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Pennsylvania UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 146 UFO sighting reports in Pennsylvania from 2021 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (20 reports, 13.70% of total).
- September is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (18 reports, 12.33% of total).
- Sunday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (31 reports, 21.23% of total).
- 08/15/21 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (5 reports, 3.42% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (55 reports, 37.67% of total).
Pennsylvania UFO Sighting Reports in 2021
This is a sampling of 20 Pennsylvania UFO reports from 2021, 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 177 .
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Light was blinking off and on and it was hovering Hi Michael long noticed a strange blinking light out of a window at work then when I went out to get a better look at it it was I saw with my own eyes was up there and it was hovering along the above the tree treetops the object made no sound.
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Witnessed a large silver light in the sky along the horizon On the night of December 14th I was walking from my house to my neighbor's house at approximately 6:50 p.m. I noticed a large silverish whites light in the sky that I thought was the moon at first.
I remembered the moon not being full at the time and looked up in the sky and saw the moon itself above my head. I went and grab my phone and recorded a minute of it. It remained somewhat stationary and moved back and forth a little bit here and there.
It seemed to almost evaporate into the sky.
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At the stop sign look up so three lights that didn't look like a airplane I was coming home from a day out with my daughter when I noticed three lights in the sky that did not look like an airplane. The object was traveling really fast. When it got right in front of me I realized that although the lights were in a triangular pattern the actual shape of the aircraft was oval.
It flew by us in the sky pretty fast and almost seemed to disappear.
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took 5 random photos of the sk 4 show 15 crafts traveling across the sky a couple of discs and some that look like black hexagons sitting on deck taking random pics. not visible to the eye I have also had one disc shape about 60 feet above my head. So close I have seen grooves in the top disk shaped like cartoon waves which would allow it to spin to open making it virtually very smooth on the bottom I have miles of woods behind my home and this is not an isolated event.
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3 fireball-type of objects ascending, traveling west to east and disappearing 3 fast traveling fireballs in the night sky. Fireball shaped objects( very bright fire, orange-like color) took off in Towamencin Township and flew Northeast with speed that I could not quite determine, but was not slow, increasing altitude until disappearing. From the visual appearance and the distance, the size of the objects could have been from 3-6 feet in diameter.
My neighbor and I both captured video of this event. We were able to observe objects take off and steadily traveling and increasing altitude up to about 100-200 feet over Towamencin Township area, towards the I-476 highway.
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Driving west on PA TP, crystal clear day, white object caught our eye high in sky, we googled weather balloon and it didn't resemble; s Object was stationary, in and out of sight for approx 20 minutes. There was not a cloud in the sky, 3 of us watched this on our way home and took a photo when we got home. The object went from white to silver to invisible -- it was moving west slowly when we got home, left a small trail that disappeared quickly.
It was very scary to watch this for so long and not be able to identify it. or, compare it to anything we've ever seen. Hi Peter, we exchanged emails on 12/19.
I'm finally reporting this now; very excited about Webb Telescope! Pics are below, hope you're safe from snow and the new site looks great. Dan.
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We all noticed the red orb-shaped object move at about 250 mph. Speed is figured at faster than landing speed for HIA. 5 of us noticed the red orb at the same time.
We all agreed it moved too fast for a landing airplane. There were no safety strobes or green and red wing indicators.
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Both stationary for about 40 minutes or so They were both stationary one further away then the other, because one appeared larger in size. About after 40 or so minutes of me seeing this they started to split up one going in the opposite direction of thee other. It’s not the first time seeing this its happening steadily for a while now.
I want to say its planes but I can’t what I witness every time is not a plane. These things appear to be spinning an are really shiny.
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Red tomato shaped object with green alien This guy became my nemesis for a few months. The craft is red and tomato shaped, single seater, open cockpit. It has yellow lights emitting from within.
A green alien can be seen piloting it as I hide under a tree in my front yard. He has become aggressive, even brushing against the tree limbs trying to get me. As he moves his hands a as the controls, 2 to 4 beeps are emitted before the craft responds to his imputs.
I filmed him many times perusing me. He later returned with a larger craft with an overhead wing. After that he returned with other aliens on the outside.
Both red and green I have some pretty close up videos of this guy coming after me, looking right at me Site won’t let me upload videos.
