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)
Wexford · PA, USA
Bright orange cylinder spiraled in sky
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Orange Objects Ascending Over Philadelphia
Mountville · PA, USA
Small changing light moving different directions. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a "twinkling" star?? PD))
Allentown · PA, USA
Adult male claims that five witnesses had witnessed 44 yellow "orbs" in nighttime sky.
Berwick · PA, USA
Triangle UFO with Large Bright Center Light.
West Mifflin · PA, USA
Standing on the porch talking on the landline phone, a bright orange ball with a tail-like flame appeared over a neighbor’s home moving
Quakertown · PA, USA
3 Orange lights in the sky, moving then disappeared. Then the 4th seen then disappeared.
Spring Mount · PA, USA
I looked across the creek at the tree line and saw a bright orange light start to slowly rise vertically above the trees.
Millersville · PA, USA
Three strange lights dancing in the distance.
Lancaster · PA, USA
Convoy of lights moving northbound across the PA sky.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Driving across the Glenfied Bridge, northbound, saw an odd shape as i was looking southeast down the Ohio. It wasn't a plane. It wa
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
I'm conflicted. I had another sighting, and I was challenged by you of filing a false report. ((NUFORC Note: See comment below. PD)
Philadelphia · PA, USA
22:00- black sky, medium cloud cover. I was about to cross the street, but i looked up and noticed a soft white light heading northeast
Newtown · PA, USA
3 flashes with projectile trail leaving each....probable ASAT test..but whose...?
Somerset · PA, USA
4 fireballs in formation beam across Somerset, PA sky before vanishing into the night.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
2 fireball objects over philly.
Duncannon · PA, USA
Viewed a bright light in the sky, fading in and out until it disappeared.
North Versailles · PA, USA
Light formation in the northern sector of the sky making erratic moves up down left to right. Often times did a bouncing formation.
Richboro · PA, USA
Yellowish/Orange lights in a formation of a "Q" Oval shaped then gone in seconds.
Ashfield · PA, USA
A light appear in the sky out of nowhere and changed direction at a slow moving pace until it vanished.
Enola · PA, USA
Sting ray shape, ambient colorless orbs on bottom.
Finleyville · PA, USA
Four orange globes
Mechanicsburg · PA, USA
Ball of flames moving slowly across the night sky and witnessed by 4 people.
Ligonier · PA, USA
Orange light disappeared after being flashed by laser
Buckingham · PA, USA
Rectangular floating object, 4X the size of a hot air balloon, but at about the same height as hot air balloon travels. Grayish.