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)
Oxford Junction · IA, USA
I noticed a strange light out the window of my house to see, two very bright lights. I checked the flightradar24 live website Immediat
Sioux City · IA, USA
Late at night, I saw a very large red light that traveled quickly across the sky and disappeared.
Ft.atkinson · IA, USA
50 round lights in perfect row starting nw sky to nc sky moving slow. At aprox. 45 degees in sky lights faded out one at a time. Ligh
Urbandale · IA, USA
At approximately 6:45pm, I walked outside with my family. We saw at least 20 lights in a line move in unison. The lights disappeared as
Iowa City · IA, USA
UFO fleet in straight line pattern over Iowa City 04Dec2020
Fredericksburg · IA, USA
I was Driving northbound on hwy 63, 3 miles south of hwy 18 when i saw a bright white lighted, Rectangular object moving very fast thro
Sioux City · IA, USA
We observed a very bright white light heading west to east at a very high rate of speed. We were on the farm and had very good view of
Marion · IA, USA
Night red light with small white lights.
Truro · IA, USA
Metallic cylinder shape object zig-zagging across sky at a very high rate of speed.
Nevada · IA, USA
Triangular object floated smoothly and silently over my backyard. It came from the North and kept going South. It looked like a V-Forma
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
At 9:00 pm on Thursday October 1st, I was taking out my garbage when I saw a aircraft slowly coming towards my home, west to east, goin
Coggon · IA, USA
Bright Green light moving across sky in Iowa
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Line of lights sitting over the cedar river
Ames · IA, USA
Light in sky defying gravity and disappearing in rural Iowa
Dubuque · IA, USA
Formation of 50+ lights in the sky.
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
MADAR Node 133
Indianola · IA, USA
I was walking my dogs!at night and we were up on a hill—for a moment there seemed to be a shooting star flashing across the tree line.
Dallas Center · IA, USA
Multi colored flashing object zig zags across the sky, then splits into a triangle and disappears.
Nebraska City · IA, USA
3 circle shaped craft flying in triangle formation start spinning and switching places changing directions very quickly
Bentonsport · IA, USA
In Keosauqua Iowa on 8/12/2020 around 10:30pm, my boyfriend and I were outside standing near the Des Moines River trying to observe the
Sioux City · IA, USA
Bright star seen in middle of day. With binoculars you could see it was a flying saucer like object
Des Moines · IA, USA
Gliding triangle in the sky, non blinking blue light on left side and non blinking red light on right side
Knoxville · IA, USA
Lights in the sky
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
MADAR Node 133
Ankeny · IA, USA
Brilliant white object over Ankeny, IA, moving to the north /northeast