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UFO Sightings in West Virginia
1,395 sightings on record from 1944 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
1,395
Share of US total
0.65%
Peak year
2012
121 reports
Top shape
Light
289 reports
Years active
79
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-23 | Naoma | other | 20 minutes | UFO sighting at 1:23 pm eastern time, November 23, 2023. |
| 2023-11-03 | Beckley | other | 1 min | It was a flying work truck with double tool boxes on each side |
| 2023-10-06 | Sutton | light | About 2 hours | Bright lights moving around, could see glowing from going above and through our clouds |
| 2023-09-20 | Cowen | changing | Several minutes | There were flashing lights everywhere in the night sky. I have video of them |
| 2023-08-17 | Hedgesville | flash | 15 minutes | Was at river. Saw a stationary flash start moving ironically. Then it reversed directions, and remained stationary for a... |
| 2023-08-03 | Elkview | circle | about 4 to 5 minutes mayb | I was playing bat sounds and watching bats flying and saw a round almost see through object but it was also reflecting... |
| 2023-07-29 | Hurricane | other | 1:30 am to daylight | Bright white light weaving back and forth in the sky above us. |
| 2023-07-27 | Dawson | other | 45 seconds | Glowing rocket shaped craft |
| 2023-07-08 | Rupert | light | Maybe 10 to 15 seconds. | I was looking at the big dipper and seen this light intensify for several seconds and it slowly faded away. |
| 2023-06-07 | Princeton | flash | 5 minutes | Fast moving light, flashed twice, then disappeared |
| 2023-05-30 | Morgantown | orb | 90 seconds | Metallic orb flew over our house - silently and at low altitude |
| 2023-05-22 | Dulles | light | 1 minute | Observed an erratic moving light in the sky shaped like an elongated oval over Dulles Airport |
| 2023-05-12 | Chapmanville | orb | 20 seconds | 3 orbs/fireballs in triangular formation flew silently at mountain top level. Made no noise, made 90° left turn and... |
| 2023-05-04 | Logan | light | 1-2 seconds | Bright white circle left light streak, faster than any jet |
| 2023-04-04 | New Martinsville | formation | about 30 min | White light formation, Multiple formations of differing number. |
| 2023-03-26 | Barboursville | changing | 3 minutes | Pie pan shaped ufo |
| 2023-03-07 | Elkfork road | triangle | 1 minute | We were sitting watching stars when a massive triangular craft with 3 white lights on the bottom, flying very low, no... |
| 2023-03-01 | Morgantown | sphere | 30 Seconds | Reddish orange sphere hovering above neighbor's residence. |
| 2023-02-23 | Genoa | sphere | 3-5 minutes | Looks like a very bright star, but moves (mostly back and forth slowly). It moved down ~2 degrees in 10 min. Cloud cover... |
| 2023-02-12 | Huntington | orb | Ten seconds | String of fixed round white lights composed of random groups of two, three and four, separated by equal spaces. |