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)
Boise · ID, USA
2 stars, moving apart.
Meridian · ID, USA
Slowly blinking white light in sky.
Naples · ID, USA
Series of about 8 bright orange-red globes ascending from dark hillside in about a 30- second succession with same flight pattern.
Clayton · ID, USA
Flashing stationary white, blue, and red light in western sky
Boise · ID, USA
12 o'clock high looking west,, red, green white lights each flashing, looks to be about 5-6 miles out, not moving.
Pocatello · ID, USA
Triangle Craft seen moving W over Pocatello, Idaho, seen as a Pinkish glow against the cloudy night sky.
Kuna · ID, USA
4 Bright white lights in sky!
Laclede · ID, USA
1 orange orb following another for a few minutes and then they disappeared.
Nampa · ID, USA
Bright red lights in the sky moving from west to east then fading away.
Buhl · ID, USA
Orange orbs.
Boise · ID, USA
2 orange-red orbs silently floating across sky at drive in.
Kuna · ID, USA
Three orange, pulsing lights flew from N to S. First two orbs came together as one.
Kuna · ID, USA
4 bright fixed lights by Initial Point/Kuna, ID.
Nampa · ID, USA
Orange Orbs In Formation. Two Sightings (Jul 4th/Jul 17th)
Rathdrum · ID, USA
Red Orange round type object moving slowly in a cloudless sky over north Idaho.
Nampa · ID, USA
Saw three bright glowing orange orbs, moving slowing west to southwest and then slowly dim out.
Swan Valley · ID, USA
Circle of light falling.
Boise · ID, USA
2 objects spotted in Southwest Boise, late evening.
Boise/Idaho Falls (between; Hwy 22) · ID, USA
Circle orb sighted between Boise and Idaho Falls on Hwy 20.
Boise · ID, USA
UFO in the sunset!!
Montpelier · ID, USA
At approximately 10 pm on June 22, 2014, I saw what appeared to be a star - (I thought it was venus for a moment) The star was moving e
Hansen · ID, USA
We all looked up again and it looked like a star just exploded. ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from an Iridium satellite? PD))
Boise · ID, USA
Bell shaped dark object stationary - approx. 1000 ft above the ground.
Kuna · ID, USA
Bright Orange light(orbs) 1 multiplied to 8, Moving in all directions and weird patterns went on for 10 minutes until disappered. Loud
Boise · ID, USA
Silent Grey Hovering Plane.