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)
Dubois · PA, USA
I saw a ball of flame and watched it for 15 minutes and it just disappeared right before my eyes.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
bright, relatively large "shooting star" or meteor
Conestoga · PA, USA
I was looking out my back window, waiting for my husband to come to bed. I saw lights in the distance (red and yellow flashing) which w
Breezewood · PA, USA
3 balls of light were in the sky. They were in a triangle formation, I heard that it might have been one ship with three lights.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Stange Craft chased away by fighters.
Latrobe · PA, USA
other happneings other than ufo's
Lancaster · PA, USA
I saw a bright light following me in the sky as I walked my dog.
Norwood · PA, USA
Three dots forming a triangle, Bright gold and glowing white. Moved up and down and sideways,slowly.Stopped and hovered then disappeare
Orwigsburg/Deer Lake Area · PA, USA
Observed 4 to 6 orange*, red*, and yellow* glowing objects surround me and my 3 freinds, and seemed to observe us more than we observed
Philadelphia (northeast) · PA, USA
While in patrol at above time notced a bright star or planet in eastern sky,approx 30 degrees above horison.Iwas looking there a few mo
Selinsgrove · PA, USA
object was travelling from north to south at about 500 feet above the ground, air speed of approx. 900 mph. reappeared approx. 10 secon
Secane · PA, USA
Awakened by flood of light through bedroom window.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
There was a bright light that slowly traveled across the sky above Philadelphia heading West.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Three circular craft in a triangle formation passed in a northerly direction
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Three round, orange, reddish balls hovering, moving, but not advancing forward. After 5 mins, one moved slowly off the the left.
Bethlehem · PA, USA
I was swimming at my aunts pool when I out and noticed a bright red flash far away and then out of no where it just appeared much close
Boalsburg · PA, USA
Blinking light observed flying west to east at extreme speed.
Blue Ridge Summit (area) · PA, USA
It was a warm summer night i was on my way to work the night sky was very clear ,and the sky was full of stars but from my view i could
New Brighton · PA, USA
I was taking a picture of a wooded area to test the resolution of my new digital camera. When I went to look at the image on my compute
King of Prussia · PA, USA
While on our roof, my two sons and I saw three glowing, noiseless orange/brown/yellow glowing objects flying fast in perfect formation
Herminie · PA, USA
Three (3) large dimly lit fuzzy lights in an "L" shape formation at very high altitude. Viewed during the Perseid meteor shower.
Langhorne · PA, USA
Green, glowing ball not quite the size of a full moon, silent, fast, sighting lasted a couple of seconds. The object passed directly o
Grove City · PA, USA
Ball of light that remains Stationary, but changes color constantly
Meadville · PA, USA
Moving light,decending,turned on large flood light,silent,light faded out and object pulled back and proceeded upwards very high at a s
Morgantown · PA, USA
Strange gaseous lights almost like the video I've seen of the Aurora Borealis, only I'm in Pennsylvania and it occurred in the southern