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)
Borderland · WV, USA
it lighted up our living room- also it can come in your house through the wall-or door and can get in your dreams-and also make you pre
Odd · WV, USA
black triangular shaped aircraft photographed during the day. ((NUFORC Note: Object probably is a bat, or a butterfly. PD))
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Bright white light flying in the sky, hovering and diapeared before our eyes. ((NUFORC Note: Satellite?? PD))
Gay · WV, USA
White light going accross the sky horizontally at a rapid speed, then turned red and disapeared
Huntington · WV, USA
cigar shape objects came from the South heading toward the Ohio River to the North
Lost River · WV, USA
White light fell from sky and bounced
Man · WV, USA
One unexplained craft flying in the sky changing colors.
Harrisville · WV, USA
Lime green bar of light in evening sky.
Glenville · WV, USA
Orage orb over Glenville WV
Charleston · WV, USA
statinary object,strange plasma lights that moved slowly from left to right, not airplane, maybe satelite
Seattle · WV, USA
Triangular craft speeds across the sky over Seattle!!
Letart · WV, USA
Bright light appeared and lost time now having weird dreams
Martinsburg · WV, USA
I saw a red ball in the sky not that high off the ground and it dissapeared
Montcalm · WV, USA
Aircraft following a possible UFO?
Shepherdstown · WV, USA
I saw a bright light outside of my window.
Parkersburg (outside of) · WV, USA
2 Witness's Saw A Stationary Object Hovering Near A Cell Phone Tower. "Object was Hugh" Changed from Red To Amber Color "No Sound"
Rachel · WV, USA
Moving light gets swallowed up by the moon.
Falling Waters · WV, USA
Starlike object which dissapeared very strangely.
Huntington · WV, USA
I and my girlfriend watched a silvery luminous football shaped object.
Ashton · WV, USA
2 UFOs in rural WV town moving in motions impossible by normal aircraft.
Willow Island · WV, USA
Round silver ball above the Ohio river.
Cameron · WV, USA
((HOAX??)) The objects were floating above a pond and continued to float there for around 5 minutes.
Daniels · WV, USA
18:20 hours, 235 degrees southwest twinkling and moving object seen.
Warwood · WV, USA
Large formation of lights streaking east to west
Crown Hill · WV, USA
One huge Black triange with white lights followed by a second smaller triangle with blue lights