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)
New Franklin · OH, USA
Seen by my daughter and I, one large cigar shape object ,silver and without wings flying west to east in the early evening sky.
Carroll · OH, USA
MADAR Node 89
Troy · OH, USA
Bright curricular light in Eastern sky dimmed and disappeared within seconds of observation
Steubenville · OH, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information about sighting. PD))
Greenville · OH, USA
Large, low flying (approximately 200ft. altitude) dark triangle slowly traveling northward, parrallel to route 127. 3 light, one at eac
Mansfield · OH, USA
White sphere moving at high speed ascending westward then disappeared
Huber Heights · OH, USA
Standing outside looking to NW, saw bright object between 500 to 1,000 feet off the ground, extremely bright, white flying N.
Logan · OH, USA
Very fast light high in sky
Gallipolis · OH, USA
Brilliant white opaque circle visits our campsite
Cambridge · OH, USA
MADAR Node 137
North Royalton · OH, USA
Orange round objects- 7- slow speed.
North Royalton · OH, USA
triangular objects with orange lights speeding overhead
Enon · OH, USA
I observed a very bright white sphere in atmosphere. It traveled SW to NE across sky. No flashing lights indicative of commercial or mi
Worthington · OH, USA
Two bright light appeared out of no where in the clear day sky one after another.
East Canton · OH, USA
Large silent craft . 4 lights non blinking . Silent and smooth flying.
Mantua · OH, USA
Saw a large, single, bright red/orange/yellow square object in the southern sky moving west to east. Definitely not a plane as it much
Mentor · OH, USA
4 small white lights, equidistant apart, appeared in a straight line that moved at a rapid rate across the night sky.
Mansfield · OH, USA
2 of 2 - Fireball entering earths, slowed down and accelerated out of earths atmosphere
Columbus · OH, USA
Look like a rectangle with flashing red lights
Goffstown · OH, USA
MADAR Node 05
West Chester · OH, USA
I had just gotten dinner at a restaurant when off in the distance in the direction of Tylersville, I saw 4 white balls of light in a sl
Deerfield Townsship · OH, USA
4 Circular Lights moving Westward at speed
West Chester · OH, USA
On August 3, 2019 at 9:17 PM I witnessed UFOs while I was driving northbound on interstate 75 near West Chester, OH. There were four f
West Chester · OH, USA
Multiple disc shaped lights that disappeared, Rreappeared, and multiplied.
Louisville · OH, USA
Looked like a flaming ball shooting fireballs off it then it turned and sped off to the South, no way it was a plane or meteor