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)
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Two faint non-blinking lights traveling at high speed intersecting path of an aircraft (with the standard blinking lights)
Muscatine · IA, USA
3 lighted object ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus, we suspect. PD))
West Des Moines · IA, USA
Iowa Air National Guard and 727 watched by UFO in West Des Moines Iowa ((NUFORC Note: May not be a serious report. PD))
Iowa City · IA, USA
Glowing figure dividing until 7 were there, at 3 am
Rockwell City · IA, USA
Cluster of lights in the sky
Woodbine · IA, USA
Light hovered over several towns , it didn't seem to be a regular aircraft.
Wallingford · IA, USA
MUFON/IOWA REPORT: Investigated by Iowa MUFON, Beverly Trout. At 6:00 p.m. on 2/29/04 Blue-white fireball.
Wallingford (south of) · IA, USA
A ball of blue-white fire rolls on the roadway, and kills my engine.
Titonka · IA, USA
We saw 3 white teardropped shape unidentified objects hovering in the sky for 45 sec to 1 min. on 2-10-04 22:30.
Elkader · IA, USA
A strange creature or being....
Sioux City · IA, USA
I saw an oval shaped light fly across the sky going very fast and just before it disappeared there was a light coming out the front.
Sioux City · IA, USA
Red flash and a flying saucer
Truro · IA, USA
UFO seen by two well grounded college educated individuals
Truro · IA, USA
MUFON/IOWA Report: 1/13/2004 3:25:05 AM 03:25. Investigated by Iowa MUFON,Beverly Trout and Pam Brackenbury.
Sioux City · IA, USA
I saw what looked like a fireball in the sky.
Vinton · IA, USA
BRIGHT LIGHTS FAST MOVING IN THE SKY
Preston · IA, USA
Blue oval shaped transparent light w/o an apparent source with red lights flashing around it.
Waterloo · IA, USA
Very fast, silent, moving craft enveloped by vapor, @ about 8000 feet AGL traveling SW to NW then W
Fairfield · IA, USA
MUFON/IOWA FOLLOW-UP REPORT: Low-altitude triangle with triangular shaped pinkish-white lights at angles.
Fairfield · IA, USA
observed triangle shaped object fly from north to south at slow speed making no noise. Corners were glowing triangles
Waterloo (north of) · IA, USA
Green fireball Sonic Boom felt
Urbandale · IA, USA
MUFON/IOWA REPORT: VERY IMPORTANT - THIS IS ONE OF 3 SIGHTINGS ON THE SAME NIGHT AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME in Iowa.
Fairfield · IA, USA
MUFON/IOWA FOLLOW-UP REPORT: This Fairfield report of group of 5-6 lights is one of 3 reports at same time on same night in Iowa
Fairfield · IA, USA
Just after nightfall I observed a cluster of white blinking lights high overhead, moving steadily in a westerly direction.
Urbandale · IA, USA
Formation of white lights moving in a random pattern in a northwesterly direction