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)
Reading · PA, USA
3 Large Fireballs rose from ground in succession and followed each other West to East across sky into Heat Lightening near Reading, PA
New Freedom · PA, USA
UFO sighting over a carnival in Southern York County, Pennsylvania, caught on camera.
Millersburg · PA, USA
A bright white ball like object was spotted flying near a mountain, then disappearing.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
Orange "fireball" over bloomfield during Gallery Crawl
Allentown · PA, USA
Orange/ yellowish orb floating through sky
Sharon · PA, USA
Moving fireball that climbed up, then disappeared.
Jersey Shore · PA, USA
Multiple glowing orbs from horizon to cloud height, sometimes in triangle formation.
Oaks · PA, USA
Three orange orbs traveling across night sky
Altoona · PA, USA
Orange colored light moving in multiple directions and hovering unlike any helicopter or airplane then disappearing suddenly. Over PA
Johnstown · PA, USA
Fireball like object across Cambria county in Pennsylvania, US.
Doylestown · PA, USA
DARK RECTANGLE WITH ABOUT 16 LIGHTS UNDER IT (2 rows of 8) MOVING SLOW AND LOW!
West Middlesex · PA, USA
Saw very fast moving object high in the sky heading from South to North which was round and yellowish red in color.
Reading · PA, USA
Light moving in the sky. ((anonymous report))
Mechanicsburg · PA, USA
Strange ball of light flashed in and disappears.
Stonington · PA, USA
2 Bright lightly strobing objects in the area of the Constellation Scorpius.
North Versailles · PA, USA
Several dozen orange lights in the sky over North Versailles Pa on July 13, 2012, around 21:15 hours
Erie · PA, USA
We saw 3 orange lights about 50-100 feet apart moving in tandem up in the sky.
Industry · PA, USA
We viewed a firey orange globe come into sight, stagger, then disasseapear at the pace of an airliner.
Fisher · PA, USA
7 fiery pulsating lobes seen rising from woods near Fisher, PA on July 14, 2012
Gettysburg · PA, USA
Delta wing, no lights, walnut shaped pod on underside with rectangular row of ports with grenishgrayish glow
Johnstown · PA, USA
3 Glowing orbs in triangle formation johnstown, PA
Reading · PA, USA
My wife and I saw one fiery red/orange orb that was ascending vertically as it traveled SSE over Reading, PA around 9:50 PM on 7/21/12.
Orefield · PA, USA
Orange orbs over night sky in Lehigh Valley, PA
Sewickley · PA, USA
Orange fireball traveling across sky
Lakewood · PA, USA
A strange object in the sky, portrayed a beam of light, as I took the picturee of it, it suddenly vanished.