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)
Dushore · PA, USA
Near Dushore, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1965, a witness reported a disk-shaped object that moved silently, alternating between very slow and very fast speeds, over five minutes.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 2, 1965, a witness reported a disk-shaped object in the sky, observed for about five minutes.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1965, witnesses reported a circular saucer-like object about 500 feet up making sharp, square-angled turns in clear blue sky.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1965, a witness reported a disk-shaped object emerging low from a cloud into clear blue sky, observed for about a minute.
South Huntington · PA, USA
Disc with orange/yellow lights.
New Kensington · PA, USA
Ufo over filled stadium
Titusville · PA, USA
Man recalls back in the 1960's of three trangular shaped objects moving northwest over his hometown toward Lake Erie in the night sky.
Dubois · PA, USA
huge disk/saucer with blinking lights.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Over Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 2, 1965, a witness reported a translucent orange-yellow-white oval orb with a bright center streaking from west to east in about 20 seconds.
Harrisburg · PA, USA
I'm not sure of the exact date.
Bethlehem · PA, USA
An anonymous witness in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania reported a large, geometrically shaped object shortly after sunrise in June 1965. The sighting duration was not recorded.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
A witness in eastern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania reported a slow-moving, bright orange, spherical object that accelerated eastward, reportedly followed by fighter jets, lasting five minutes, June 1965.
New Kensington · PA, USA
3 hours in a UFO.
Pottstown · PA, USA
A witness who was 10 years old at the time reported a yellow, plane-canopy-shaped object over a neighbor's house in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, lasting about 30 seconds, June 1965.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A cylinder shaped vessel decended then hovered. It was the size of a bus but larger in diameter. The craft had no wings, windows, tail,
Philadelphia · PA, USA
A witness in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania described a brilliantly lit, cigar-shaped object about the size of a city bus during a close-range encounter, lasting about five minutes, June 1965.
York County (rural area) · PA, USA
A witness in rural York County, Pennsylvania reported a daylight sighting of a burnished aluminum, oval-shaped saucer, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in May 1965.
Nesquehoning · PA, USA
Witnesses in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania reported three lights arranged in a triangle on April 1, 1965, also seen over nearby Shenandoah, in a sighting lasting about one minute.
Newtown Square · PA, USA
cars stopped, triangular craft on ground, rose up in air, quiet low humming sound, white light on each corner, in seconds it was gone
Duquesne · PA, USA
Multiple witnesses in Duquesne, Pennsylvania reported a silver, cigar-shaped object moving at varying speeds without sound, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in August 1964.
PA · USA
A witness in Pennsylvania reported a bright, silent light in the sky in July 1964, in a brief sighting lasting about 10 seconds.
Butler · PA, USA
NOT A CRAFT,A BEING,ALL BLACK,PONTED HANDS AND FEET/SAW NO EARS OR NOSE/SLIT FOR MOUTH/VERY SMOOTH TEXTURE/SAW IN WOODS WHILE SLEDRIDIN
Johnstown · PA, USA
A witness in Johnstown, Pennsylvania described a very large, flat rectangular object with a rotating, illuminated dome underneath, seen for three to five minutes in June 1963.
Russellton · PA, USA
Witnesses near Russellton, Pennsylvania reported a spherical object in April 1963, with the sighting said to have lasted about 10 minutes. No further details were recorded.
Ellwood City · PA, USA
came down never touched ground had mist like around it, about 1 yard wide wide, hovered off ground right where I was sitting for about