UFO sightings in Ohio
Ohio is home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which ran the Air Force's UFO studies and anchors the 'Hangar 18' legend of stored craft. In 1973, an Army Reserve helicopter crew near Mansfield reported a near-collision with an object that bathed the cabin in green light.
Saw something over Ohio?
Most strange lights have an ordinary cause. Run the identifier: seven questions and the three most likely explanations, from a Starlink train to Venus to a drone, each with how to confirm it.
Note the exact time, the compass direction, the height above the horizon, how long it lasted and how it moved. Check a flight tracker and a satellite app before deciding it is unexplained.
File it. The National UFO Reporting Center and MUFON take reports from every US state, Ohio included, and their databases are where the per-state counts actually live.
Other states with famous cases
The famous cases above follow the public record; XenoAtlas documents claims and their explanations and takes no position on whether any involved non-human contact. Per-state sighting counts are maintained by NUFORC and MUFON. For the big cases on a map, see the case files.