UFO Sightings in Delaware
383 UFO sightings reported in Delaware since 1949, peaking in 2014 (37 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 383
- Span
- 1949–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (37 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1949–2022 · peak 2014 (37 reports)
Top cities in Delaware
Wilmington
1949–2020 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Newark
1974–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Dover
1966–2022 · peak 2009 (3 reports)
Bear
2003–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Lewes
2005–2022 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Bethany Beach
2011–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Rehoboth Beach
1994–2021 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Millsboro
1997–2022 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Milford
1999–2020 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Elsmere
1970–2016 · peak 2004 (2 reports)
Middletown
1999–2016 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Hockessin
1989–2017 · peak 1989 (1 reports)
Smyrna
2001–2020 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
Claymont
1954–2022 · peak 1954 (1 reports)
New Castle
1984–2019 · peak 1984 (1 reports)
Selbyville
2015–2020 · peak 2020 (3 reports)
Newcastle
1966–2019 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Georgetown
1980–2022 · peak 1980 (1 reports)
Laurel
2013–2021 · peak 2021 (2 reports)
Seaford
1984–2011 · peak 1984 (1 reports)
Wilmington · DE, USA
A witness in Wilmington, Delaware, described a moon-sized circular object that appeared to grow until it filled the sky before vanishing, in October 1969, within about a minute.
Cannon · DE, USA
A witness in Cannon, Delaware reported a single dark gray oval-shaped object hovering in the sky in August 1968, observed for about thirty minutes.
Greenville · DE, USA
A teenager and his date in Greenville, Delaware, reported seeing a disk-shaped object at close range during a 12-minute sighting in July 1967.
Newcastle · DE, USA
((HOAX??)) I was in bed and i would hear something, then gone this went on for years.
Dover · DE, USA
Within about an hour's drive of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware in July 1966, a witness reported a disk-shaped object in the sky, observed for about five minutes.
Wilmington · DE, USA
A witness in Wilmington, Delaware reported an object initially mistaken for a star that moved unexpectedly three times, in a sighting lasting five to 10 seconds in September 1964.
Claymont · DE, USA
It was just before noon on a warm sunny June day, I was 16 yrs old. Riding in the car with my brother-inlaw driving, my sister riding
Wilmington · DE, USA
I was ascending a external staircase from our basement. Suddenly above me in the evening dark sky a very large, wide cylinder appeared