State Report
UFO Sightings in Delaware
613 sightings on record from 1949 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
613
Share of US total
0.29%
Peak year
2012
62 reports
Top shape
Light
91 reports
Years active
74
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-07 | Rehoboth Beach | rectangle | 3 Videos 1 minute | Took my dog out, noticed some objects in the sky that did not look natural, took a video, immediately said to my son I... |
| 2023-10-27 | Bear | orb | 2 minutes | Was out walking my dog when I looked up in sky I saw multiple objects hovering |
| 2023-09-03 | Smryna | light | 3 second | S green objects flash and travel across the sky In a wooded area |
| 2023-08-23 | Delaware City | circle | app 3 minutes | Bright objects that caught my attention since I had never seen planes like this before. |
| 2023-08-12 | Rehoboth Beach | orb | More than an hour | Lights looked like stars but moved fast and hovered, changing direction. They aligned with each other, formed lines and... |
| 2023-07-14 | Bear | circle | 2 minutes | Blinking circle that changed colors from red to faded white |
| 2023-07-14 | Bear | circle | 2 minutes | Blinking circle that changed colors from red to faded white |
| 2023-06-08 | Rehoboth Beach | orb | 15 min | Seen through DelDot traffic cam |
| 2023-04-13 | Rehoboth | disk | Approximately 10-12 secon | An unusually fast, straight tracking object, at passenger flight altitude |
| 2023-02-24 | Wilmington | triangle | 10 minutes | 3 lights at each corner of triangle |
| 2023-02-23 | Delmar | orb | approx.15 minutes | Three stationary bright orbs |
| 2023-01-11 | wilmington | fireball | — | Me and everyone outside saw it from the street. |
| 2023-01-02 | Wilmington | oval | — | Sighted a large dark oval shaped figure with 3 red lights in a trangle formation |
| 2022-12-28 | Rehoboth Beach | light | continuous | smal group of bright lights moving independently at erratic direction and quite rapid speed. |
| 2022-12-25 | Dover | triangle | 5-10 seconds | Triangle of lights moving above highway |
| 2022-12-22 | Newark | light | 30 secomds | I saw a light that was not flashing moving then disappeared |
| 2022-12-04 | Wilmington | changing | 3 min | I opened a portal in my kitchen |
| 2022-10-21 | Rehoboth Beach | light | lengthy and continual | After retiring to bed have straight up view of heavens. Always seem waiting for me and continuing as long as I keep... |
| 2022-10-11 | Viola | triangle | 5 minutes | Hovering triangular aircraft seen again in our field |
| 2022-10-08 | Bear | orb | 3 minutes | There were bright orange, orb looking objects moving through the sky that looked very odd and out of the ordinary. |