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)
Chapmanville · WV, USA
Wife and I saw what appeared to be a bright light just appear in the sky and then fall straight down. ((anonymous report))
Charleston · WV, USA
Single white cross shaped craft, hovering high overhead, clear sunny sky.
Athens · WV, USA
Athens.
Huntington · WV, USA
Recorded 3 different orange balls flying from same direction. No sound and disappeared after flying so far. ((anonymous report))
Morgantown · WV, USA
Blue light moving up and down o. Sky
Point Pleasant · WV, USA
A single light moved across the horizon, while it made a low, rumbling sound. The light disappeared, and the sound stopped.
Barboursville · WV, USA
Driving 64 eastbound saw lights pulled over to look. We drove to next exit turned around went back and they were gone.
Bridgeport · WV, USA
Blinking lights, spinning in a circular rotation.
Tornado · WV, USA
Cigar shaped craft flew very slowly overhead.
St. Albans · WV, USA
Bright red "fireball" appeared to roll across the sky and disappeared over horizon
Hedgesville · WV, USA
White shaped craft.
Fairmont · WV, USA
Bright diagonal lights, slowly dim away. ((anonymous report))
Mason · WV, USA
Bright red object seen in sky. ((anonymous report))
Mt. Lookout · WV, USA
Very Bright Lights over Mt. Lookout, WV.
Parkersburg · WV, USA
We see a bright object move by. It was very fast, then disappears. ((anonymous report))
Elkins (near) · WV, USA
Strange object in sky near Elkins, wv
Hurricane · WV, USA
Bright single light that went from northwest to southeast. No aircraft flashing lights. ((NUFORC Note: Intl. Space Station. PD))
Foster · WV, USA
Five white dots at gret height sped away at incredible speed.
Clarksburg/Bridgeport · WV, USA
Red sphere descends close to bridge then jets off. ((anonymous report))
Summersville · WV, USA
Reddish-orange object floating above 4th of July crowd.
Marlinton · WV, USA
((HOAX??))Saw about 20 to 30 lights flashing in sky. Moving north. No sound. Look like small drones.
Marlinton · WV, USA
Saw 20-30 objects fly over no sound. Light all around then and in them. Not to big. Not in no.line. look like orbits. Not moving.
Vienna · WV, USA
((HOAX??)) We saw 3 white lights in the sky; they were blinking at different spots in a pattern. The pattern stayed in the same spot.
Princeton · WV, USA
I saw a whire light appear between two stars in the night sky that split into two lights and each flew off in opposite directions
Huntingtion · WV, USA
Yellow dots over WV.