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)
Okoboji · IA, USA
A large fireball came across the sky above the lake. It was yellow then changed to green.
Davenport (Vanderveer Park) · IA, USA
I didn't see it at the time, it was over 2 years later I was looking over my 3-D photos and saw a splotch. I dig enhanced it and deter
Denison · IA, USA
After seeing the SR71 Blackbird I saw a saucer shaped craft hoovering silently.
Sioux City · IA, USA
the 4 of us saw a totally black triangle shaped object with no lights or sound fly over head blackining the stars out.
Fairfield · IA, USA
extremely bright reflective sphere changed into eccentric cigar chape
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Cedar Rapids Iowa blue lights hovering in the shape of a "V" with no sound and two witnesses
Arnolds Park · IA, USA
Triangular Shaped Object Hovering Over Frozen Lower Gar Lake No More Than 1500ft (Aprox 1/4 Mile Away) From Bridge I Was Standing On.
Des Moines · IA, USA
my friend and i saw a blurry white shape, 'bobbing' far off in a blue sky. we got the binoculars and with those saw that it was a class
Sioux City · IA, USA
Triangular shapes that only I could see.
Anamosa/Cedar Rapids (between) · IA, USA
I was delivering a pizza to a house out of town. I was returning towards a gravel rode from a suburb. I came to the end of the drive
Trenton · IA, USA
Young man hunting sees two peculiar bright lights hovering in sky, "like planets." Suddenly they flashed, changed color, moved.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Man witnesses 2 "white" aircraft rendezvous at high altitude, fly toward bizarre obj. approaching very fast. Obj. "sparkled."
Iowa City · IA, USA
Man repts. witnessing "flash, followed by a classic UFO, w/ a tailfin at back." Red color on top half of tailfin. Became triangular.
Rock Valley · IA, USA
I was out stargazing and a large, completely silent triangle UFO passed overhead at phenomenal speed towards the East. Two more went ov
Mason City · IA, USA
Woman repts. seeing peculiar star zigzagging across sky. Fifth sighting in a week.
Adair County · IA, USA
2 young men experience multiple sightings of bizarre, bright obj., which hover, streak, & land. Very bizarre; good report.
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Young man sees 3 solid lights; pulls off highway. Sees gigantic, gray triangle w/ "archways." Good rept, excellent drawing.
Lu Verne · IA, USA
Large orange ball of light moving slowly across sky.
Knoxville · IA, USA
Hovering object seen high in night sky as a /\ (this should be like an arrowhead) changing or to a < or making a turn.
Earlham · IA, USA
one huge(4 storys high,150 ft. wide) craft, trailed by 2 small pods that looked about the size of a big car. The big ship made no noise
Boyden · IA, USA
A flash of bright light on a dark night.
Mason City (south of) · IA, USA
I was going south on I35 in a Greyhound bus in northern Iowa. It was early in the am. and i was just sitting awake then suddenly, a ver
Milford · IA, USA
The objects hover to the west changing diffrent colors and disaprearing after 8:00
Ottumwa · IA, USA
1993 Evening Ufo sighting over Ottumwa, Iowa. Singular object splits in two, lights fly across sky.
Des Moines · IA, USA
My diesel engine saved me?