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)
Mansfield · OH, USA
I was standing outside on East First St and saw this weird thunderstorm cloud roll by from north west to south east towards south of Wo
Oxford · OH, USA
Strobe flashes from an intermittently blinking light in the northwest night sky
Spring Valley · OH, USA
Cigar-long as 3 City Buses, Hovering about 400 ft. above Ground Silver to Lt Blue. No Sound, Sped away to the W. ((anonymous report))
Carlisle · OH, USA
At 3:45 am while standing on my balcony i saw an object moving in space from north west traveling to the north east.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Silent Transparent Triangular craft with bright white orb in the center!
Marysville · OH, USA
Red and appeared to flicker.
Broadview Heights · OH, USA
Black object seen by husband and wife in Broadview Hts, OH
Dayton (near) · OH, USA
Near Dayton, OH, red-orange object in night sky
Columbus · OH, USA
Woke up inside of a tanning bed-like enclosement, appeared to be traveling with high turbulence, alien zapped me.
Mentor · OH, USA
Dark, spherical object 50 ft. above tree line silhouetted against evening sky in residential neighborhood.
Bowling Green · OH, USA
Light moving across sky
North Canton · OH, USA
4 balls of moving orange lights.
Gallipolis · OH, USA
Looked like a star at first.
Canal Winchester · OH, USA
I was walking at 1:39am looked up and saw an orange circular object appa
Columbus · OH, USA
Two balls of orange light, dropping smaller orange, flashing, objects.
West Chester · OH, USA
Saw 5 lights in a line changed from white to red. Then changed into a V formation lights back to white. ((anonymous report))
Loveland · OH, USA
I saw 3 pairs of large orange lights flying in a straight line from West to East over Loveland, Ohio. They disappeared flying up.
Columbus · OH, USA
Tuesday morning July 25,2017 at approximately 8:45am in the morning with a clear blue and beautiful sky while driving west bound on Hop
Winterset · OH, USA
My granddaughter told me to look and 1 major light came up over the hill at me,very fast. I ran downstairs to my daughters. Very scared
Columbus · OH, USA
Was on the W side of Columbus, OH, and just happened to look up and thought it was just another jet at high altitude heading south e
Boardman · OH, USA
Diamond-shaped object emitted small red spheres while travelling in a stop/start triangular pattern.
Fairfield · OH, USA
Was taking my dog outside when I looked up at the stars as I usually do, when I first seen what I assumed was an aircraft traveling W t
New Philadelphia · OH, USA
This is the second time in the last three nights. The first time I shall it I was with my partner, tonight it came from the same direct
Roseville · OH, USA
Saw one ufo 5 times about a half hr in between ea other then 3 together red to orange in color and no sound at all....moving slowly.
Massillon · OH, USA
Blue and red light makes radical direction changes, comes to complete stop, and flashes white strobe. ((anonymous report))