UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania
4,650 UFO sightings reported in Pennsylvania since 1947, peaking in 2014 (382 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,650
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (382 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2014 (382 reports)
Top cities in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
1947–2022 · peak 2014 (20 reports)
Pittsburgh
1950–2022 · peak 2013 (21 reports)
Reading
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Allentown
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Erie
1969–2021 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
York
1968–2022 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Harrisburg
1965–2022 · peak 2014 (8 reports)
Lancaster
1975–2021 · peak 2011 (5 reports)
West Chester
1973–2021 · peak 2009 (7 reports)
Easton
1998–2019 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Johnstown
1951–2019 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Bethlehem
1965–2022 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
State College
1968–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Williamsport
1957–2020 · peak 2002 (4 reports)
Wilkes-Barre
1973–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Mechanicsburg
1973–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Millerton
2012–2021 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Downingtown
1985–2022 · peak 2007 (3 reports)
Pottstown
1965–2021 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Altoona
1951–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
daytime sighting, no clouds just blue sky and a very bright white light. i took pictures
Perryopolis/Uniontown (rural area) · PA, USA
a vertical stack of stationary brilliant white lights.
Smock · PA, USA
vertical stack of brillaint white lights.
Latrobe · PA, USA
Sphere of light changing to a cigar shaped object hovering in the sky.
Meadville · PA, USA
Somebody deliberately blew something up in space, which entered our atmosphere as a fire ball and fell beyond the horizon
Glen Mills · PA, USA
Photo's taken of UFO's near Rainbow. ((NUFORC Note: Photos appear ambiguous to us. May be birds, or insects, in flight. PD))
Curtisville · PA, USA
Happend tonight and last night never seen anything like this
Philadelphia (Penn's Landing) · PA, USA
UFO seen during June 27th fireworks at Penn's Landing
Uniontown · PA, USA
Saw a triangular shaped object in the night sky above the Uniontown Mall, and moved very quickly with lights.
Route 81 · PA, USA
silver metallic boomerang shaped object in PA
Monongahela · PA, USA
Floating saucer over Mononongahela Valley Country Club in Monongahela, Pa.
New Oxford · PA, USA
Circular craft over new oxford.
Bensalem · PA, USA
Satellite Debris Perhaps?
Sligo · PA, USA
Rising amber light very slowly rises then gives way to blinking red lights before speeding away to the north sky.
Harleysville · PA, USA
triangle shaped craft making loud humming noises
Sharon · PA, USA
round light moved at regular speed moving out of Earth's atmosphere
Clarks Summit · PA, USA
an orange/amber light flying across sky
Sharon · PA, USA
Round white light speeding over us then just disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
Fombell · PA, USA
single white light moving from northwest to southeast, very quiet, sped up slowed down, boxy like travel
Bethel Park · PA, USA
I was sitting on my back deck and noticed an object moving eradically across the sky> I then saw a second object intersecting the path
Yardley · PA, USA
shiny silvery fast moving silent object seen in daylight
Erie · PA, USA
Orange orb/fireball seen across sky.
Plymouth · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) at night a kid saw a spaceship disappear in a star in the sky in plymouth pensilvaina.
East Berlin · PA, USA
black spot in photo from spy cam
Horsham · PA, USA
Triangle