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)
Clarksburg · WV, USA
tHE OBJECT MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND UP AND DOWN AND WAS GONE IN A FLASH
Alloy · WV, USA
Saucer seen briefly over road - may have landed
Parkersburg · WV, USA
Multi-colored craft hovering above me.
Clarksburg · WV, USA
Asatched the light travel back and forth and uyou could see no craft. When the light went off, oh my God.
Kenna · WV, USA
Round object with lights hovered for a wile and then accelerated increadably fast, not of this world.
Ranger · WV, USA
Late night summer of 1979. Three triangle shaped craft.
Van (Van Park) · WV, USA
This cigar shaped craft was about 200 feet from us and only about 100 foot up from the ground. It was just at the top of the trees an
Culloden · WV, USA
We had been to a bonfire on a friends farm. As we were returning home, we were passing through this small town when I looked at the dr
Morgantown · WV, USA
This happened quite awhile back and I never reported it, but with all the attention recently, I tell people I think I saw one, and they
St. Albans · WV, USA
I saw a white circular object hover in the air and dart behind a cloud.
Dunbar/Institute · WV, USA
Back in the Summer of 1976 on the campus of West Virginia State University (WV State College then) My boyfriend and I were parked behin
Unspecified location in WV · WV, USA
Mercedes shaped red UFO
Triadelphia · WV, USA
Craft hovered over the pond, silently with its lights on.
Weirton · WV, USA
Upon coming home one evening in the early spring, I saw in the eastern horizon three circular objects that looked like three full mooon
Colliers · WV, USA
There was a lighted object in the summer sky; I knew it couldn't be ours.
Philippi · WV, USA
A report from Philippi, WV in May 1974 described an object making repeated, inexplicable movements across the night sky following a thunderstorm, lasting 20 minutes.
Martinsburg · WV, USA
A report from Martinsburg, WV in July 1973 described a floating, disc-shaped object making numerous quick course changes, followed by an aircraft appearing to search the area, lasting 5 - 10 minutes.
Hillsboro · WV, USA
Largo red object sitting over a ridge. If indeed it was hovering over this ridge it was very large. Well over 100 feet. It attracted my
Danese · WV, USA
Witnesses in Danese, West Virginia reported an object at an estimated 1,500 mph that stopped instantly, showing bright search-light-like lights silently, for about five minutes in July 1971.
Genoa · WV, USA
Two siblings in Genoa, West Virginia reported a cigar-shaped object moving quietly and very slowly overhead for about five minutes in July 1971.
Lewisburg · WV, USA
A witness near Lewisburg, West Virginia, observed a triangular object hovering silently for about fifteen minutes one night in May 1971.
New Martinsville · WV, USA
A color-changing light was reported following a car near New Martinsville, West Virginia, in May 1971, for about ten minutes.
Ranson · WV, USA
Orange cylindrical/hexagonal, motionless object, emitting no sound, above the tree line. A rod descended from the bottom.
Anjean · WV, USA
We were standing by our car parked at Anjean, WV waiting for my brother after a good day of ruff grouse hunting. The first saucer came
Barboursville · WV, USA
Witnesses in Barboursville, West Virginia, reported a spherical object during a sighting lasting three to four minutes in the fall of 1967.