearing.
Cowen · WV, USA
Blue sphere
Huntington · WV, USA
It was a scary oval shaped craft.
Sutton · WV, USA
A large glowing circle sunk from the sky slowly and then shot off.
Enterprise · WV, USA
3 separate sightings: blue jellyfish and two red globes
Oak Hill · WV, USA
They appeared to be flares and i would say they were about the size of a soda machine each
Rio · WV, USA
Strange flash of light once every four minutes in distant space west of orions belt
Lenore · WV, USA
I saw what looked like an aircraft at first. It was flying east to west, slowly. As it came over me, I realized one of the lights wa