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)
East Springfield · PA, USA
a light in the sky going in a southeasterly direction under the clouds.the light showed around itself and on the bottom of the clouds t
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
large black triangle passed directly overhead headed NNE. height guestimate: 20,000 ft. speed was constant, similar to jet. lights on
Philadelphia (SW) · PA, USA
Saw a round object with lights flashing on the bottom in a circular motion around the object.
Mahanoy City (outside) · PA, USA
Two atvs followed by a hovering blue light.
Duryea · PA, USA
The UFO was a perfect blue oval.
Exton · PA, USA
3 cylinder objects moving east to west, 9:50 am, no sound, white with two rings in black on each craft. No wings visible.
York · PA, USA
Daytime UFO siting in York, Pennsylvania by two witnesses at place of employment.
Erie (area) · PA, USA
dark object with strobe/beacon.stationary over Interstate 90 near Erie,PA
Philadelphia (south) · PA, USA
I was visiting my mother. It was bitterly cold (approx. 15 degrees Far) And very windy. At appox.6: 02 PM I went out back into her smal
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
At 10:15 PM a bright shining object was seen ,low in the sky,hovering,going back and forth,and then slowly flying away.It was shining i
New Wilmington · PA, USA
An airplane like object was witneesed in the sky but the lights were positioned incorrectly. Upon slowing down to get a better look th
Lackawaxen · PA, USA
Since the first sighting of this craft, my son has seen it on a number of other occasions. Each time it was traveling in the same gener
Deer Lake · PA, USA
4 Unidentified AirCraft , 1 blinking a bright red , 3 others blinking a blueish green in a quad formation
Allentown · PA, USA
We were sitting in a car and looking up at a singal engine plane. Suddenly a small disc craft went flying past it. It was very close to
Pittsburgh (just south of) · PA, USA
I had observed 8-10 faint star-like lights. They were in a v formation (20,000 Ft. +) moving very quickly across the sky from West to E
Altoona · PA, USA
triangular,slow,low flying,no sound,dull/hazy red lights at each point and in between each point except for a bright flashing white lig
Bensalem · PA, USA
At about 10:20 PM I saw a bright cluster of orange and red lights moving rapidly across the sky from north to south.
State College (28 miles SE of on Rt 322W) · PA, USA
one fireball traveling east horizontally across the sky,sparked and broke into five balls one by one in a trail of sparks
Shrewsbury · PA, USA
Circular orangish-yellow lights with comet like tails flying in a line,one behind the other, from west to east in the Northern sky.
Mechanicsburg · PA, USA
Linear formation of bright amber colored lights moving west to east at about the speed of a normal airplane, but it was not an airplane
Duncannon · PA, USA
I saw one object,traveling west to east at a high rate of speed. This object was a very bright white light.
Lehighton · PA, USA
THREE OBJECTS APPEARED OVER HORIZON WITH LONG TAILS IN FORMATION
Berks County · PA, USA
Tow lights moving together picked up speed and streaked across the sky, as they made a sharp turn.
Erie (Green Township) · PA, USA
We were watching the meteor storm in the southeastern sky, and noticed a bright object rise above the tree line.In the distance off to
Dallas · PA, USA
While driving with my two friends, we noticed this craft in the sky. It sort of fluttered changing its elevation. We lost it when it we