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Linear formation of about 30 individual lights traveling SW to NE My wife and son called me out side because there was a strange line of moving lights that seemed to be atleast 2 football fields long. They were higher then an airplane and there were around 30 individual objects (lights) traveling at different speeds within the linear formation as some seemed to slow down and speed up to not hit another light . The lights were almost the same color as stars but had a blue tint.
They traveled across the sky for atleast a minute while we were calling out across the street to neighbors and another gentleman to verify they too could see it. The lights appeared to be traveling upwards and then almost all at once disappeared. I tried to listen to see if I could hear sounds but I could not.
The sky was clear of any clouds my view was not obstructed at any time. I immediately came in to look up where to report it.
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A lined formation of white lights silently cruised across the sky then suddenly dissapeared. My 3 nephews were outside around 6:30 exploring our backyard, which is a big field. Suddenly 2 of them heard a loud thud, then, lights across the street started turning on and off, and when they looked into the direction of the thud, they saw a line of white lights, equally spaced apart, slowly cruising across the sky, they immediately sent one of them to get me, he was panicked, and told me not to even put on my shoes or coat, and just run outside, I immediately thought somebody was hurt, so panicked, I ran outside, they then pointed me in the direction of the lights, and for about 10 seconds, I saw the formation, I was in utter shock, and thought it was an airplane, but then I took into account the complete silence and how low the lights appeared, and realized that was impossible.
I then realized I should be recording, so I pulled out my phone, as soon as I got up my camera, the lights slowly dissolved into the sky, as if it did not want to be seen.
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Long straight line of lights traveling across the sky While driving on PA route 27 west out of Titusville, PA a long line of lights was sighted on the horizon. I pulled over and took a video. The lights eventually faded.
I have never witnessed anything similar to this. This was not a plane, it did not have a similar shape or lights. I would estimate it at hundreds of feet long.
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Object hovering below tree level This object hovered below tree level above my yard near the road in front of my house.
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A brightly lit triangle with many yellow lights on perimiter and interior of craft surface. We were traveling on Hemlock Farms Road in a community called Hemlock Farms in a town called Lords Valley. The road was going South west.
To our left side, we saw an object about a dime's length in size out our driver side window going somewhat faster than the car but not exceedingly so. It was fairly big as far as a signature goes. The sighting began at exactly 7:37 PM as we looked at the dashboard clock.
We are seasoned observers and do not submit reports nilly-willy. It eventually pulled very far ahead of us in the course of one to two minutes. It was a triangle.
It had all yellow lights. The lights were along the front two lengths of the object. About 4 on each side.
And there were at least 4 more lights in what would be the body of the craft behind the before mentioned perimeter lights. It was bright! The object was fairly low so that is why we perceived it as a dime sized object which is fairly large as far as sightings go. No FRA green or red lights.
All yellow. Total about 10 to 12 yellow lights. The pattern was like a ike a Christmas tree traveling on its side.
It had an inordinate amount of lights on it. It was not perceived by anyone in the car as a normal aircraft. Maximum speed probably under 100 mph based on how fast it gradually pulled ahead of us at our speed of 40 mph.
We looked it up on Flightradar24.com. We began the search at 7:15 pm.
local time (5 hours earlier than UTC time). There were no aircraft over the location 15 minutes before or prior. Thus, this object did not have a transponder.
It was high enough above the radar line that it should show up on flightradar24. Based on our position, and the low perceived altitude, we take a ball park guess that the object was larger than a large heli and smaller than a Boeing 737. Windows closed so we heards no engines.
My dad is a UFO Investigator with MUFON . He was with me when I saw this. He agreed it was unusual and told me our area is ripe with UFO reports including triangles this year.
Apparently there are corresponding MUFON and NUFORC reports of this type of object in our area in the past 12 months. He is always free to contact. No anonymity required.
Thank you! Liam!.
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Boomerang-type UFO sighting in Willow Grove, PA A neon green "boomerang-type" UFO was sighted by me in the sky twice within ten (10) minutes. It "danced" in the sky and disappeared both times. No aircraft moves in the manner I witnessed, as the movements were very quick and sharp.
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I've seen this online. Over Mexico. Very similar I just stopped suddenly on highway , wanted to take a picture of tinsel town lights .
All the beautiful lights. Thousands and thousands That you can see from the ski. It still going on now.
It was a bright light way above the ski.
