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)
Batavia · IA, USA
A UFO was seen to the north of our house.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Two very bright white lights come close together in the northwest sky and one dissapears...
Walnut · IA, USA
HUGE Flash of Pale Blue Light & Loud Cracking Sound in Walnut, IA.
Saint Charles · IA, USA
Witness soundless flickering lights moving NE in the clouds above.
Ottumwa · IA, USA
round reflective object
Sioux City · IA, USA
Lights in the sky south of downtown sioux city
Shenandoah · IA, USA
Two lights separated quite a distance apart, traveling in unison in a straight line from N.W. to S.E.
Eldridge · IA, USA
Bright orange object seen flying E/SE out of atmosphere.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Fireball or (meteor?) Might be something stranger. ((anonymous report))
Ottumwa · IA, USA
flashing light
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
flashing blue and red lights, didnt move for an hour then vanishd
Keokuk · IA, USA
A extremly bright ball of light shot across the night sky a couple of thousand feet in the air then diappeared.
Riverside · IA, USA
Two Slow Flying Fireballs Within Seven Minutes
Newton · IA, USA
3 bright orange oval shaped craft moving slowley over interstate 80 in Newton, Iowa
Muscatine · IA, USA
i was looking southwest i saw 1 bright light and 1 dim light seem that they were teathered together moving very fast across the sky fro
Ames · IA, USA
Lights moving at same speed as aircraft, but no running lights. ((NUFORC Note: ISS and Space Shuttle in formation? PD))
Osceola to Kansas City · IA, USA
Bright fflashing ufo.
Spencer · IA, USA
Unexplained pattern of mult-colored lights that moved, diappeared, reappeared and has 7 Iowans believing that there are definately UFOs
Des Moines · IA, USA
Flashing and strobing object, flashing and strobing military jets, and two white lights moving above the Des Moines Iowa area.
Eldora · IA, USA
Large, horizontal, whitish rectangle seen during the day.
Fairfield · IA, USA
5 lights in shape of oval traveled from southwest to northeast sky which looked to outline one object at 3:16 AM.
Ventura · IA, USA
Craft with flashing white, red and blue lights hovering low over town making no noise.
Spencer · IA, USA
white large trianglar shape. Able to move fast to keep up with the car.
Clinton · IA, USA
clinton, iowa ufo sigthing
Dow City · IA, USA
green shooting star that led me to discover a light with blue and red strobes on it!