UFO Sightings in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

Of all states in the USA, Pennsylvania ranks fourth for total number of UFO sightings by raw count, some 352 listings after California, Ohio and Texas. Pennsylvania ranks 10th nationwide in sightings per unit area. New Jersey to the East clearly has higher sightings density per unit area due to its smaller size.

UFO Sightings are colored for three eras: Blue dots for events from the 1800s through 1959; 1960 through 1974 are in Violet, and 1975 to the present show in Green. Those most recent records (green) tend to the Western parts of Pennsylvania.

The geographical center of PA sightings is at 77:32E by 40:35N, near Lewistown, PA in Mifflin County. In late July 1952, a large round object was seen hovering. Reportedly, shadowy figures were seen moving in the windows. (credit: Loren Gross)

See a similar map for all Northeast States here: UFO: Northeast States.

Daily UFO Sightings Histogram: Pennsylvania Only

<= Daily Histogram of Pennsylvania Sightings.

Here Pennsylvania sightings (only) are tallied for daily counts. All years are lumped together to show seasonal trends.

In Pennsylvania alone, the busiest months were August (47), July (41) and March (37). In most other places, March is a slow month.

As for weekdays (all months and years combined), Wednesday stands head and shoulders above other days with 68 events registered here, as opposed to an average of 47 for the other six days of the week.

It is not apparent why this should be. Elsewhere, sightings tend to cluster around weekends.

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50-year graph of PA, NJ and DE UFO Sightings

<= 50-Year Graph of UFO Sightings for
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

Statistics for three states are combined here for a better display. For this three-state area combined, the busiest years were:

1947 (21) 1950 (17) 1952 (59)
1956 (18) 1957 (19) 1958 (12)
1966 (24) 1967 (41) 1973 (39)
1982 (18) 1984 (13) 1986 (17)
1992 (17) 1995 (12)

Years not listed show register less than 10 sightings in the *U* UFO Database.

What stands out are high counting years after the last great wave in the USA in 1973.

The violet curve at left is a running average of monthly sightings counts. Note the spikes in 1952, 1967 and 1973. The highly controversial Kecksburg incident took place in early December 1965.

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