UFO sightings in Columbus, Ohio
There are 11 civilian UFO sighting reports from Columbus, Ohio in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1964 to 2013. That is 7% of the 165 reports from Ohio, the second most of any place in the state. The busiest year was 2008, with 2 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (3), sphere (3) and amorphous (2).
Sighting reports from Columbus
All 11 reports, newest first.
- 12 Oct 2013 · 19:45Amorphous· 3 min
Shape shifting Light Orbs.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2011 · 08:30Other· 10 min
Dark colored object moving fast.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2010 · 22:00Other· 5 min
A line of 5-6 red lights moving slowly, not making any noise passed over us. Could not tell if the lights were connected to anything.
Show on map - 22 Oct 2008 · 22:42Sphere· 5 s
Bright White Sphere at I-270 and 23 on the south end travelling at an incredible rate of speed
Show on map - 22 Oct 2008 · 00:45Amorphous· 5 min
White-blue lights over Columbus, Ohio
Show on map - 14 Oct 2005 · 01:00Sphere· 10 min
flashing red sphere
Show on map - 16 Oct 2003 · 18:00Orb· 15 min
Bright, slow moving light.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2002 · 23:01Sphere· 2 min
behind the clouds and high speeds involved.
Show on map - 20 Oct 1984 · 05:00Orb· 4 h
Driving in a thick pea soup fog. Car headlights went out suddenly. I had seen "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind" a few years ago. ( th
Show on map - 15 Oct 1980 · 02:30Orb· 15 min
12-15 white fireballs traveling north to south ashing off as they flew by, the episode lasted 10-15 minutes over rural Columbus, OH.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1964 · 00:00Cigar· 10 min
Child remembers seeing object over 40 years
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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.