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)
Hiawatha · IA, USA
Extremely intense, bright light moving very slowly across the sky at a very high altitude.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
No sound just bright light and movement faster than planes
Des Moines · IA, USA
Orange/red lights hover over Des Moines.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Moving lights in the sky seen in different variations.
Davenport · IA, USA
Western sky, bright light contrails under it then under contrails was another bright oval light moving only vertical in the sky!
Winterset · IA, USA
3 lights in perfect formation
Cresco · IA, USA
Mysterious light in the Western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Dyersville · IA, USA
This blue lighted craft, with a bit of orange and it was over dyersville iowa on Aug 3rd 2013, hovered for a while at about 9:30pm, slo
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Flattened cylinder with blue glow
Dike · IA, USA
Blue lights of large size moving across the sky. larger than any meteorite that I've ever seen and very clearly blue in color moving fr
Dubuque · IA, USA
Lights hovering next to Dubuque bridge.
Fort Dodge · IA, USA
A Glimpse of Rarity.
Dubuque · IA, USA
Beautiful orange lights that moved without any sound
Fort Dodge · IA, USA
Bright white light disapeered away from the earth.
Davenport · IA, USA
Fiery orbs/ spheres seen on two seperate occasions.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Orange Red Light Formations Over Des Moines, Iowa on August 24, 2013 at 10:00 p.m.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Lights resembled stars but moved in opposite directions then in circles..
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 glowing red lights made formations and disappeared.
Decorah · IA, USA
Amber colored object moved slowly and steadily across the sky for 20-30 seconds.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
Driving on 53rd st, Bettendorf Iowa headed east saw 2 orange lights in the sky. One was hovering lower than the other, diagonally. Me &
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 lights formed a triangle over a field in daylight
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
3 orange lights at dusk, moving in sync just over NW horizon, top two faded before bottom one.
Clarksville · IA, USA
I see them nightly and they aren't that low but some higher and move fast and all over the place some blink colors and some move slow a
Mason City · IA, USA
Slow moving orange/fireball.
Davenport · IA, USA
Fleet of "fireball" type ufo seen!