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)
Des Moines · IA, USA
lights (round shaped) in a v-shaped formation (5-7 in the v formation and one on the left side and another on the right side in front o
Floyd · IA, USA
Unusual movement of unusually lit craft over Iowa farm field.
Woodward · IA, USA
Orange/gold lights that seemed to "leap frog" across the north western Iowa sky.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Triangular aircraft with white and red lights.
Sioux City · IA, USA
3 white lights turn to 1 and wobble in the sky
Belle Plaine · IA, USA
I was in a field,looked up to the sky and noticed what looked like two all white subway cars hooked together. The object was heading No
West Des Moines · IA, USA
2 Bright Lights in Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines · IA, USA
Single light multiplied then came together as a diamond then became one and disappeared.
Dubuque · IA, USA
northeast sky colors flickering
Dubuque · IA, USA
ok i didnt see it but i heard about it and was hoping you could find out more a friend told me that lastnight her friend seen a craft a
De Soto · IA, USA
5 amazingly bright light objects in bright redish/orange October sunset. in IOWA.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Orange orb came close.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Bright orange orb quickly passing close by without sound.
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Diagonal line of bending light seen above university from the moon on Hallow's Eve.
Mt. Pleasant · IA, USA
Triangular craft moving very fast in odd directions.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
UFO over Cedar Rapids
Audubon · IA, USA
Three different bright lights that did not move, yet when seen with binoculars had red blinking lights. ((NUFORC Note: Stars?? PD))
Sioux City · IA, USA
9-12 white lights glide from north to south across morningside sky
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Flying object in the background of our video in video class flies 100 yards in less than 1/2 a second
Dubuque · IA, USA
Two Orange Spheres moments apart, followed by smaller moving star like object, which became two lights moving together from another dir
Washington (west of) · IA, USA
Hovering lights in western sky, Washington, Iowa
Hiawatha · IA, USA
we saw a circle aircraft moving west at 20 mph fly only 200 yards off the ground.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Solid and silent red light flying over Des Moines, Iowa.
Audubon · IA, USA
White bright light changing into an orange red light that flew back and forth, and then was gone.
Bonaparte · IA, USA
On july 3 2010 around 22:00 just before the fireworks show a orange and red orb just appeared over the des moines river and floated sou