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)
Mount Carmel · PA, USA
There was ine main craft spining and then behind the main craft was three other that would appear and disappear at random.
Bethel · PA, USA
I noticed a super reflective shiny object in the southern sky. ((anonymous report))
Erie · PA, USA
Above Ainsworth baseball field.. Thought it (was the) size of (a) 737.
Effort · PA, USA
On the night of August 30, 2019, my wife and were standing on our deck observing the sky. It was a very clear night full of stars.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Spinning flying object in Philadelphia, silver and shiny like appearance. Captured it on video
York · PA, USA
Two objects apparently the same size, shape, color, movement sitting in the same place, one for thirty-five days, the other the same.
Lebanon · PA, USA
UFO or Government object looking like a big airplane with red and blue lights
Cecil · PA, USA
Bright Red/Orange Sphere.
Erie · PA, USA
Orange sphere observed flying south to north
Greensburg · PA, USA
Unidentifiable lights moving slowly perfectly spaced apart. ((anonymous report))
Dallastown · PA, USA
I've seen this bright light for the past 10 years in dallastown/spry area. It is erratic, moves backwards. Forward, up, down and is rat
Penna Turnpike I-476 S Lehigh Tunnel · PA, USA
Triangle shaped silent aircraft with two white lights and red light underneath seen on Penna Turnpike I-476 S right after Lehigh Tunnel
Sunbury · PA, USA
either a UFO or a experimental airplane.
Mckeesport · PA, USA
Red blinking light went straight up, then W to S gets smaller and disappears, second light moves same as first but W to N.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
UFO was going about 70 or more mph over a river. It was gone within a blink of an eye. It looked like a circle then a ring around it.
Meadville · PA, USA
Shiny high velocity object following airliners performng extreme manuvers.
Altoona · PA, USA
Bright orange big light quiet, appeared to the south moved across the sky & got dimmer then dissipated, repeated 5 times over 1/2 hour.
Johnstown · PA, USA
Stationary object wth red and white blinking lights in the night time sky
Lancaster · PA, USA
While sitting on my porch talking with my wife and daughter in East Lampeter Pennsylvania I noticed 2 lights back to back in the night
Philipsburg · PA, USA
Bright orange lights coming out of the western sky, one after another, banking to the left, rising and then disappearing (going black).
Sharon · PA, USA
There was 20 high in the sky but one but low to the ground. I seen. It and took off inside
Bridgeville · PA, USA
Bright lights on black hovering craft (250ft in air)
Williamsport · PA, USA
White orb.
Millersville · PA, USA
Morphing Teardrop UAP hovering in rural PA at sunrise.
Wernersville · PA, USA
@~10am this morning, something crossed the entire sky and went over our house in roughly 2 seconds. ((anonymous report))