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)
Idaho Falls · ID, USA
Bright neon flashes seen across city along with power outages, and a molten-gold colored disk with smaller disks coming off of it.
Boise · ID, USA
Bright Flashes
Pocatello · ID, USA
Not quite a satellite.
Ammon · ID, USA
i saw this object in the east southeast sky, it had many colors and moved at great speed in all directions but seemed to stay close to
Twin Falls · ID, USA
Orange fiery-looking orb appeared to be floating at the treeline.
Boise · ID, USA
Two seperate lights that flashed and then started moving towards one another.
Boise · ID, USA
multi-color flashing lights with bright white in the middle. Hovering with no noise every night. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius? PD))
Idaho Falls · ID, USA
triangel shape 3 light one one each coner greenish yellow made no noise at all moving very fast
Nampa · ID, USA
Two large amber glowing objects over Nampa/ Caldwell Idaho
Post Falls · ID, USA
Bright light on mountain top by cell tower- receded behind mountain after 25 sec
Cambridge · ID, USA
Triangle shaped figure flying low making no noise and flashing red and blue lights very fast
Emmett · ID, USA
the craft was very shiny
Boise · ID, USA
high flying thing. ((NUFORC Note: ISS over-flight at 21:57 hrs.; SW to NE. PD))
Boise · ID, USA
Bright Red UFO Seen Over Boise at End of Hyde Street Fair
Nampa · ID, USA
2 witness what appeared to be a low flying small aricraft completely on fire streak across the night sky.
Mountain Home · ID, USA
5 bright orange lights seen by 3+ Air Force personnel in Idaho
Felt · ID, USA
A near duplicate sighting, eleven yr.s apart. same general location
Boise · ID, USA
Reported light may not have been the ISS.
Meridian · ID, USA
Very slow bright light moving through the sky, almost still, then there was a big flash and it off at lightning speed and disappeared.
Nampa · ID, USA
Two very bright red objects travelling with missile-like speed across the entire night sky NNW to SSE
Star · ID, USA
REDDISH-ORANGE anomoly appears in the sky about 25 degrees above horizon, moves, changes course, drifts overhead as if observing .
Lewiston · ID, USA
Three delta, possibly "bat-shaped" objects observed flying due west between 10,000 and 25,000 feet at very high rate of speed.
Lewiston · ID, USA
Fast traveling bright light that appeared and disappeared in less than 30 seconds.
St. Maries · ID, USA
Silver Shere hovering over mountain about 5 miles away from us was about as big as a dime if you held it out at arms length.
Stanley · ID, USA
3 alternating color, fast moving lights over Stanley Lake in Stanley, Idaho.