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)
Polk City · IA, USA
I was walking my dog before the 10:00 news, looked up at the sky and saw an orange glowing object.
Polk City · IA, USA
Unusual light in sky 7/4/10 from Saylorville campground.
Davenport · IA, USA
A green heat light traveling east to west.
Carter Lake · IA, USA
One brilliantly illuminating ball of light that float over our heads and shorty afterwards, vanished before our eyes.
Boone · IA, USA
Flying obects in ia sky
Merrill · IA, USA
Red/Bluish colored lights over Merrill Rural Areas.
Waukon (15 miles SE of) · IA, USA
Triangular/V-shape UFO spotted over North East Iowa.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
three points of white light (triangle shape), no sound and very low directly above my house moving at maybe 70-80 knots
Perry · IA, USA
36 bright objects flying across the sky in a short amount of time
Waukee · IA, USA
Bright Zig-Zagging Light over Des Moines, 6/24/10
Sioux City · IA, USA
Strange disappearing/re-appearing object over Sioux city
Woodward · IA, USA
Triangle shaped object hovering for extended period of time and then finally vanished.
Keokuk · IA, USA
We were just sitting there at my brothers right after dark. When we saw what look like a light larger then any star in the sky. It appe
Burlington · IA, USA
An object flew over my house it looked like a regular star but it was moving very fast no flashing lights
Fonda · IA, USA
The object changes colors and moves. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a celestial body. PD))
Iowa City · IA, USA
Iowa city group of lights
Campo · IA, USA
Campo Colorado tornado photo
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Seen circle hovering and flashing red, blue, and green in southwestern sky. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of a star. PD))
Coralville · IA, USA
large greenish ball with trailing sparks moving level to ground altitude approx 500 feet.
Lamoni · IA, USA
Large green/red fireball over Lamoni, IA viewed from Graceland University. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a bright meteor. PD))
Iowa (unspecified location) · IA, USA
Bright green light faded then turned to orange before disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: Location of witness not specified. PD))
Hiawatha · IA, USA
Bright turqouise fireball rapidly descending at 15-20 degrees erupts into bright light and dissapears.
Fairfield · IA, USA
Crash down of a red green firebal at 7:10 pm Wed. March 3rd north of Fairfield, Iowa being observed by 4 jets.
Fort Madison · IA, USA
UFO Crashland in Fort Madison Iowa high school football field
Davenport · IA, USA
Bright concentrated lights in two bursts, electrical disturbances, magnetic signs.