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)
Cheshire · OH, USA
Watched white light like airplane without flashing light for approx. 5 mins. Then fade to red light, then faded out and disappeared.
Akron · OH, USA
I was driving home from and and looked up at the night sky. I saw one really sparkly object that left a really long white trail. As soo
Centerville · OH, USA
Large Triangle shaped flying object was perfectly stationary then moved in a curve away from us over Centerville, Ohio off 675.
Medina · OH, USA
4 fireballs following each other. one dropping what looked like sparks intermittently 7 times
Powell · OH, USA
15 red orange spheres in a cloud formation. All objects spun in spherical orbits independent of one another.
Celina · OH, USA
Incredible light over Grand Lake
Columbus · OH, USA
6-7 orange fireballs following in formation across sky
Delta · OH, USA
Brightly orange fireball with small objects coming out of it.
Crestline · OH, USA
Large orange shape shifting object over route 30 Crestline, OH.
Montgomery · OH, USA
A gray dot when zoomed in on by an iTouch to be found to be saucer like.
Englewood · OH, USA
There were multiple balls of light moving in every direction.
Miamisburg · OH, USA
A round object as bright as the Sun but smaller.
Hilliard · OH, USA
Low flying silent fireball. Thought it was a plane on fire.
Defiance · OH, USA
Blue/White sphere over woods.
Columbus · OH, USA
Object sighted - Columbus, OH 09/24/2013 7:07? – 7:12 am.Location: Columbus, OH. North end east of I71 and west? of Westerville ro
Columbus · OH, USA
((HOAX??)) A big colorful oval shaped vessel slowly descending, while spinning and moving forward. No noise what so ever.
Kinsman · OH, USA
Bright light that quickly shot across the sky and then out of sight.
Garfield Heights · OH, USA
~1 am, Thur. Sept. 26, 2013. I was on my way to Bradford, PA. To deliver a load to a steel mill.
Youngstown · OH, USA
At or about 7:55 pm est. i was traveling S.W. from my house heading to taco bell to get some food and i looked off to the West and saw
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Seen two orange fire balls rotating around each other with no sound and lasted for a few min Them the bright light vanished and the fle
Hilliard · OH, USA
Blue flash lights up the night sky
West Chester · OH, USA
Lightning ring
Shaker Heights · OH, USA
Blue green round fireball appeared while my husband was walking the dog. It seemed to be at a distance but was quite large...seemed to
Columbus · OH, USA
Dogs started barking then a Huge triangle blue flash right over house we both felt tingling through our body as if we were being scann
Berlin Heights · OH, USA
Twinkling lite that hovered then vanished then despaired a couple of miles away. hovered again and vanished