State Report
UFO Sightings in Virginia
4,159 sightings on record from 1945 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
4,159
Share of US total
1.94%
Peak year
2013
391 reports
Top shape
Light
728 reports
Years active
78
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-11 | Alexandria | sphere | Five seconds and minute | Ball of bright light no noise softball flew over house. It had a tail. Too low to be comet it was 25ft above the ground |
| 2023-12-11 | Bassett | circle | 10 minutes | I saw an object move very strangely and I did not notice lights on it and it stopped and then moved, several times. |
| 2023-12-07 | Martinsville | circle | 30 minutes | I viewed the anomaly for about 30 minutes after work and it wasn’t there tonight |
| 2023-11-16 | Boyce | disk | 6 minutes | Object was above arboretum. Moving rapidly sideways and up and down then hovering |
| 2023-11-13 | Cumberland | star | 2 seconds | “Falling star” drops straight down then turns 90*, streaks east just above horizon, no change of speed |
| 2023-11-10 | Bridgewater | orb | Two to three seconds | Bright light ball. |
| 2023-11-08 | Fredericksburg | rectangle | A few seconds | Rectangle aircraft with two green semi circles at each end |
| 2023-10-24 | Christiansburg | orb | Never Ended | It is bright and moving |
| 2023-10-21 | Luray | light | 2 hours | Lights with other shooting lights |
| 2023-10-19 | Alexandria | unknown | Over 10 minutes? | Orange fiery objects flying low in a procession |
| 2023-10-13 | McLean | light | 2 minutes | A light source changing size continuously seen. |
| 2023-10-10 | Fredericksburg | orb | 15 minutes | White light flying across sky at a high rate of speed. No noise. |
| 2023-10-08 | Suffolk | formation | 5 | Four lights flew in formation very fast across sky in diamond formation and then changed formation |
| 2023-10-06 | Luray | light | Appx 30 mins | 2 large lights and shooting lights |
| 2023-10-04 | Arlington | light | about 1.5 minutes | Three lights appeared moving in the sky then dissappeared |
| 2023-10-02 | Luray | light | 10 Seconds | Two faint balls of white light traveling at a constant rate of speed across the horizon |
| 2023-09-30 | Rice | disk | A solid 90 to 120 seconds | Flying disc, thought was a shooting star, lights on the side, it began to rotate and move in front of me through the... |
| 2023-09-22 | Lynchburg | disk | Approx 15 seconds | On way to work on 29 northbound near airport noticed 3 light grey metallic saucer shaped objects in a triangular... |
| 2023-09-11 | Alexandria | orb | Seconds | Sighting of orb moving quickly from earth to outside of the atmosphere (shooting further into space, not across the sky... |
| 2023-09-08 | Richmond | orb | 4 | I saw a round orb shaped object sitting stationary amongst the clouds. |