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Many slow-moving orange lights flying north-east into a cloud over Pennsylvania My wife and I went for a hike in the late afternoon on Thanksgiving Day, 2021. We were driving home, turned a corner, and saw these lights in the sky (see attached photo and videos). Despite what the camera appears to show, these lights were not flashing in any way.
The camera also failed to capture the color accurately. They were an orangish color seeming to glow like a candle. These lights silently moved from what appeared to be low altitude in the southwest to higher altitude in the northeast, each one disappearing into a cloud bank.
The whole event was over in less than ten minutes. For reference, I'm an senior managing engineer with a software company. My wife is a registered nurse.
We are both in our mid fifties.
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I sighted a C shape 8 foot tall partly cloaked craft silently hovering next to a telephone pole. I am a United States Marine Corps 0311 infantry rifleman veteran. November 24th 2021 The sun was down and the sky was a bright pink/purple at dusk.
My girlfriend and I were on our way to her mom's house in Latrobe, PA. She was driving and I was looking ahead when something that first made me think of a torn a dark plastic bag blowing in the wind. This wasn't moving though and I realized the wind wasn't really blowing at the moment anyhow.
I'm baffled and am really zoning in trying to figure out what I'm looking at. It was difficult because from this angle all I could see is something thin and dark in a shape that I couldn't relate anything to. We are driving about 35mph and as I got closer I had the thought maybe something is caught on this telephone line or on some fishing line or something.
As we got to a more parallel angle to this object I could see it perfectly. It was about 6 feet to the right and a foot higher than the telephone pole. My eyes went from the mysterious black object to what was connected to it at the bottom.
It reminded me of a flat steel beam bent in the shape of a C just floating there. Not making a sound and having no other obvious body. On the metal I could see maybe 12 or 15 bright orange circles evenly spaced apart.
I couldn't tell if the orange circles were omitting any light or not. It almost looked like the clouds through the center of the C were slightly distorted. Almost how heat waves can distort an image, except these heat waves were locked in place by a separate gravity.
I suspect the rest of the craft was cloaked with extreme technology. We drove passed it and I looked forward and thought to myself "I better look back because I'll never see another one again." (That's the moment I first took it in that is a UFO and the months leading up I have had a weird urge or craving to see a UFO) As I look back it is still there and I see it rotate on its axis as if to look at us.
It's rotation was effortless and mesmerizing to watch due to its seamless and masterful movement. It looked slightly different in shape, a little fuller but still a C, from that angle and after it turned to watch the car drive down the road. When I 1st saw it I was probably 150 meters away.
There is a large empty field to the right and then some trees about 50 meters past where I spotted the UFO. So I could only see it maybe 80 meters after we past it. I didn't say anything to my girlfriend while it was happening simply because I was trying to figure out what it was at first and when I did I was so amazed I just looked at it with my mouth open slightly! I asked if she saw as soon as I couldn't see it anymore but she said she didn't.
I will always regret not telling her to stop. I was not afraid at all. I feel like they are open to communicating with me and ever since this sighting I have had over 100 lucid and or vivid dreams about UFOs landing and interacting with me.
This C craft I saw is unlike anything I have seen or heard of in regards to a UFO and it looked like it was cutting edge technologically the top. I suspect the black torn plastic looking peice on top had something to do with the acceleration.
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While walking my dog on our farm I noticed unusual bright objects in the night sky. First I noticed a strange shaped, lit object brighter than any of the stars in the clear night sky. There were no clouds and the stars were not as bright as they are on some nights.
While looking at Orion's 3 stars in the belt, one of the objects was twinkling And looked like a stick with a light on top, with 2 or more lights down below the stick shaped object- like a tripod with 2 legs. It was way below orion, in almost the same direction as the belt in said constellation. It looked like possibly red or blue or white colored lights.
This didn't appear to move, but twinkled. The 2nd more dimmer object was to the left of Orion. It was to the right & lower than the moon and appeared higher up in the sky because it looked smaller and less bright as the first one that I noticed.
I did see 1 or 2 airplanes in the sky around my house but they were further away, and tiny compared to these other 2 bright objects. Finally while looking around by the 1st object, fairly closer to me, and not so far above the treeline, I saw the brightest and biggest of that same shape moving. It was moving slowly in a straight line above the tree lines, to the right of Orion, and much farther below that plus the 2 other ones .
