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)
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Probably not a UFO. ((NUFORC Note: Reported to be a team of 3 sky divers. PD))
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Driving down Bridgetown Rd. I spotted something strange. Three lights in a triangular formation. Lights slowly spread apart and moved o
Cincinnati · OH, USA
3 large orange fiery balls,comet like tails,flying under the cloud coverage in a smooth methodical manner, disappeared, and reappeared
Madeira · OH, USA
3 yellowish and orange colored lights in many different formations.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
3 fireballs in sky.
Miamisburg · OH, USA
Three orbs hovering in a triangular configuration. Lights intermittently disappear and reappear as one light.
Cuyahoga Falls · OH, USA
Strange lights in the sky, orb figure with interchanging from red, blue, green, yellow. white, & purple. ((Sirius??))
Parma · OH, USA
Orange ball dripping smaller balls and disappearing/reappearing in 2 places at once.
Lebanon/Centerville · OH, USA
3 Flaming balls of floating fire.
Mt. Orab · OH, USA
Observation of two circular unidentified lights not behaving like man made object
Mt. Vernon · OH, USA
Long oval dark craft, moving silently with two long dimmed red lights going width of it,strait over me, west to east.
Medina · OH, USA
2 fireballs, same pattern, silent.
Hubbard · OH, USA
Bright orange lights in the shape of a triangle or star appear at night.
Cleveland (west side of) · OH, USA
butterfly shaped flying ufo low flying Cleveland, Ohio.
Mt. Vernon · OH, USA
Round V shaped craft going west to east looked like refracted light in color.
Groveport · OH, USA
Pulsating beam of light with colors changing, intermittenet buzzing loud noise.
Wadsworth · OH, USA
Squadrons flying in formation and not in formation, all flying north, for 2 hours.
Akron · OH, USA
Looking nort east 4 lights making straight line. Then bottom light moved up. 3 lights disappeared then 40 sec later reappeared. Then a
West Chester · OH, USA
9 orange-red circles in the western sky that faded out over 10 minutes.
Columbus · OH, USA
Massive structure with blue lights flying across sky.
Campbell · OH, USA
Near Youngstown, OH- Triangle/Lights on all sides/warm, radiant, shining light/rapid descent/slow, hovering/SILENT.
Oak Harbor · OH, USA
There were 7 lights, some were reddish and yellowish/clear, in the sky forming a straight line and a triangle.
Shelby · OH, USA
3 crescent/Chevron shaped formations consisting of 8-12 lights.
Shelby · OH, USA
Multiple occurrences of several white lights in formation moving rapidly, moving quickly in and out of formation.
Wilmington · OH, USA
Main light with several other red lights surrounding main light. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))