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)
Irwin · PA, USA
Right above my neighbor's house at 1st I thought it was the moon but I see the moon is Shining in an opposite direction and went right
Irwin · PA, USA
Right above my neighbor's house at 1st I thought it was the moon but dinners I see the moon is Shannon in an opposite direction a ghost
Nanticoke · PA, USA
Bright white light not shining at anything just floating
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Group of 3 red lights in a distance. They were grouped together and then split and moved to the right out of sight. About 30 seconds la
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
A friend noticed the 3 lights hovering above. It was shaped like a triangle. At first it appeared stagnant then it hovered slowly back
Garnet Valley · PA, USA
LOOKED LIKE A CURVED LIGHT BAR - VERY CLOUDY SKY - HUNG LOW IN THE SKY - NO FLASHING LIGHTS - LIGHTS ON CRAFT STEADY ON - PAUSED A LOT
Warren · PA, USA
last night me and a friend had gone on a car trip around the Kinzua Dam, The light that I saw had seemed to have 2 bright very slowly b
PA · USA
Blinking light that was in an unusual location
Beaver Falls · PA, USA
Mysterious silent moving lights in sky
Chester Springs · PA, USA
Flying triangle with three white lights on edges seen from afar and then followed car and then vanished
Honesdale · PA, USA
Look like the neighbor was flying their drone was hovering for a while (25 mins) then it flew over us realizing that it was much higher
Philadelphia · PA, USA
There were strange lights floating in the sky it almost seemed like bags of light or flashes of light but they were definitely moving p
Williamsport · PA, USA
Travel east from west very slow shines cigar shape windows along entire side about 800 ft. Long, made no noise
East Berlin · PA, USA
Bright light
Reading · PA, USA
Orange pulsating fireball of light silently flying west then slowly rising up and traveling north then disappears. It changed from red
Laughlintown · PA, USA
MADAR Node 94
Coudersport · PA, USA
Cherry Spring State Park UFO
Cross Run · PA, USA
Witnessed silent oval-shaped lights flying over Cross Run.
Bear Creek township · PA, USA
Driving home around 1130 route 115 towards bear creek i noticed a cigar shaped white or silver object in the sky siting motionless look
Dive · PA, USA
The craft was diamond shaped with three rigged circles at the bottom all silver. It was just hovering there for about two minutes then
Scottdale · PA, USA
Looks like stars, then the star like object pulses sometimes it will look like a star then change to a stick shape.((anonymous report))
Sewickley · PA, USA
Planet-like object seen before sunset then disappeared
Bethel Park · PA, USA
I was documenting the Harvest Moon with iPHONE and captured UFO on camera. I didn't notice it until a few days later when I zoomed in o
Reading · PA, USA
I was walking home from work on Spring Street. When I looked up at the Fire Tower, I seen three big lights in a single formation lift o
Allentown · PA, USA
Black rectangular craft with sodium colored lights on underside, traveling at a slow rate in a straight line, about 1500 feet AGL.