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)
Wallops Island VA · VA, USA
football sized sphere , slowly at first then moved quick to another location, stopped then gone, got pics
Ashburn · VA, USA
It was 12:15am April 3, 2008. My mom and brother had just gone to bed, and i was awake in my room. I was just about to go to sleep when
Abingdon · VA, USA
Plane follows unexplained light
Lakeridge · VA, USA
AEROHEAD SHAPED CRAFT, SKIMMING OVER TREE LINE, MAKEING HISSING SOUND
Pounding Mill · VA, USA
Craft with bright lights of white and blue hover low then high then craft with red light appears to leave from first craft.
Forest · VA, USA
It was swirling around in the sky, then changed from a blue color to a yellow and gained a great ammount of speed.
Stafford · VA, USA
extremely large object hovering over the tree tops, then vanished w/o a trace
Danville · VA, USA
Bright flickering sphere without sound stays in position for almost 5 minutes.
Woodbridge · VA, USA
Many odd behaving lights hover above trees, then rise in the sky, moving strangly and not making noises.
Springfield · VA, USA
I drove right underneath the craft as it crossed over the road right by the Sunoco gas station located on the Gambrill road exit ramp.
Hampton · VA, USA
Strange Lights Near Langley Air Force Base...But these are no man made craft!
Sandston · VA, USA
Bright, Silent & Hovering
Newport News · VA, USA
Bright orange spherical object moving very quickly from SW to NE in steady, soundless flight.
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
orange lights in southern VA
VA · USA
((HOAX??)) I saw this thing just fall out of the sky like it was a shooting star, but it Didnt go away quickly.
Fincastle · VA, USA
Illuminated objects and face captured on wildlife camera on Feb. 10 2008 in Virginia
Newport News · VA, USA
saucer shaped craft at extreme close distance
Richmond · VA, USA
Myself and son had just driven over the state line of North Carolina going into Virginia.we were on the highway and seemed to be the on
Williamsburg · VA, USA
Triangular formation of three white lights
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
Square object with 5 lights-silent, flies 50 feet above the ground. Sharp 90 degree turns. High speed.
Salem (south of) · VA, USA
Light in the ski far south of Salem Virginia on a clear late afternoon.
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
3 starish kind of things, orangish, in a formation of a triangle. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
multiple dark shades in an otherwise clear blue sky above high rise
Dale City · VA, USA
circel deep blue flash light in Dale city
Windsor · VA, USA
two lights shoot from East to West in Virginia