UFO sightings in Delaware
There are 7 civilian UFO sighting reports from Delaware in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1969 to 2012. The busiest year was 2012, with 2 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were sphere (3), cigar (1) and disc (1).
Most reports come from Hockessin (2), Wilmington (2) and Bethany Beach (1), out of 5 places in the state with at least one report.
Recent sighting reports from Delaware
All 7 reports, newest first.
- 22 Oct 2012 · 19:45MilfordFormation· 7 min
5 differeny colored lights flashing and blinking and solid orange burst heading over delaware bay
Show on map - 20 Oct 2012 · 22:15Bethany BeachSphere· 15 min
Four hovering orange/red fireballs sighted above Bethany Beach, DE, around 10:15pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012.
Show on map - 23 Oct 2010 · 18:50HockessinSphere· 15 min
Large number of unidentified aircraft flying together.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2010 · 20:30WilmingtonDisc· 30 s
Circular solid, semi-transparent glowing off-white circular shape zipped through the sky, stopped suddenly without slowing, went up
Show on map - 2 Oct 2008 · 19:20HockessinCigar· 2 min
UFOs Sighted in Hockessin, Delaware.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1984 · 08:15New CastleOther· 5 min
Oct 1984 at 8:15 am small translucent half dome shaped object
Show on map - 15 Oct 1969 · 18:30WilmingtonSphere· 1 min
Moon sized object "grew" to fill entire sky, then disappeared
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.