UFO Sightings in West Virginia
851 UFO sightings reported in West Virginia since 1944, peaking in 2012 (63 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 851
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (63 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2022 · peak 2012 (63 reports)
Top cities in West Virginia
Huntington
1966–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Morgantown
1978–2022 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Charleston
1997–2022 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Martinsburg
1973–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Parkersburg
1980–2021 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Beckley
1984–2021 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Wheeling
1986–2013 · peak 2004 (5 reports)
Clarksburg
1979–2022 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Princeton
2001–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Barboursville
1967–2018 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Fairmont
1995–2016 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Hedgesville
1996–2019 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Moundsville
1998–2020 · peak 1998 (3 reports)
Hurricane
1997–2019 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Lewisburg
1971–2021 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Summersville
1999–2019 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Fayetteville
2010–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Weirton
1956–2022 · peak 2022 (3 reports)
Milton
1966–2014 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Oak Hill
1996–2021 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Morgantown · WV, USA
triangle shape with a light on each tip of the triangle. a red light on the top tip of the triangle.
Philippi · WV, USA
dont understand how this happend
Normantown · WV, USA
Stationary, star-like white lights suddenly approached and passed directly overhead
Grafton · WV, USA
Orange light hovering from east to west over town
Grafton · WV, USA
Orange Orb in West Virginia
Newell · WV, USA
3 balls of orange light hovering over a football field spinning and extending and retracting, then flew across the Ohio River and was g
Bishop · WV, USA
Bright lights, that were stationary over Bishop, WV, suddenly took off like a shooting star.
Davis · WV, USA
Large Flickering Light
Lavalette · WV, USA
Satellite looking object made erratic movement in daylight in clear skys near Huntington WV.
Kenova · WV, USA
I saw a large, bright circular light, followed by a lot of "sparks".
Martinsburg · WV, USA
stationary object opened from the bottom a spotlight type beam that slowly brightened /expanded then faded away slowly then up in sky
Romney · WV, USA
This took place before sunset and appeared in the Eastern sky. It was in the shape of a flashlight (lighted part) and appeared for 10 s
Charles Town · WV, USA
Hazy blue then bright white darting light
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Object made 3 - 90 degree turns and then disappeared.
Hartford · WV, USA
My friends and i saw a bright light crossing the nights sky that i know was not a plane!
Chester · WV, USA
Observed steady, stationary red light in the sky for several minutes; pulsed & disappeared in 3-4 seconds
Chester · WV, USA
Large, steady red light. Observed 6 minutes minimal motion, accelerated and disappeared in 10 seconds.
Masontown · WV, USA
bright yellow boomerang shaped formation, there one minute and gone the next
Charleston (West of I-77) · WV, USA
Large craft spotted west of I-77
Moundsville · WV, USA
22:15pm Moundsville,WV Circle of light 5minutes duration Brite light over Moundsville 7 / 11 / 2009
Buckhannon · WV, USA
Boom like a firework. Bright light lit up the entire sky. Circle shape shot through the sky. Leaving behind a glowing neon (purple/blue
Middlebourne · WV, USA
Two strange lights in the sky over WV. ((NUFORC Note: Overflight of ISS. PD))
Bridgeport · WV, USA
TWO STRANGE LIGHTS SEEN WHILE WATCHING SPACE STATION - ONE IN N.W., ONE TAILING STATION
Grafton · WV, USA
A group of small red, white and gold blinking lights flying over my house in West Virginia.
St. George · WV, USA
orange light in south