UFO Sightings in Iowa
1,149 UFO sightings reported in Iowa since 1939, peaking in 2012 (101 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,149
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (101 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2012 (101 reports)
Top cities in Iowa
Des Moines
1968–2021 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
Cedar Rapids
1967–2020 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
Council Bluffs
1974–2022 · peak 2020 (6 reports)
Sioux City
1954–2021 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Waterloo
1989–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Iowa City
1975–2022 · peak 1999 (5 reports)
Davenport
1974–2020 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Ames
1990–2020 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Dubuque
2002–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Bettendorf
1998–2021 · peak 1998 (3 reports)
Cedar Falls
2004–2016 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
West Des Moines
2000–2021 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Muscatine
1998–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Urbandale
2000–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Fairfield
1968–2020 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Marion
1998–2021 · peak 2002 (3 reports)
Ottumwa
1993–2012 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Ankeny
2000–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Keokuk
1939–2018 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Mason City
1982–2014 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Polk City · IA, USA
White light
Evansdale · IA, USA
Long straight bright white object, bright as the stars
Iowa City · IA, USA
4 white circular lights moving criss-cross in a counter-clockwise fashion slowly moving across the sky.
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
MADAR Node 133
Avoca · IA, USA
Seen over town by many
Marion · IA, USA
Line of lights
Ventura · IA, USA
Small dot that turned into squiggly circles
Bettendorf · IA, USA
Four red lights, not flashing, traveling in a line north to south
Des Moines · IA, USA
Driving at night and saw a large rectangular "float"" in the sky moving slowly noiseless. . Bright lights clearly defined the ufo. 3min
West Des Moines · IA, USA
Satellite-type speeding light in sky stopped near star, went 90 degrees in different direction.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Orange saucer shaped. Looked as if it was lit from bottom. It was really moving, but appeared to hover and move up slightly. Then it go
Urbandale · IA, USA
Without realizing it I had captured a picture of a ufo while out smoking with a friend
Quarry · IA, USA
Approximately 20:49 a bright green square with rounded corners and 2 white lights in center object flew in a 45° angle downward from sk
Clinton · IA, USA
Single white unidentified object detected in residential area.
Fort Madison · IA, USA
So came out to smoke a cigarette and there happens to be a very very bright light in the sky. I pulled the my phone camera out to pictu
Osceola · IA, USA
My report is that I sited a UFO and they may be morphed into human body's thank you.
Sioux City · IA, USA
Was finishing at the park next to river before heading out it first was a string of lights with lights going circular and one came out
Res Moines · IA, USA
I was in my front yard looking at the Super Pink Moon with my neighbor in the evening on the eveningof April 26th, 2021. We were both u
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
MADAR Node 133
Newton · IA, USA
it was northeast direction saw a bright circle shape move slow then disappear very quickly
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
MADAR Node 133
Iowa Falls · IA, USA
A circular object, alternating between a disk and a shape shifting blob, paced the truck that I was driving.
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
MADAR Node 133
Afton · IA, USA
Started as what looked like a bright bulb then more of them. One was green, changed shapes many many times; some of them are scary loo
North Liberty · IA, USA
Bright blue light under the cloud line going in an upward diagonal line until disappearing into the clouds.