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)
Nampa · ID, USA
Standing in the driveway, looking up towards the moon, which is to the WNW, I saw a orange glowing, moving light.
Nampa · ID, USA
Triangle shaped object with 3 blinking bright blue lights over Nampa heading towards Boise.
Mountain Home · ID, USA
Was on the phone looking across the park behind my home. looking southeast toward Twin Falls ID, when I noticed an orange orb, I didn't
Boise · ID, USA
I was walking outside near downtown Boise and saw about 5 lights staggered vertically. I thought it was an odd pattern of stars.
Boise · ID, USA
Awoke early and stood on my balcony, and observed rapid incline of a ?star..however, I never learned about THIS KIND of rising. I picke
Mountain Home · ID, USA
orange lights towards boise idaho.
Boise · ID, USA
A bright circular light. turned on then off.
Plummer · ID, USA
Bright object in sky moving east. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a sighting of the ISS. PD))
Priest Lake · ID, USA
Aug. 12, 2015 10:30pm Location: Near Outlet Bay, Priest Lake, ID. Five adults viewing the meteor shower witnessed UFO (round, bright).
Rigby · ID, USA
Seen a yellow light make a 90 degree angle that went straight up and out of sight.
Boise · ID, USA
Blue light in the sky making 90-degree turns and moving at high speeds.
Nampa · ID, USA
Red light follows orange light silently, then accelerate away in different directions.
Nampa · ID, USA
The thing that caught my attention was that they each attached themselves to each other and detached.
Boise · ID, USA
While sky watching from Camelsback Park I witnessed a small object move extremely fast across the sky from the NE to SSW.
Pocatello · ID, USA
I was sitting outside and noticed a bright orange or red light coming over Scout Mountain it moved from south to northwest in a straigh
Twin Falls · ID, USA
Huge bright light shaped as a tear drop with two tentacles changing into the color red
Boise · ID, USA
Two star-looking lights moving very slowly to the western horizon.
Nampa · ID, USA
Three strange objects in like a V-formation, with 3 or 4 lights that looked red or an orange color.
Boise · ID, USA
As I parked my car I happen to look up towards boise from the west looking east and saw two UFO traveling from E to W approaching.
Boise · ID, USA
Orange fireball in West Boise. May have landed near Cole street. No noise,
Council · ID, USA
Interesting light formation in a forest near Council, ID. ((NUFORC Note: Round "orb" in photo is lens flare. PD))
Boise · ID, USA
BRIGHT LIGHT GOING EAST TO WEST AT INCONCEIVABLE SPEED. ANOTHER LIGHT GOING NORTH TO SOUTH MOVING SLOWER AND NOT AS BRIGHT AND GONE.
Mountain Home · ID, USA
White egg shaped object and 4 round colored objects seen in the southern sky from Mountain Home, Idaho.
Mountain Home · ID, USA
Four colored objects moving in formation, moving in unison.
Mountain Home · ID, USA
Saucer shaped object with 18 red blinking light s along it's outer edge.