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Pennsylvania UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 236 UFO sighting reports in Pennsylvania from 2019 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (31 reports, 13.14% of total).
- October is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (42 reports, 17.80% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (46 reports, 19.49% of total).
- 10/05/19 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (14 reports, 5.93% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (87 reports, 36.86% of total).
Pennsylvania UFO Sighting Reports in 2019
This is a sampling of 20 Pennsylvania UFO reports from 2019, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.
You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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MADAR Node 121.
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MADAR Node 68.
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Regularly noted (over at least the past year), unknown bright white objects in night sky, which seem to be geometrically aligned. Three bright white circular objects that appeared to be stationary. Sometimes I have seen flashing (?rotating?) blue and red lights, or bright circular white flashing lights.
No green lights noted. No sound heard. Hard to tell height from ground, but they are high in the sky.
Seem to be at 60-90 degree compass points from each other. I have seen very fast flying objects at different times as well. I typically stay up late in the night, and have seen these objects regularly over the past year (when sky is clear).
Times vary but from 2100-0200 hours on various nights. Am not sure whether they are present (but not visible) during daylight hours. Multiple neighbors have also seen them.
Reported to local police some time ago. My father was a pilot and I grew up flying and watching the sky. These objects are unlike anything I have ever seen before.
They capture my attention because I can’t figure out what they are.I thought they might be military-related due to our location and close proximity to secure government sites. Now I am reporting to you, since there is news of “drone sightings” in other states.
Pictures taken from cell phone showed tiny object in vast night sky. Did not seem to represent scale of what I am seeing with my naked eye.
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MADAR Node 121.
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strange neverbefore seen 2 very bright triangles in PA night sky no moonout or other lights it was in country. My friend called me about 6:30 local time herein Pa She was driving home from a gathering with her friends when she saw the what she described as 2 large triangles like melted together and THEY WERE VERY BRIGHT in the night sky. it was dark and no moon or other lights as she lives in a very rural area.
I have not talked with her as of yet because i had my phone off recharging when she called and left the message . She was on PA route 24 near Winterstown Pa . this woman is a widow of just a few years and we have been chatting on phone as well as email she is very respectable and has a large family nearby.
she was wondering about the meaning of seeing these because I have been sharing that the Lord Jesus is coming back soon and we need to be ready. and we are to be ready for that day when he comes again to rapture us out of this world.
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Very weird,,,,you have to see it to believe it. The object is of a round design ,black in nature,and it appears to be in front of an object that looks like the sun.it has, what looks like little antennas coming out of three side,and a ray of light heading toward my trail camera.
i do have a picture of this object. There is also a cat in the picture that is close to this object, that it is not disturbed. Also, this object looks like the object that was photographed from a fighter jet awhile back.
But this object seems to be small in nature.at 10:35 in the morning the sun is above our house, not 5 feet above a 3 foot retaining wall. this is a real weird picture.
never seen anything like this.
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There were 8 small silent craft flying from the southwest to the northeast They had red lights and we're silent Approximately 15 seconds apart flying in the same direction Five minutes later there was one more I would guess the altitude at 3000 ft.
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MADAR Node 94.
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Nevesink Mountain large glowing orb Observed on Nevesink Mountain. Bright area of glowing red. Thought it was a fire.
I was approx 1 mile away from mountain with a clear view of it. Then light slowly started to rise and continued straight up until it disappeared. Odd shape like 2 concentric circles.
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MADAR Node 94.
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Witness to triangle style craft. View was from rt1/Longwood area looking south/south east. Seemed travel was also traveling south or south east.
It definitely crossed rt1. White solid round lights located each side of triangle assuming was bottom. Clear sky, no plane traffic and no sound.
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Hello, My wife and I been seeing these objects in the sky since last year , it started with just one now there are about 6 high in the sky at the same locations every night , they pretty much stay in one area , you can see blinking lights on them , they are in the sky for hours at a time we are so curious what this may be, I’m not saying they are ufo’s put something is in our sky’s every night hovering, I really would like somebody to come to our home to investigate this. Please call.
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Diamond shaped, noiseless, hovering about a 1000 feet above ground. On route 183, on the way to Kozars Christmas Village. Then again several more times hovering and slowly moving noiseless above Christmas Village.
Made several slow passes at what seemed about a thousand feet above ground. When we drove home about ten miles away we again saw it moving north west towards Harrisburg, Pa.
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Triangular shaped unidentifiied object with green,red,whit light hovering in sky in Montgomery county pa Object only hovered and was triangular in shape with green and red lights .object has now moved slightly and is still hovering but with white and green lights .there are now almost a hour later a total of four with green and white and one with red litghts .
dogs began frantically barking provoking neighbors to come outside as well.
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Gray triangle with large dim lights on each point. Shortly after entering our hot tub on Thursday evening (12/19/19), my wife saw what she described as a triangular shaped object move rapidly east to west across the sky. She said it was gray in color with large glowing lights at each point.
It traveled in a straight line and was visible for approximately 6 seconds. Three nights later (12/22/19) we were in the tub again. A few minutes after entering the tub my wife yelled “There’s something in the sky! There’s something in the sky!” this time I saw it too.
She described it as a boomerang shaped object with smaller glowing lights. It was visible for about 5 seconds. I was unable to discern a shape myself, but could see the dimly lit lights.
The odd thing about it, aside from the experience itself, is that these sightings were almost at the exact same time each night (18:10). The sightings were at night with a clear star lite sky behind them. These objects did not make any noticeable sound.
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Exeter, Exeter Township, Reading, PA around 6:00 PM/ET, I noticed a bright yellow sphere/orb in the sky. It just stayed there, not moving. I saw airplanes fly over and under it and it was bigger than them.
