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)
Niles · OH, USA
Square box in shape color red to orange, shape changed from square to circle color red to yellow.
Boardman · OH, USA
Huge Firey Orange light in the sky
Delaware · OH, USA
Circle of lights in Ohio
Toledo · OH, USA
Dripping sparks.
Berberton · OH, USA
Brightest craft with pulsating lights! ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star, we suspect. PD))
Wooster · OH, USA
Unexplained spherical object.
Cleveland · OH, USA
At about 8:35 this evening i was standin outside and was lookin at the sky watching the jets fly by. there were 3 at the time. i notice
Cleveland · OH, USA
I was outside with my stepson around a firepit and we were about ready to call it a night and I saw a craft in the air which I thought
Cleveland · OH, USA
Triangular object with white cloudy fixed line triangular formation and bright shining prism light.
Worthington · OH, USA
White and red flashing lights almost in to each other than stopped for about 30 seconds then vanished.
Elyria · OH, USA
Unusual movement from a red flashing light sited over Elyria, Ohio (left of the Big Dipper)
Fremont · OH, USA
2 bright orange fireballs seen 90 minutes apart, one with an apparent solid mass structure.
Fletcher · OH, USA
Red/white moving lights over Miami County, Ohio
Springfield · OH, USA
Floating fireball seen in Springfield, Ohio or Chinese Lantern?
Pleasant Hill · OH, USA
Very fast and erratic light seen in the sky around Troy, OH.
Paris · OH, USA
Large light breaks into smaller lights over Paris, OH
Columbus · OH, USA
Bright white cigar/cylinder above columbus OH 4/03/2012 daytime sighting
Norwalk · OH, USA
It was just sitting over a house with yellow red blue green flashing lights all going different speeds we stopped and watched for about
Columbus · OH, USA
Yellow and orange oval spheres three of them
Cleveland · OH, USA
I was returning home with my mother and sister one night in April. It was about 8:00 or 9:00 because I remember it being about 30 minut
Marion · OH, USA
Extremely Loud Rumbling-Nothing In Site
Parma · OH, USA
Orange illuminated fireball shaped object moving silently over Parma, Ohio
Newark · OH, USA
Red light (orb)
Dayton · OH, USA
Large peanut/dumbell shaped craft seen over Dayton OH.
Elyria · OH, USA
Strange, stationary, bright lights in Elyria, Ohio.