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)
Sioux City · IA, USA
4 bright orange balls of light moving silently through the sky - about the height a helicopter would fly.
Boone · IA, USA
Saw in S sky over town bright light thought was air craft lights turnd to blue and red dimmed. stoped at trafic light observed c
Ainsworth · IA, USA
TRIANGLE OBJECTS HOVERING IN CORNFIELD.
Ames · IA, USA
3 lighted, circular objects flying over city on a clear night, 1 appears to expand and descends to outskirts of town.
Carter Lake · IA, USA
Transparent triangle object heading southeast.
Iowa city · IA, USA
It's way up and just hanging there blue red and flashing, been in about the same place for 10 minutes.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Half disc like shape with a pale green glow that had movement I've never seen before.
Des Moines · IA, USA
30-40 glowing, orange lights drifted across the sky, very low, over Des Moines, not losing altitude until they passed from view.
Des Moines · IA, USA
20+ flying objects in Des Moines Iowa.
Ames · IA, USA
Green, red, and white lights f rom object hovering in the sky.
West Des Moines · IA, USA
10 red orb/lights ranging across the entire northern sky traveling at the same speed and vanishing within 15 seconds.
West Des Moines · IA, USA
Eight to ten stationary orange lights over West Des Moines, IA
Des Moines · IA, USA
Large red/orange sphere seen above Des Moines, Ia.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
November 17 12:55 to 1:30am i was up my boyfriend was asleep and i cant sleep and i decide to go outside have a fresh air and some rea
Humboldt · IA, USA
Orange lights in a spread formation.
Arlington · IA, USA
Bright orange light seen traveling NW to SE by 2 civilians in NE Iowa.
Waterloo · IA, USA
My girlfriend and I witnessed a bright orange triangular light in the sky.
Ankeny · IA, USA
Two slow moving star-like objects suddenly accelerated to light speed heading towards Jupiter
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
3 bright white amber lights forming a perfect triangle and moving into an arch without a vapor trail.
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Three white orange lights in the Western sky that formed a triangle then moved into a line before disappearing.
Sheldon · IA, USA
Ashton, Iowa sighting.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Triangular aircraft with yellow and red lights.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Large low-flying craft with orb like lights in a cross shape.
Waukee · IA, USA
Multiple bright yellow-red circular lights sighted travelling SW to NE over Waukee towards Des Moines.
Lake City · IA, USA
odd moving light in the sky