UFO Sightings in Ohio
4,176 UFO sightings reported in Ohio since 1947, peaking in 2013 (363 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,176
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (363 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2013 (363 reports)
Top cities in Ohio
Columbus
1956–2021 · peak 2013 (30 reports)
Cincinnati
1955–2022 · peak 2013 (17 reports)
Cleveland
1947–2021 · peak 2004 (9 reports)
Toledo
1954–2021 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Dayton
1959–2021 · peak 2021 (11 reports)
Akron
1956–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Canton
1956–2020 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Garrettsville
2004–2022 · peak 2020 (23 reports)
Cambridge
1966–2022 · peak 2020 (18 reports)
Youngstown
1969–2022 · peak 2020 (7 reports)
Springfield
1974–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Chillicothe
1982–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Fairborn
1999–2019 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Hamilton
1952–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Mansfield
1965–2022 · peak 1973 (4 reports)
West Chester
1992–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Newark
1976–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Medina
1977–2021 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Delaware
1977–2020 · peak 2003 (6 reports)
Massillon
1995–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Defiance · OH, USA
What we saw was a large circle of cloud perfectly centered around the moon. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "Moon Dog." PD))
Maumee · OH, USA
Bottle rocket like debris lasting 20 seconds across the sky, disapating as it crossed
Bethel · OH, USA
MUFON/OHIO REPORT: Nine spherical UFO's in the night sky; one came close to scan me!
Bethel · OH, USA
MUFON/OHIO REPORT: Nine spherical objects in the night sky, one flew overhead, changing into some sort of flying machine!
Parma · OH, USA
Oval shaped UFO hovers over grocery store in Parma Ohio
Seville · OH, USA
Large octogonal shape object with Large circular red lights at each point was seen in the sky
Niles · OH, USA
Object moved horizontally across the sky, seemed to change shape and then disappeared
Sherrodsville · OH, USA
Unexplained light in the sky.
Carrollton · OH, USA
triangular with 1 light at each vertex; 2 white 1 red then started spinning.
Chillicothe · OH, USA
Larger orange light emitting smaller orange lights
Chillicothe · OH, USA
Lights in the east sky with very strange flight patterns
Newcomerstown · OH, USA
woman called my home in panic. ((NUFORC Note: Source elects to remain anonymous. May be hoaxed report. PD))
Cleves · OH, USA
Stable bright light in the sky, could see that it wasn't an airplane, and did not blink, then it went away from west to east.
Adamsville · OH, USA
formation of 5 disk like moving very slowly , spread across horizon moving towards same location
Adamsville · OH, USA
5 shiney objects first resembled airplanes with short trails, all 5 identicle in size, shape, tail, altitude and distance apart. Sprea
Adamsville · OH, USA
5 identicle slow moving large disks took 20 minutes to drift across sky
Rittman · OH, USA
vertical lights like a bar code in the sky in few places but not close together
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Huge light in the sky,that seemed to be stationary for several minutes.
Ft. Shawnee · OH, USA
Oblect travels near refinary.
Ashville · OH, USA
A stunning display of 6 objects,incredibly fast,no plane can move out and back in formation like that.
Ashtabula · OH, USA
Triangular object followed by two other strange UFOs
Mansfield · OH, USA
Four round metallic pulsing objects high and fast flying,- flying lower than a jet plane.
Ashtabula · OH, USA
Star-Shaped Object With a Series of Lights
Saybrook · OH, USA
Rectangular Cloud?
Mason · OH, USA
Triangular Cluster of white lights with flashing white lines.