Travelling from left to right at a slow but straight pace. This definitely looked like this same tripod shape stick with 3 or 4 lights. The lights did not blink but stayed on while it was moving in a Westerly direction.
But then I saw that a plane was coming towards it, but was still far away & tinier than this object, Both were flying in the same direction when this bright tripod shaped object turned off its lights. I didn't see any clouds in the sky for this object to get hidden. And I imagined it To be located over on the next block from my house.
I stayed outside for a little while, but the bigger, lowest and brightest object did not reappear after this. It looked like the other 2 objects we're still in their same locations as when first noticed by me. After this I came in the house to look up 'how to report unusual sightings' and telephoned this number *82-1-206-722-3000 at 11;46pm.
I stated exactly what I saw to a man who answered the phone. He believed I was seeing the star sirius . And asked if I took any pictures, which I did not.
After doing all this, I got dressed again to take my cellphone back outside in 28 degrees. The first object was still visible but looked lower. The very bright one that was closer to the ground was not spotted anywhere or oin any direction.
And it might have looked that the dimmer object was either farther up in the sky and not as visible like before. I stayed outside for another 20 minutes searching the sky in all directions, However this time I did take some pictures of that first one I did notice, which was still able to be seen with the naked eye. I don't think it was the star sirius.
Because I researched some charts and photos online when I came inside. All three objects looked like a pole or distinctive stick with a bright light on the very top of it. Then below the stick there were more lights ,possibly 2 to 3 lights of a different color .
I checked the box below that the item changed color. It just went off, or went blank and disappeared in a split second. Sorry but I don't know how to upload my photos.
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 20 reported sightings | 13.70% of all reports |
Circle | 17 reported sightings | 11.64% of all reports |
Triangle | 15 reported sightings | 10.27% of all reports |
Other | 13 reported sightings | 8.90% of all reports |
Unknown | 9 reported sightings | 6.16% of all reports |
Fireball | 8 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
Formation | 7 reported sightings | 4.79% of all reports |
Sphere | 7 reported sightings | 4.79% of all reports |
Changing | 7 reported sightings | 4.79% of all reports |
Cylinder | 6 reported sightings | 4.11% of all reports |
Oval | 5 reported sightings | 3.42% of all reports |
Cigar | 4 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
Diamond | 3 reported sightings | 2.05% of all reports |
Chevron | 2 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Rectangle | 2 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Flash | 2 reported sightings | 1.37% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 0.68% of all reports |
Delta | 1 reported sightings | 0.68% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2021 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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September | 18 reported sightings | 12.33% of all reports |
August | 17 reported sightings | 11.64% of all reports |
December | 15 reported sightings | 10.27% of all reports |
November | 15 reported sightings | 10.27% of all reports |
April | 14 reported sightings | 9.59% of all reports |
January | 12 reported sightings | 8.22% of all reports |
May | 11 reported sightings | 7.53% of all reports |
June | 10 reported sightings | 6.85% of all reports |
March | 10 reported sightings | 6.85% of all reports |
July | 9 reported sightings | 6.16% of all reports |
February | 8 reported sightings | 5.48% of all reports |
October | 7 reported sightings | 4.79% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2021 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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Sunday | 31 reported sightings | 21.23% of all reports |
Saturday | 26 reported sightings | 17.81% of all reports |
Friday | 23 reported sightings | 15.75% of all reports |
Wednesday | 18 reported sightings | 12.33% of all reports |
Thursday | 18 reported sightings | 12.33% of all reports |
Tuesday | 15 reported sightings | 10.27% of all reports |
Monday | 15 reported sightings | 10.27% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2021 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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08/15/21 | 5 reported sightings | 3.42% of all reports |
05/08/21 | 4 reported sightings | 2.74% of all reports |
12/04/21 | 3 reported sightings | 2.05% of all reports |
01/10/21 | 3 reported sightings | 2.05% of all reports |
11/23/21 | 3 reported sightings | 2.05% of all reports |
Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 55 reported sightings | 37.67% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 41 reported sightings | 28.08% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 16 reported sightings | 10.96% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 16 reported sightings | 10.96% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 12 reported sightings | 8.22% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 6 reported sightings | 4.11% of all reports |
All Pennsylvania Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2021
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Pennsylvania, in 2021
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Pennsylvania.