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)
Moundsville · WV, USA
UFO sighting Moundsville WV
Wheeling · WV, USA
A star? satellite? space station? OR??????????? ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Jupiter?? PD))
Martinsburg · WV, USA
i dont think i can explain what it truely was, but im sure the govt. will deny this one too.
Follansbee · WV, USA
Black triangle shape with 2 bright white lights and 4 deep red lights. Back curved inward. no markings no sound. hovered above treeline
Goldtown · WV, USA
Very low, slow, and quiet V shaped craft over treetops, multiple lights.
Martinsburg · WV, USA
Martinsburg WV, 10-12 lights, 2 witnesses, we see them quite frequently. Lights go from very dim to extremely bright
Shinnston · WV, USA
silver disk hovering with 3 red nonblinking lights,,, watched for a minet and then it shot off
Romney · WV, USA
2AM dog went crazy trying to hide-- no moonlight in room, then object left and light came back.
Reedy · WV, USA
It started like a bright star,then moved quickly across the sky, changing colors. ((NUFORC Note: Star or planet?? PD))
Cross Lanes · WV, USA
Hovering Orb
Princeton · WV, USA
blue orb and dream
Capon Bridge · WV, USA
Single bright celestial light with dramatic movement observed for four hours in West Virginia
Morgantown · WV, USA
redish-orange glowing sphere
Wheeling · WV, USA
Two lights, in close proximity (approximately 3-4 degrees apart, very bright (brighter than venus) and without flicker, in the NNE. . .
Ravenswood · WV, USA
Two bright lights in eastern hemisphere at a 45 degree angle
Shinnston · WV, USA
Black Triangle with lights and no sound.
Huntington · WV, USA
A blaze orange upside down tear drop shaped object over southern Ohio.
Huntington · WV, USA
Security guard and I watched an "ice cream cone" like object.
Carpendale · WV, USA
I was especially surprised at how fast it was moving
Oak Hill · WV, USA
3 solid red lights in v formation(appeared at least 100ft wide)coming from the south. Slow moving no noise
Bruceton Mills · WV, USA
Glowing object in sky soared across night sky then vanished.
Elizabeth · WV, USA
My friend and i where in a car at 1:30 and a bright white flashing light.
Griffithsville · WV, USA
I am a "Line Servicer" for a large power conpany with 30 yrs. of service. While investigating an outage, ( unrelated to UFO activity),
Milton · WV, USA
Bright light (no meteor) crossed the sky from horizon to horizon in less than one minute.
Camp Creek · WV, USA
Flash of bright narrow green light following an object.