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)
Cleveland · OH, USA
is it a ufo
Cincinnati · OH, USA
cinti,ohio 23:00 light in back yard
Reedsville · OH, USA
Strange rotating bright light appears, disappears, and re-appears
Holland · OH, USA
second UFO in same area
Canfield · OH, USA
Strong white lit object seen over Canfield, OH for 15 minutes.
Youngstown · OH, USA
I saw 9- 12 craft in formation traveling from the ground uo 2500 ft and then disappearing one by one
Lancaster · OH, USA
My nephew and I saw a large craft that was not identifiable and flying very low.
Madison · OH, USA
I saw a triangle craft hovering up close
Cincinnati · OH, USA
4 lights shot across the sky - low - then hovered just above treeline - yellow/orange and one by one they dimmed &got bright &floated
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Four low flying fireballs over Cincinnati.
Toledo · OH, USA
I saw bright multi-colored lights hoovering over downtown Toledo. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star. PD))
Springboro · OH, USA
I saw a hazy oval circling a group of trees.
Delta · OH, USA
Large hovering light that changed into five separate, smaller lights.
Ironton · OH, USA
The main craft was v shaped and seemmed to make small pitches as to trying not to be noticed others were triangular or just singular li
Coitsville · OH, USA
well, it was hard to see bc of trees & i was in a car, but there were two HUGE crafts just hovering, with about four-five round lights.
Beaver · OH, USA
a white light moving in a circle.
Loveland · OH, USA
Bright white lights. Unusually low on horizon. Maneuvered like a jet/airplane cannot, hovered in air very close to my location.
Dayton · OH, USA
A bright white light over Dayton that danced around the sky at incredible speeds
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Grey Disk accelerates at incredible speed
Cincinnati · OH, USA
One star-shaped object. I thought it was Venus, being the brightest of the night stars. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
Streetsboro · OH, USA
On 10/26/2009 saw flat, triangular silver colored aircraft making loud motor noise flying low over my house very near Ohio Turnpike
Centerville · OH, USA
Very large silent craft with 4 lights moving slowly across the sky
Batavia · OH, USA
Possible 7-8 flares seen in sky
New Vienna · OH, USA
8 Lights Near New Vienna
Hamilton · OH, USA
Red-Lighted UFO