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 City · IA, USA
3/18/12 9:30 pm, very fast moving orange small ball, zipped from south to north - driving west on I80 just before Iowa City
Waterloo · IA, USA
Red ball of fire descending out of the sky and landing
Davenport · IA, USA
Me and my friends just left a restraunt and we were at a stop light about 7:30 pm on march 24th 2012 and every single light shut off fo
Story City · IA, USA
Group of 4 red/orange lights, becoming 3 lights then disappearing into darkness of space
Ankeny · IA, USA
Flying triangle really low to ground not making any noise, not an airplane or a helicopter
Clinton · IA, USA
Two strange orange lights in the sky, unattached from each other, no sound
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Lights moving in a circular motion
Gilmore City · IA, USA
Red/blue flashing disc in se sky. about 65 degrees just sitting there. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Ames (north of) · IA, USA
Bright blue/white flash north/northwest of Huxley, IA
Spencer · IA, USA
Green light ufo
IA · USA
Strange ball of light moving slowly across central Iowa.
Pella · IA, USA
While in hot tub,looking east saw object,bar or cigar shaped, traveling north to south it veered off to south east speed like falling
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
I saw a large fireball pass over my house at about 1000 feet --no noise, traveling about 15mph.
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Bright golden light seen twice on the same road to home.
Muscatine · IA, USA
Bright orange lights moving slow across the sky.
Lafayette · IA, USA
Stationary High-Magnitude Light Dimming Out
Des Moines · IA, USA
An unexplained, unidentified flying object.
Muscatine · IA, USA
Three bright lights in the sky in the shape of a triangle
Muscatine · IA, USA
five bright yellow lights leading huge craft
Mingo · IA, USA
Saw a UFO landing on 10/29/2011
Des Moines · IA, USA
Sometime after 8:30, I went home with my mother and after parking in the driveway, I looked up (facing north) as always. Everything se
Tama · IA, USA
A fiery Red Orb like ball floated through the sky.
Waterloo · IA, USA
4 large orange orbs moving across sky
West Des Moines · IA, USA
Ten lights in a strange formation moving east over I235
Sioux City · IA, USA
Bright orange lights taking an unusual flight pattern and then disappearing in the same area in the sky.