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)
Webster City · IA, USA
Fast moving light over nightime Webster city.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Sorry, this was a while ago but I just found this site tonight. Over Christmas break 2008 I was up late one night and went outside
New Hampton · IA, USA
2 HUGE BRIGHT STATIONARY LIGHTS IN THE SKY. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter currently are prominent in the sw sky. PD))
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Red light dimming in and out across the clear night sky.
Urbandale · IA, USA
Changing colors of lights above city.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Over Waterloo viewed from Dewar and Oelwein
Tama · IA, USA
BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT MOVING ACROSS SKY SEEN ON THREE OCASSIONS
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Two bright lights with about four or five smaller lights scattered near it dissapeared after being seen for around 8 seconds
Altoona · IA, USA
Blood-red orb being chased by multiple jets.
Marion · IA, USA
I was outside smoking a cigarette. I looked over to the field across the street. I saw the first object and thought maybe it's jus
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Last Wednesday or Thursday, about 9 PM, I looked out my living room window and saw a ball of light streak across the sky. It was fairly
Webb · IA, USA
Large orange lites in straight line formation coming on one at a time then going off simutaneously, no sound. Bt moving quickly.
Waterloo · IA, USA
White light, moving in different directions/speeds and stopped in the night/morning sky.
Keokuk · IA, USA
Sequential orange lights in night southeastern night sky Keokuk Iowa 8/30/2007
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Four crafts, flashing red, green and brilliant white lights, hovering overhead, one making zigzag movements.
Cascade · IA, USA
This is my second sighting in July. This early morning I was traveling south out of Dubuque, Ia on highway 151 near Cascade,Ia. I as al
Des Moines · IA, USA
very bright white light that slowly dimd then moved slowly to the north across the sky at high altude. Brightend again then disapered.t
Sioux City · IA, USA
Outside on breezeless night with neighbors talking when several lights appeared across the sky.
Albia · IA, USA
2 points of lights resembling planets disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Des Moines · IA, USA
To fast to be any thing Ive seen as a point of light, two objects parallel in a turn.
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Strange light bobs up and down three times before circling around the east side of the city and disappearing.
Iowa City · IA, USA
extremely bright green lights that moved quickly across the sky and down to the horizon
Spirit Lake · IA, USA
High altitude orange light moving from zenith west to 30 degrees at incredible speed and rapidly fading.
Harpers Ferry · IA, USA
Bluish-white basketball-sized light over Mississippi River and land close to Effigy Mounds natioal monument
Ottumwa · IA, USA
Unexplained object floating across the night sky