Light UFO Sightings in Iowa
269 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in Iowa since 1966, peaking in 2012 (25 reports).
- Total sightings
- 269
- Span
- 1966–2021
- Peak year
- 2012 (25 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1966–2021 · peak 2012 (25 reports)
Sioux City · IA, USA
3 white lights turn to 1 and wobble in the sky
West Des Moines · IA, USA
2 Bright Lights in Des Moines Iowa
De Soto · IA, USA
5 amazingly bright light objects in bright redish/orange October sunset. in IOWA.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Orange orb came close.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Bright orange orb quickly passing close by without sound.
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Diagonal line of bending light seen above university from the moon on Hallow's Eve.
Dubuque · IA, USA
Two Orange Spheres moments apart, followed by smaller moving star like object, which became two lights moving together from another dir
Des Moines · IA, USA
Solid and silent red light flying over Des Moines, Iowa.
Waukee · IA, USA
Bright Zig-Zagging Light over Des Moines, 6/24/10
Sioux City · IA, USA
Strange disappearing/re-appearing object over Sioux city
Keokuk · IA, USA
We were just sitting there at my brothers right after dark. When we saw what look like a light larger then any star in the sky. It appe
Burlington · IA, USA
An object flew over my house it looked like a regular star but it was moving very fast no flashing lights
Davenport · IA, USA
Bright concentrated lights in two bursts, electrical disturbances, magnetic signs.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Two very bright white lights come close together in the northwest sky and one dissapears...
Shenandoah · IA, USA
Two lights separated quite a distance apart, traveling in unison in a straight line from N.W. to S.E.
Eldridge · IA, USA
Bright orange object seen flying E/SE out of atmosphere.
Ottumwa · IA, USA
flashing light
Keokuk · IA, USA
A extremly bright ball of light shot across the night sky a couple of thousand feet in the air then diappeared.
Muscatine · IA, USA
i was looking southwest i saw 1 bright light and 1 dim light seem that they were teathered together moving very fast across the sky fro
Ames · IA, USA
Lights moving at same speed as aircraft, but no running lights. ((NUFORC Note: ISS and Space Shuttle in formation? PD))
Osceola to Kansas City · IA, USA
Bright fflashing ufo.
Clinton · IA, USA
clinton, iowa ufo sigthing
Algona · IA, USA
bright white light traveling north west to south east. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the ISS, but it was visible only at 21:30 hrs. PD))
Arlington · IA, USA
just a glowing on and off light that suddenly darted.
Ames · IA, USA
Craft making 90 degree jagged cuts.