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)
Elizabethtown · PA, USA
2 red fireball objects rose into air close to Elizabethtown college campus and hovered for approximately 20 seconds until they moved in
Donora · PA, USA
15-20 glowing egg-shaped lights, no sound, shared trajectory and elevation.
Munhall · PA, USA
Three objects, orange, silent, two in the lead, one behind. Looked like a fireball, but a chevron shape. Traveling east to northwest
Beltzville · PA, USA
Bright flash in sky.
Horsham · PA, USA
HI SPEED OBJECT.
Morgantown · PA, USA
Not a UFO. Looked like a shooting star/meteorite. From SW to SE an orange fireball lit up the sky.
Reading · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) Geese-like formation.
Homestead · PA, USA
Very unusual, with a flight pattern, and Strang sounds.
Southampton · PA, USA
Large triangle with blinking lights that moved erratically with motions impossible by our aircrafts.
Camphill · PA, USA
Two objects hovering changing colors from red, blue and white for hours. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" stars?? PD))
Mifflin Park · PA, USA
Yellow orange sphere.
Emmaus · PA, USA
wife & I both observed,looked thru binaculars still could not make out clearly
Dover · PA, USA
Stationary object with flashing multicolored lights
Plum · PA, USA
Four bright orange lights over Plum, PA.
Pottstown · PA, USA
Appeared to be a slow moving shooting star.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
From Phila. looking SE I observed an orange orb that traveled down and then away from my sight.
Willow Street · PA, USA
Anyone see strange orange lights over Willow Street Pa 9/27/14 ?
Hollidaysburg · PA, USA
Spheres of red/orange lights.
Willow Grove · PA, USA
3 orange fireball orbs.
Philadelphia area · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) A fireball UFO ascends from ground level into outer space.
Monroeville · PA, USA
Very bright orange lights.
Franklin · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) A tube shaped UFO with one wing grey in color no windows flew E to W reappeared and went south to north ans disappeared.
Imperial · PA, USA
4 bright circles in the dark sky
Wilson · PA, USA
Three bright orange/red lights hovering above Rt. 22 forming in an acute triangle.
Allentown · PA, USA
I saw a red light in the shape of a circle appear in the middle of the sky.