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)
Middletown · OH, USA
I listen to Coast to Coast Radio......I have heard you talk many times about the Orange Balls......I saw one tonight.....and watche
Canton · OH, USA
1 Yellow/Orange Flying Fireball over Canton, OH, USA.
Rocky River · OH, USA
Fireball seen across Cleveland sky.
Wilmington · OH, USA
Looked like a falling star at first then started changing colors from yellow to red to orange to a bright green with a long trail of sm
South Point · OH, USA
Dark spinning object seen after seeing 5 orange globes.
Botkins · OH, USA
Four orange lights that moved from East to the North.
Maumee/Toledo · OH, USA
9 plus orange brown lights, 3 were in a triangle and the rest followed seemed to just disappear.
Shelby · OH, USA
Massive Large Fireball Shoots from SouthWest to NorthEast in North Eastern Ohio 10/04/2013 10:48pm
Lancaster · OH, USA
Daytime sighting of cigar shaped object, Lancaster, Ohio.
Ohio (location not specified) · OH, USA
5 fireballs. ((NUFORC Note: Location of sighting not specified by source. PD))
Wellington · OH, USA
Shiny object only 500 yards off the ground the size of a small plane with no wings moving very slowly for 5 min south to north.
Delta · OH, USA
Two dozen or more drone type flying objects size of small private aircraft.
Sandusky · OH, USA
Triangle shaped various different color lights moving really fast in various directions. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))
Rittman · OH, USA
Fast moving white light.
Drexel · OH, USA
Yellow/orange, sphere/circle that flew across night sky ,slow speeds then simply vanished , had no blinking lights, was not an airplane
Rittman · OH, USA
7 streaks of light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Photo shows six contrails in the evening sky. PD))
North Cincinnati · OH, USA
Some sort of fireball came down from the sky very rapidly soon to turn into 3 flying disc that where lit up (clearly not stars) they se
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Glowing Orange Fireball/Lights Seen at Turpin HS Football Game.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Cincinnati fire ball in the sky?
Cincinnati · OH, USA
3 fireball type objects close to downtown Cincinnati.
Drexel · OH, USA
Blue white streak in sky, 2 orange orbs splitting. seems like it landed.
North Canton · OH, USA
Fireball over the Strip.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
A bright orange light split into four, did a strange but precise set of movements, then joined back together and faded.
Strongsville · OH, USA
Three bright lights in triangle formation over Strongsville/Brunswick area. Moved together almost as if one craft.
Columbus · OH, USA
Shape shifting Light Orbs.