I asked my son-in-law to come outside and look at it and he thought it was strange. It was too big to be a drone or weather balloon. It hovered in the sky for about 40 minutes and disappeared after I took pictures of it with my cell phone.
This is the second time I’ve seen something similar to this in the area. My last report was on 10/05/19 in Mount Penn which was posted on this site. I have pictures of that sighting as well.
Also interesting to note was there were a bunch of sightings on 10/05/19 in the area surrounding Mount Penn with photos and a video of this object. I used an ultraviolet filter on the 12/19 photograph and the outline faintly resembles the shape of the picture I took on 10/05/19. I am a paralegal and work in the law department for a large insurance company.
I don’t have any explanation for these things but I find it fascinating.
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Went out for a smoke about 9pm. I saw a diamond shaped craft with a dim white lights on each corner with a blinking red light that flashed on and off. The shape was that of a kite with the longer legs trailing, the red light was even with two of the white lights.
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Second sighting I've ever had these were a narrower example of most triangle sightings At 9:55pm I observed two crafts hovering side by side one another I was looking thru my kitchen window of my 2nd floor apt it faces south towards Delaware it was cloudy but no rain approx. Distance was was unobstructed both craft made no noise nor movement they remained above the tree line which was maybe 250 ft from that line they basically appeared size would be about the size of a ch 47 chinok twin rotor troop carrier lights were red and white they made no movement or sway and the funny part of the whole sighting was they appeared remained in place than after a few mins disappeared I've lived in the area for quite awhile know the air traffic this has my second ever sighting.
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I witnessed this event beginning at 6:15 am until approx. 6:23 am this morning, 12/11/2019. It was a steady stream of “stars” moving at an even pace in a line SW to SE, evenly spaced with an occasional one closer together.
I saw dozens and dozens of the objects through this time. I witnessed it for over 5 minutes and saw it end, but of course don’t know when it started. At the end of the stream what appeared to be an airplane was in the location of the end of the stream.
It had blinking lights, and at first I thought it was moving erratically, but seemed to end up moving steadily across the sky. During this time I also noticed 2 falling stars, though the first things I noticed when first going outside were at least 2 “stars” moving across the sky (one N to S, the other more E to W) before I noticed the stream. I tried to video the event on my phone, and have 2 mins of vid, but you really can’t see anything because of the apparent low quality of the video feature of my old IPhone, at least when it’s dark outside.
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Bright green flash that lit entire sky. Duration was 5 seconds. Light was all encompassing.
Bright green flash that lit entire sky. Lasted 5 seconds with no after effects. Honestly could not see anything but the flash.
It was all Encompassing. My mother and I were in my vehicle. We have seen UFOs in this general vicinity before.
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2019 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 31 reported sightings | 13.14% of all reports |
Circle | 30 reported sightings | 12.71% of all reports |
Triangle | 25 reported sightings | 10.59% of all reports |
Other | 17 reported sightings | 7.20% of all reports |
Oval | 16 reported sightings | 6.78% of all reports |
Unknown | 14 reported sightings | 5.93% of all reports |
Disk | 12 reported sightings | 5.08% of all reports |
Sphere | 12 reported sightings | 5.08% of all reports |
Fireball | 10 reported sightings | 4.24% of all reports |
Diamond | 8 reported sightings | 3.39% of all reports |
Formation | 7 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
Cigar | 7 reported sightings | 2.97% of all reports |
Changing | 6 reported sightings | 2.54% of all reports |
Rectangle | 6 reported sightings | 2.54% of all reports |
Cylinder | 6 reported sightings | 2.54% of all reports |
Flash | 5 reported sightings | 2.12% of all reports |
Cross | 2 reported sightings | 0.85% of all reports |
Egg | 2 reported sightings | 0.85% of all reports |
Teardrop | 2 reported sightings | 0.85% of all reports |
Chevron | 1 reported sightings | 0.42% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2019 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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October | 42 reported sightings | 17.80% of all reports |
December | 26 reported sightings | 11.02% of all reports |
June | 25 reported sightings | 10.59% of all reports |
September | 23 reported sightings | 9.75% of all reports |
May | 22 reported sightings | 9.32% of all reports |
November | 20 reported sightings | 8.47% of all reports |
August | 18 reported sightings | 7.63% of all reports |
July | 16 reported sightings | 6.78% of all reports |
January | 13 reported sightings | 5.51% of all reports |
April | 12 reported sightings | 5.08% of all reports |
March | 10 reported sightings | 4.24% of all reports |
February | 9 reported sightings | 3.81% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2019 By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Saturday | 46 reported sightings | 19.49% of all reports |
Thursday | 42 reported sightings | 17.80% of all reports |
Sunday | 39 reported sightings | 16.53% of all reports |
Wednesday | 33 reported sightings | 13.98% of all reports |
Friday | 27 reported sightings | 11.44% of all reports |
Monday | 26 reported sightings | 11.02% of all reports |
Tuesday | 23 reported sightings | 9.75% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2019 By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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10/05/19 | 14 reported sightings | 5.93% of all reports |
10/24/19 | 4 reported sightings | 1.69% of all reports |
09/15/19 | 3 reported sightings | 1.27% of all reports |
12/22/19 | 3 reported sightings | 1.27% of all reports |
06/23/19 | 3 reported sightings | 1.27% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2019 By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 87 reported sightings | 36.86% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 52 reported sightings | 22.03% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 35 reported sightings | 14.83% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 22 reported sightings | 9.32% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 21 reported sightings | 8.90% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 19 reported sightings | 8.05% of all reports |
All Pennsylvania Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2019
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Pennsylvania, in 2019
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Pennsylvania.