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)
Coralville · IA, USA
5 lights form triangle near Coralville, Iowa
Coralville (East of) · IA, USA
5 lights seen from I-80 near Coralville, Iowa
Swaledale · IA, USA
A moving circle of white light
Keystone (US 30 @) · IA, USA
Shimmering bright white light 3X size of Venus. Dripping, a tail, and variable at times.
Story City · IA, USA
Green triangle craft dropped out the sky and dissappeared.
Des moines · IA, USA
When I was about 10, I had laid down in bed. I looked at the clock and it was almost 11 at night. I turned my attention to the tv and w
Oskaloosa · IA, USA
Stationary object with red, white and blue flashing lights.
Johnston · IA, USA
High flying objects spotted on Interstate-80 in Iowa on Sept 16th 2007
Marion · IA, USA
i was on hole 2 at hunters ridge and i saw a shiney silver shaped suacer the top part was spinning and the bottom part was spinning a d
Mt Ayr · IA, USA
Bright light, moving back and forth, raising up in sky with flashes of different colors
Davenport · IA, USA
ET over Rock Island Nuclear Arsenal
Holstein · IA, USA
shooting star look alike but didn't fade or travel in a straight line!
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
A formation of three black winged objects very high up was sighted on a clear morning.
Iowa · IA, USA
Bright white translucent roundish object changed shape
Des Moines · IA, USA
ufo hovering near interstste.
Des Moines · IA, USA
It looked like a teardrop and kept dropping and rising back and forth in a diagnol pattern. My friend was standing next to me and saw
Rolfe · IA, USA
4 lights in a row with 2 on the end at a angle at the end i think what the end was. all the lights went off an on for three or four tim
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
spherical solid object bright white hovering high up in clear sky then moving slowly out of sight
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
FRIENDS AND I WERE OUTSIDE AND ALLLLLLL THE SUDDEN A HIGH PITCHED SOUND CAME OVER US AND WE TRIED EVERYTHING FOR THE SOUND TO GET BLOCK
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
i am walking then it comes over me then i fall asleep
Dubuque · IA, USA
The UFO had light blue flashing lights, it was saucer-shaped and had a dome-like top on it and it acted like it wanted us to stop.
Marion · IA, USA
4 objects of flashing color over city of 30,000
Marion · IA, USA
Marion sighting Info
Indianola · IA, USA
i was sitting on my porch appx 950pm cst when i saw an object in the western sky zip past in the sky with no noise it was white in col
Sioux Center · IA, USA
I WAS WATCHING TV WHEN I NOTICE 2 OBJECTS WITH BLUEISH@RED LIGHTS COMEING OVER THE ROOF OUTLINES OF THE HOUSES JUST SOUTH OF MY HOUSE.