UFO Sightings in Idaho
1,273 UFO sightings reported in Idaho since 1932, peaking in 2020 (128 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,273
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (128 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1932–2022 · peak 2020 (128 reports)
Top cities in Idaho
Boise
1932–2022 · peak 2019 (42 reports)
Nampa
1992–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Meridian
1977–2021 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Twin Falls
1981–2021 · peak 2019 (7 reports)
Coeur d'Alene
1950–2020 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Idaho Falls
1989–2022 · peak 2006 (6 reports)
Sandpoint
1976–2021 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Pocatello
1998–2021 · peak 2021 (4 reports)
Post Falls
1999–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Caldwell
1994–2021 · peak 2015 (4 reports)
Mountain Home
1983–2020 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Kuna
1989–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Lewiston
1961–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Hayden
2000–2022 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Moscow
1993–2021 · peak 2001 (2 reports)
Emmett
2005–2019 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Rexburg
1974–2020 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Rathdrum
1989–2021 · peak 2020 (3 reports)
Jerome
2001–2020 · peak 2020 (6 reports)
Eagle
2001–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Coeur d'Alene · ID, USA
Fireball w/ huge flames headed from vicinity of Coeur d'Alene Lake toward Pappy Boyington Airport while losing alt..((anonymous report)
Hailey · ID, USA
Orb of bright light fireball moving very slowly directly above our heads, and then disappeared. Not a shooting star. Too close.
Boise · ID, USA
Large flying object with huge bright light, moving slow and barely above treeline in residential area, after 9pm, 11/7/16, Boise.
Garden City · ID, USA
Very bright lights that just sat there very close together not moving then changed when it went away
Twin Falls · ID, USA
Solid ball looking thing floating West. Looked like it changed directions from South to West. No sound and no lights. Recorded it on my
Middleton · ID, USA
I was driving on my way home from work. I was westbound on Purplesage road when I saw a blue orb or spherelike object with a bright c
Nampa · ID, USA
Bright triangle shaped set of 3 lights pulses.very bright not like a planet or star.no noise. Seems to be less bright and farther away
Caldwell · ID, USA
Formation over Caldwell, Idaho.
Boise · ID, USA
Bright isolated orb. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of an Iridium satellite flare? PD))
Twin Falls · ID, USA
Orb emitting ultra bright orange light sitting on the horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))
Idaho Falls · ID, USA
I saw it come out of the clouds. It was a black equal sided triangle. ((anonymous report))
Kuna · ID, USA
Light formation fading in and out, merging, and changing shape.
Boise · ID, USA
Three triangle lights seen by my wife and me.
Emmett · ID, USA
Red orange & white lights move low to ground from behind Reagan Butte in Emmett, Idaho, stops in mid air, back tracks a bit, then back.
Mountain Home · ID, USA
Orange lights appearing in sky.
Elmore County (House Mountain Road) · ID, USA
My son and I were elk hunting in Area 39 when we were headed back to camp in my station wagon after hunting near the lake till dark. We
Rexburg · ID, USA
Triangle-shaped object with lights emitting in each corner of the object flies overhead.
Weiser · ID, USA
Saw small bright blue strobe traveling at a fast rate South of Manns Creek
Boise · ID, USA
White stationary object remaining for >20 min and counting very very high in atmosphere. Changing shape from oval to angular.
Meridian · ID, USA
Bright orb viewed in twilight and night sky over Meridian/Nampa, Idaho. ((anonymous report))((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))
Nampa · ID, USA
Shiny daytime ufo over nampa idaho 08/06/2016
Boise · ID, USA
Right in the middle Vega and Arcturus was a bright circular light that looked like a planet but disappeared after only 20 minutes.
Nampa · ID, USA
Rotating circular object with antennae.
Boise · ID, USA
Odd ship that changed shapes, then back to original round shape, possible lights on it.
Lewiston · ID, USA
The buzzing.