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)
Cleveland · OH, USA
From a distance, the object looked to be a true ufo. The lights seemed to circle the craft. When it came closer we seen three lights, o
East Liverpool · OH, USA
it was on mother's day of 1999, on my way home from my mother's house. i was on route 11, the exit before beaver creek state park. on
Marion · OH, USA
I saw a u.f.o. and It was greay and had colorful lights and they changed colors.
Ashtabula · OH, USA
Silver / White Cigar, height as plane, silent.
Massillon · OH, USA
Strobing lights brighter than usual ICAO ident lights.
Dayton · OH, USA
not a ufo...may have wormhole photo...please analyze for me...
Marion · OH, USA
I have the message still and it is a matter of human security. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Lorian · OH, USA
I WAS WORKING 2ND SHIFT, GOT OFF AT 2:00 WENT DOWN TO LAKE ERIE FOR SOME WALLEY FISHING.HAD ONLY BEEN THERE FOR 10 OR 15 MINUTES. NOW M
Troy · OH, USA
Broad Daylight, clear day, saw a cigar-shaped object that looked metallic or silver hovering or floating in the sky
Grove City · OH, USA
9 bright white to yellow to green light zipping across horizon, ungodly speed, hoover over my truck for 2 miles then took off. light wo
Youngstown · OH, USA
A large oval glow hovering over a house was reported in Youngstown on a late April night.
Columbus · OH, USA
saw light orange objects moving south to north ,then 4 more moving south to north,then turning west
Niles · OH, USA
Witnessed cigar shaped objects with tails streaming behind them. Some were going up, others going down, some criss-crossed each other,
Bellevue (east of) · OH, USA
I was driving west on rt. 20&18 when I seen a very bright light to the NW of my location,(about 5 miles E. of Bell. when suddenly it sh
Columbus · OH, USA
3 objects within 30 minutes
Parma · OH, USA
V-shaped object flying from South to North estimated to be at high altitude because high cirrus clouds visible through mostly clear ski
Germantown · OH, USA
I observed the object in the oprox location towqard the south west. the object was hovering above a farm house and then it procedded to
Youngstown · OH, USA
While heading west on I-80, between Youngstown and Cleveland, we encountered something we can't explain...
Ravenna/Macedonia (I-80 Ohio Turnpike) · OH, USA
A very bright green light traveing vertically VERY fast ,, then dissapeared
Ravenna · OH, USA
large green glowing sphere just appeared,zoomed down very fast in a straight line vertically then dissapeared.
Portage County · OH, USA
Object crossed over Highway I-76, Heading Northeast about 100 feet off the ground. The object moved very slowly, to slow for an airplan
Otway · OH, USA
My girlfriend and I were just leaving to go out of town, when I noticed two large glowing orbs above my small lake. They seemed to ju
Dayton · OH, USA
three lights apeered in the sky for 30 minutes and then shot out in different directions and disapeered in the darkness.
Fairborn · OH, USA
Approximately 500ft. in the air, just below a low cloud line, I saw a small grey spherical object hovering. It would be best described
Mentor on the Lake · OH, USA
Silently streaked in, did a figure 8 at the same speed and kept going in the same direction.