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)
Weirton · WV, USA
Green glowing object in the summer in the mid 1960's, west of Pittsburgh.
Hundred · WV, USA
Object traveled across hills at moderate speed illuminating tree tops as it passed.
Huntington · WV, USA
Triangular object with red lights, moved from hover to bullet speed in an instant. 2 observations, 2 different towns
Huntington · WV, USA
Two circular objects noted in So. WV in 1966, made 90 degree turns without changing speed.
Milton · WV, USA
One light into two
Sistersville · WV, USA
circular ball of fire, dripping flames but not consumed.
St. Marys · WV, USA
White disc-shaped object witnessed in West Virgina in mid-1960s
Frankford · WV, USA
Strobe lights and entities on ground.
Mount Hope · WV, USA
Object only visible as a streak of light at very high altitude traveled from horizon to horizon in a few seconds for a total of 6 times
Four States · WV, USA
MYSTERIOUS RED LIGHTS IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
Buffalo · WV, USA
Lights in night sky over Putnam County, WV in 1959. Two lights collide/merge and debris found the next day.
Talcott · WV, USA
A sphere that looked like a white light came across the horizon from West to East, an Air Force Jet followed about 3-4 sec later.
Mullens/Pineville · WV, USA
USAF JETS BELIEVED TO HAVE SHOT AT OR DESTROYED UFO'S OVER THE SKYS OF WEST VIRGINIA IN THE LATER 1950'S.
Upper Glade · WV, USA
Close up sighting in rural West Virginia around 1956/7
Weirton · WV, USA
My Uncle Sam was driving to work very early one winter morning. He lived down the street from my house. As he approached my home in h
Flatwoods · WV, USA
I saw the craft go across the horizon. It appeared to be on fire, I first thought it was a plane going down. It landed near a farm.
Mount Hope · WV, USA
One of first sightings in U.S. -- 1950s
Oak Ridge (drive) · WV, USA
log shape whooshing object observed near charleston w.v.
Jim Ridge · WV, USA
Wreckage found on diary farm in 1948 in rural West Virginia.
Wilderness (near western MD) · WV, USA
US fighter planes shoot down pre Roswell UFO then military scour crash site & bury UFO remains at wilderness site
Wilderness · WV, USA
Two related reports of possible predecessor to Roswell incident
Chapmanville · WV, USA
There were three stationary lights, they very quickly disappeared after catching a glimpse of it.
Shepherdstown · WV, USA
I have still photos of the entire time frame ((anonymous report))
Poca · WV, USA
I've reported this 3 times ,but it's never posted,there's so many UFOs around John Amos n so many witnesses I don't know how the news s
New Martinsville · WV, USA
At 5:30pm EST, I was pulling from a side street onto Rt#2 north when i saw what at first appeared to be a star. I stopped my car after