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)
Meridian · ID, USA
It passed over our house and the other houses dead center of them at such a slow speed, I couldn`t figure how it could stay in the air,
Meridian · ID, USA
It passed over our house and the other houses dead center of them at such a slow speed, I couldn`t figure how it could stay in the air,
Sandpoint · ID, USA
Myself, and 3 friends decided to go to the cemetery at midnight, we were teenagers and thought it would be scary, as we were sitting at
Sandpoint · ID, USA
Bright white shield shaped craft hovering approximately 15 ft in front of my VW bug at Pinecrest cemetery, craft faded lighter and ligh
White Bird · ID, USA
UFO Pinball?
White Bird · ID, USA
It looked somewhat like UFO Pinball in the sky
Paul/Burley (Near) · ID, USA
Large cigar shaped craft seen stationary at high altitude. Then zoomed off.
Chubbuck · ID, USA
approach from east sky, several lights in symetrical boomerang shape, orbited earth in about 10 min. saw again same flight path much hi
Rexburg · ID, USA
One disc seems to be in trouble; second comes to help.
Blackfoot · ID, USA
A report from Blackfoot, ID in July 1973 described a smooth, stone-grey triangular object with a dome on its underside, silent and unmarked, lasting Approx. 4 minutes.
American Falls · ID, USA
Witnesses near American Falls, Idaho, reported a large, glowing green, disk-shaped object with a round underside visible from below, during a 20-second sighting in January 1968.
Princeton · ID, USA
A teenager in Princeton, Idaho, reported observing a disk-shaped flying object during a 30-minute sighting in August 1967.
Boise · ID, USA
A witness near Boise, Idaho, described a large disk-shaped object that appeared to be extracting material from the ground, during an hour-long sighting in June 1967.
Boise · ID, USA
Light landing on runway, traveling past end zone, travelling overland over roadless area then turning to merge into freeway traffice
Lewiston · ID, USA
In 1961, a witness in Lewiston, Idaho, reported a round light hovering low in the sky before speeding away to the northwest and disappearing, lasting about five seconds.
Arco · ID, USA
A five-person surveying crew near Arco, Idaho reported disturbing a landed disk-shaped object that lifted off and flew away at midday, over about three minutes in August 1957.
Smith's Ferry · ID, USA
A witness near Smith's Ferry, Idaho reported a disk-shaped object passing within a few feet of a truck cab, an incident later attributed by the Air Force to a lost missile, in August 1957.
Coeur d'Alene · ID, USA
A witness near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho reported a bright orange, cigar-shaped object traveling at an estimated high rate of speed, observed for about 10 seconds in July 1950.
Hazelton (Northeast of) · ID, USA
A witness northeast of Hazelton, Idaho reported a huge, silver, saucer-shaped object with no sound, exhaust, or visible lights, observed in daylight for about 10 minutes in July 1947.
Boise · ID, USA
I was at my parents house this evening we were doing dinner and a movie nothing out of the normal for a Sunday evening for us or at lea
Careywood & Bayview (Pend Oreille Lake) · ID, USA
Ball of light similiar to reported "Earht Lights" except there is little or no know quake or similiar activity known in area. Lights z
Nampa · ID, USA
I contacted this site regarding a sighting including video and pics a few weeks ago and never got any kind of response or confirmation.
Emmett · ID, USA
I witnesseed a blue-green ball followed by a golden trail. The event moved North to South. The event also was audible. It created a low