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)
White Oak · OH, USA
Looked like 4 circles stuck together with white light some red
Garrettsville · OH, USA
MADAR Node 64
Kettering · OH, USA
Hovering craft comes out of nowhere then flies over.
Plain City · OH, USA
Saw dots flying through sky
Sharonville · OH, USA
Small completely black low flying Beatle shaped object apparently following or using railroad tracks traversed quarter mile in seconds
Garrettsville · OH, USA
MADAR Node 64
Negley · OH, USA
2 white orbs streaked across clear sky.
Hilliard · OH, USA
Saw ISS/Satellite/meteor shaped object cross the sky at a slow speed, flickering, with two identical objects jettisoned to the rear
Youngstown · OH, USA
MADAR Node 73
Rutland · OH, USA
We were standing in our driveway and noticed the Tr3b Black Manta hovering above the woodline. Slowly flew over top of us 60 or 70 fee
Cambridge · OH, USA
MADAR Node 137
Crestline · OH, USA
My mother and I saw sky open, something large come beside the sun, then the sky closed back up.
Garrettsville · OH, USA
MADAR Node 64
New Philadelphia · OH, USA
Took my dog out at 745pm and noticed what I thought was a low flying satellite and realized there were two bright objects with no sound
Mayfield heights · OH, USA
2 triangular shaped objects moving quickly, smoothly and quietly together
OH · USA
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Garrettsville · OH, USA
MADAR Node 64
Akron · OH, USA
Object was bright white to bluish white. The night was completely clear but the object looked like it had a fog or cloud around it.
Mason · OH, USA
Our family saw a bunch of lights, maybe 20 in a straight line traveling across the sky from south to north. It lasted about 30 seconds
Williamsburg · OH, USA
I have pictures moving west to east in a line across toward my house look like Chinese lantern
Batavia · OH, USA
object more than 1,000' long x 20'wide, straight row of lights in a pattern of dots and dashes down the spine
Cleveland · OH, USA
String of lights moving from southeast to northwest
Hilliard · OH, USA
Approximately 3 dozen lights traveling in a line. Lights slowly traversed most of the sky, followed by multiple other objects.
Cumberland · OH, USA
Several blinking lights
Oxford · OH, USA
What I thought was a shooting star bounced and sped away in a different direction faster than it was moving before