UFO Sightings in Virginia
2,512 UFO sightings reported in Virginia since 1945, peaking in 2013 (205 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,512
- Span
- 1945–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (205 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1945–2022 · peak 2013 (205 reports)
Top cities in Virginia
Virginia Beach
1963–2020 · peak 2013 (18 reports)
Richmond
1975–2022 · peak 2013 (15 reports)
Alexandria
1963–2021 · peak 2019 (42 reports)
Chesapeake
1974–2020 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Roanoke
1972–2022 · peak 2017 (10 reports)
Fredericksburg
1979–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Norfolk
1956–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Fairfax
1969–2020 · peak 2019 (16 reports)
Arlington
1952–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Woodbridge
1975–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Manassas
1980–2020 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Portsmouth
1945–2020 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Hampton
1973–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Charlottesville
1983–2021 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Newport News
1980–2021 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Stafford
1997–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Lynchburg
2000–2021 · peak 2005 (4 reports)
Williamsburg
1977–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Winchester
1984–2022 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Danville
1986–2018 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Richmond · VA, USA
Three bright lights in the sky making a triangle.
Colonial Heights · VA, USA
Three Bright Red Triangles sighted Twice in Colonial Heights
Norfolk · VA, USA
White lights, V-formation jetted thru sky then turned left and disappeared
Burke · VA, USA
Was driving, thought it was glare, so rolled down the window. Got out, observed for a bit, then found the other people and asked them i
Burke · VA, USA
Bright orange spheres hovering and moving.
Dulles (Fairfax/Loudon) · VA, USA
Rare White Light of Unknown Origin with Pulse/Strobe/Ovalblanket
Ashburn · VA, USA
Some appeared out of nowhere, 1 hovered for several minutes and 2 change direction and then get back into formation.
Strasburg · VA, USA
My fiancee and myself witnessed several flashes which lit up the northern sky. Some flashes varied in color; mostly red or blue. Weathe
Middletown · VA, USA
Simultaneous flashes of lights
Fredriksburg · VA, USA
Unidentified flying objects near Fredricksburg
Centreville · VA, USA
Object with lighted sphere in center and red/blue/green triangles on either side.
Radford · VA, USA
Saw two flashing lights, blue-green light fell from sky. Moving slow, many helicopers following.
Leesburg · VA, USA
Large, unknown silver object near Dulles; stationary.
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
Orange/red blurred lights in the shape of a triangle moving across the sky then disappeared.
Lynchburg · VA, USA
Lynchburg orb seen on Simons run and memorial by witnesses
Chantilly · VA, USA
There are four bright circles moving around in a circle, then converging together in the middle.
Winchester · VA, USA
I was driving home from work yesterday and as I was going down Route 340 towards Berryville,VA I saw numerous oval shaped lights just h
Chesapeake · VA, USA
A formation of several orange circular lights gliding through the sky.
Chesapeake · VA, USA
7 to 8 orange balls in a line, 4 additional balls from top left coming down T an angle.no sound and I followed it across th sky as f
Burke · VA, USA
Three very faint lights in a small triangular shape moving very fast across the sky
Stafford · VA, USA
Circular glowing objects flying in the sky.
Stafford · VA, USA
My husband and I saw a swarm of bright-colored (red and white) objects floating noiselessly very low to the ground.
Stafford · VA, USA
10-12 orange or reddish fireballs were seen high in the sky. They did not streak across the sky, but merely floated.
Stafford · VA, USA
Luminous Bright Orange Lightballs Traveling in a Pattern in Stafford VA
Leesburg · VA, USA
16+ Orange Blumes in scatter straight line moving from the northwest to southeast