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)
Bluefield · WV, USA
Circular spinning object
Sissonville · WV, USA
Six globe-like lights in a semi-circular (stationary) formation.
Buckhannon · WV, USA
One floatint object overhead and 17 disk shaped objects going into it.
Huntington · WV, USA
craft far off in distance with different colored lights.
Salem · WV, USA
Triangular Shaped Object Seen on U.S. Rt. 50
Shady Spring · WV, USA
Colorful Objects in Night Sky over Shady Spring, WV. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of celestial body, we suspect. PD))
Bluefield · WV, USA
AS MY WIFE AND I WERE COMING BACK FROM MY FAMILIES HOUSE IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, WE TOOK THE EXIT TO GO TO OUR HOUSE IN THE CITY OF PRINCET
Morgantown · WV, USA
Red/orange/blue bolt across the sky..
Rockport · WV, USA
Horizontal bar of single blue and red lights in the southern sky with lights appearing to be about the size of large stars
Rockport · WV, USA
Vertical line of three blue and red lights about three or four times the size of stars or planets well above the southern horizon.
Summersville · WV, USA
white square object moving very fast
Mt. Lookout · WV, USA
cigar shaped object disappeared in the sky
Branchland · WV, USA
A brightly lighted, fast moving, triangular object.
Charleston · WV, USA
blueish and white orb
Morgantown · WV, USA
There was a bright light in the eastern sky that looked like a very bright star. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a twinkling star?? PD))
Cairo · WV, USA
Bright, triangle object in clear November sky over secluded ridge
Rockport · WV, USA
Fireball falling from sky but slow landed on ground and glowed for about 30 seconds then went out.
Parkersburg · WV, USA
((NUFORC Note: We are not certain whether this is a serious report. PD)) It looked like a red ball of fire falling from the sky.
Hedgesville · WV, USA
a star like light moving irratically and changing colors (red,green/blue, white)
Lesage · WV, USA
Fast-moving bright white light that suddenly disappears.
Moundsville · WV, USA
Bright then fade
Beckley · WV, USA
Two lighted upsidedown V's in sky side by side with UFO craft at tip.
Morgantown · WV, USA
orange orb seen rising into large chevron shaped object, plus other crafts visible
WV · USA
((HOAX??)) Yellow ball with black circles moving around.
Craigsville · WV, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Intl. Space Station. PD)) 07/04/05 , 11.:00pm, Craigsville WV, craft traveling high, 2 min,