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)
Iowa Cuty · IA, USA
This was not a human craft!
Toledo · IA, USA
Lights circling over Iowa.
Key West · Dubuque, IA, USA
I was driving home from a friends waiting at a traffic light and saw a rusted orange ball move at high speeds in an irrational way.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Slow white glow across sky in 20 seconds
Palo · IA, USA
Bright yellow, red, and green lights, weirdly changed to all white, these lights were hovering in mid-air.
IA · USA
Red white and green
Des Moines · IA, USA
Bright white turning red/orange close to ground then disapearing by des moines airport.
Sioux City · IA, USA
A triangular UFO was found hovering in the sky and remained there for several minutes until flying out of sight.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Glowing orange, orb like, fireball
Stuart · IA, USA
Green moving light.
Creston · IA, USA
Large white light moving quickly west to east
Stanton · IA, USA
Solid Sphere observed over Viking Lake State Park.
Fort Dodge · IA, USA
Flashes after thundersnow, coworker is missing.
Hiawatha/Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Multi-colored triangle, seen on multiple occasions and by multiple witnesses, this is not isolated to one day.
Cresco · IA, USA
Silent and very fast triangular craft that was out of sight within a few seconds.
Boone · IA, USA
I was by Fareway when I saw a weird light in the sky. It didn't look like an airplane, it just looked like a flash of light.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Triangular UFO seen by family of 6 just south of Des Moines on I35.
Ainsworth · IA, USA
2 Triangle shaped crafts with red lights over Ainsworth, Iowa.
Webster City · IA, USA
Non-moving, non blinking, yellow cluster of lights hovering 20 degrees above horizon, Hamilton Co., Iowa, 4/13/13, for couple of min.
Allendorf · IA, USA
Bright light in Iowa sky
Mondamin · IA, USA
Bright orange object hovered over timber then took off at high rate of speed.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Two "lights" from space circling and "dancing" around each other as if playing.
Arcadia · IA, USA
Bright Orange Fireball near Arcadia, Iowa
Shelby · IA, USA
03/15/2013 around Shelby Ia.(near) 04:00 Blinking crossbuck lights and plane disappear
Marion · IA, USA
Lights of blue, like electricity, red triangle in center! 1 blue/1 white