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)
Sophia · WV, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus in the western sky. PD)) Object with bright white lights.
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Saw a ufo on the way to school near a cow field. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Tesla · WV, USA
Moving stars in a triangle pattern over tesla west virginia. appeared to be in a camoflauge mode
Morgantown · WV, USA
lookes like a star at first, then it was moving...as it was moving it diment
Morgantown · WV, USA
I commented on a strange light in the sky that didn't move. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Sirius. PD))
Follansbee · WV, USA
On 3/6/05 at approx.20:30 EST I wittnessed an very bright round banded object in the sky which began to fade away from me & diminish.
Bluefield · WV, USA
dark to light brown "rounded boomerrang" or crescent moon shaped object moves silently overhead.
Hedgesville · WV, USA
10-15 lights over hedgesville, WV
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Cigar shaped silver shining object seen in clear daytime sky.
Lakin · WV, USA
bright light hovering in the sky over lakin west virgina
Ripley · WV, USA
A round shiney object that was slower than a helicopter and like a ballon.
Chester · WV, USA
a ball of white bright light
Morgantown · WV, USA
beam enters my room
Martinsburg · WV, USA
Five objects that moved too slowly to be any aircraft that made zero sound with red, green, blue and white lights that went in pattern
West Virginia (above; in-flight sighting) · WV, USA
Oct 4/04 from plane - two dark brown sticklike objects sticking out of the clouds - then dark line gliding away
Morgantown · WV, USA
Solid round silver ball passing over at about 3000MSL.
Parkersburg · WV, USA
the object gave off a light that illuminated the entire sky then disapated completely.
Wheeling · WV, USA
The sky lit up blue lighting the entire surface around us. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor. PD))
Morgantown · WV, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail? PD)) I notices that the plains smoke cloud coming off the back.
Morgantown · WV, USA
strange lights above touchdown city, wv ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Beaver · WV, USA
Large luminous cloud like object moved slowly across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Elkins · WV, USA
Explosive cloud over West Virginia, high altitude? ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))
Beckley · WV, USA
a really bright star that moved about a second after we noticed it, at a slow speed till it crossed the horizon
Huntington · WV, USA
cylinder shaped craft enters cloud bank and never reappears
Wheeling · WV, USA
They would slow down and speed up.