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)
Buckhannon · WV, USA
Numerous lights moving around in the woods below our homes. At first my neighbor and I thought they were just people in the woods with
Hedgesville · WV, USA
Possibly a comet, but we screamed because we have never witnessed something so large and falling at such an angle. Extremely perfect an
Chattaroy · WV, USA
8 lights arranging in a circular shape with one circle in the center. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
Beckley · WV, USA
Oval like with triangles in the back, white with a blue haze.
Berkeley Springs · WV, USA
Was outside burning brush, when we noticed something very low flying. It wasn't directly over head but flying over the neighbors fields
Lumberport · WV, USA
I saw a sphere of very bright and slightly pulsating light.
Nitro · buffalo & saint Albany’s West Virginia, WV, USA
Oval move quick-huvered in sky bright 2 darker areas round bright ball came toward car flashed For 15miles
Kenna · WV, USA
Ball of light
Kenna · WV, USA
Ball of light.
Nitro · WV, USA
The objects were all white brightish dim lights, they would move periodically and stationary throughout their flight, as well as moving
Huttonsville · WV, USA
I was laying in bed my wife said there's a drone outside. The light went straight in the air. We saw about 5 blinking lights. Come fr
Lesage · WV, USA
2 bluish lights over a rural road in Lesage, WV
Parsons · WV, USA
A grouping of 3 or 4 stationary lights.They are low on the herizon and not moving. They have been visable for over an hour.
Beckley · WV, USA
Me and my mother along with my 2 kids and my sister's two kids were outside roasting marshmallow when I happen to look up at the sky li
Parsons · WV, USA
Just a low light flying lower than planes. No blinking and went from north to south .
Rand · WV, USA
Circular bright light
Huntington · WV, USA
UFO not visible to naked eye
Huntington · WV, USA
Orange glowing object flies through Ohio Valley near Huntington, WV
Vienna · WV, USA
Bright rising sphere that quickly disappears then reappears later.
Sod · WV, USA
It was late at night and the sky was dark so it was easy to see it, my mom was driving and I looked out the window towards the drivers
Winfield · WV, USA
Me and my girlfriend were outside stargazing for about 4 hours. We immediately noticed there were an abnormal amount of planes in the s
Summersville · WV, USA
Large number of planes and very bright light moving.
Huntington · WV, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by source of report. PD))
Belington (Barbour Co. Fairgrounds) · WV, USA
Light streak found in pic/video.
Glenville · WV, USA
((HOAX??)) Fast moving across the night sky, lights, then would disappear then reappear. Planes overhead. ((anonymous report))