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)
Clarksburg · WV, USA
tHE OBJECT MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND UP AND DOWN AND WAS GONE IN A FLASH
Alloy · WV, USA
Saucer seen briefly over road - may have landed
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Multi-colored craft hovering above me.
Clarksburg · WV, USA
Asatched the light travel back and forth and uyou could see no craft. When the light went off, oh my God.
Kenna · WV, USA
Round object with lights hovered for a wile and then accelerated increadably fast, not of this world.
Ranger · WV, USA
Late night summer of 1979. Three triangle shaped craft.
Van (Van Park) · WV, USA
This cigar shaped craft was about 200 feet from us and only about 100 foot up from the ground. It was just at the top of the trees an
Culloden · WV, USA
We had been to a bonfire on a friends farm. As we were returning home, we were passing through this small town when I looked at the dr
Morgantown · WV, USA
This happened quite awhile back and I never reported it, but with all the attention recently, I tell people I think I saw one, and they
St. Albans · WV, USA
I saw a white circular object hover in the air and dart behind a cloud.
Dunbar/Institute · WV, USA
Back in the Summer of 1976 on the campus of West Virginia State University (WV State College then) My boyfriend and I were parked behin
Unspecified location in WV · WV, USA
Mercedes shaped red UFO
Triadelphia · WV, USA
Craft hovered over the pond, silently with its lights on.
Weirton · WV, USA
Upon coming home one evening in the early spring, I saw in the eastern horizon three circular objects that looked like three full mooon
Colliers · WV, USA
There was a lighted object in the summer sky; I knew it couldn't be ours.
Philippi · WV, USA
Inexplicable recurrent movements of an object across the night sky following a thunderstorm.
Martinsburg · WV, USA
floating disc, numerous quick course changes, shortly afterwards aircraft seeming to "grid" search area.
Hillsboro · WV, USA
Largo red object sitting over a ridge. If indeed it was hovering over this ridge it was very large. Well over 100 feet. It attracted my
Danese · WV, USA
Traveling at a speed of 1500 MPH and stopping instantly displaying Super Bright Search Lights no Noise.
Genoa · WV, USA
Me and my brother saw a cigar shaped object move quietly and very slowly above us for about 5 minutes.
Lewisburg · WV, USA
I observed a triangular object hovering without sound for approximately 15 minutes during the night.
New Martinsville · WV, USA
Object that changes colors follows our car.
Ranson · WV, USA
Orange cylindrical/hexagonal, motionless object, emitting no sound, above the tree line. A rod descended from the bottom.
Anjean · WV, USA
We were standing by our car parked at Anjean, WV waiting for my brother after a good day of ruff grouse hunting. The first saucer came
Barboursville · WV, USA
Spherical UFO, fall of 1967, Barboursville,W.Va.