Unknown UFO Sightings in Ohio
491 unknown-shaped UFO sightings reported in Ohio since 1947, peaking in 2020 (67 reports).
- Total sightings
- 491
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (67 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1947–2022 · peak 2020 (67 reports)
Jackson · OH, USA
Family immense, peculiar obj. roar overhead; sound like "C-47." Green lights down 1 side; accompanied by "white lights." Low alt.
Hilliard · OH, USA
Young man witnesses bizarre cluster of red-orange lights to W of house. Heard "whooshing" or vibration. Obj. moved to E, turns blue.
Youngstown · OH, USA
Man sees round, white light moving at "high speed" to the north. (Telephone suddenly disconnects.)
New Hampshire · OH, USA
CUFOS relays sighting report: 4 family members witness a huge obj. w/ ring of alternating orange & blue-green lights around it.
Cleveland ARTCC · OH, USA
FAA controller calls to recount event of commuter airliner near Saginaw, MI. Says pilot reported pulsing ball of light ahead of a/c.
Cleveland · OH, USA
Man witnesses 3-4 extraordinarily bright flashes above horizon in eastern sky. Thinks nuclear power station exploded. Upset.
Ravenna · OH, USA
red lights and slow moving objest over sait marys cemetry in ravenna ohio
Toledo · OH, USA
Woman concerned by 4 indentations and burn mark on blacktop patio. (CUFOS investigates. Prob. due to deck chairs.)
Canton · OH, USA
I was taken against my will
Zanesville · OH, USA
loud sound coming from water
Massillon · OH, USA
Young woman & friend witness bizarre, red disc fly north in front of their car. Engine failed, radio acted strangely. Disappeared.
Brooklyn · OH, USA
Man report strange, machined metallic sphere in backyard. Calls later to rept. that son, a metallurgist, had left it there.
Columbus · OH, USA
Two men in car hear weird, "jet" sound. See 8-9 white objects in formation. Zigzagged across sky.
Toledo · OH, USA
Woman & son witness strange, flashing, multi-color lights to west of home. Tried to photograph, streaked off.
Lyndhurst · OH, USA
HEARD LOUD, RUMBLING ROAR, SAW 3 BLUE-WHITE STROBING LIGHTS MOTIONLESS IN WESTEREN SKY, LIGHTS AT LEAST 20 DEGREES FROM END TO END, NO
Lyndhurst · OH, USA
Heard Loud, roaring , observed 3 strobing lights at 40 degrees above horizon , 20 degrees wide formation, formation of lights was STAT
West Union · OH, USA
Young man repts. seeing orange dot, which fluttered, descended, disappeared, then suddenly reappeared w/ 3 other objs.
Canton · OH, USA
Lost time
Sherwood · OH, USA
I saw 2 unidentified objects, one chasing the other, watched them for 6 minutes, then were gone.
Whithouse · OH, USA
i was watching a jet flying probaly 30,000 ft. then i saw a small tranlusent ball it looked smaller than the jet. it mooved all around
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Travel time was way shorter than it should have been (missing time?)
Cambridge · OH, USA
Possible Abduction (Ongoing)
Canal Fulton · OH, USA
UFO hovering a few feet above the car Bright lights and Very Silent.
Ironton · OH, USA
I had an encounter with something not of this world.
Cambridge · OH, USA
Multiple objects of differing size and possible jet intervention seen in late evening sky over rural area of Ohio, early 1980's.