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)
Star · ID, USA
35 evenly spaced white lights coming from Nampa to the right of the moon and Venus moving quickly toward Boise. ((Starlink satellites))
Garden Valley · ID, USA
First seen a light moving but to fast to be a airplane and to slow to be a shooting star . ((Starlink satellites))
Nampa · ID, USA
Orange light in the sky over Nampa
Jerome · ID, USA
looked up at sky seen 3 moving lighted objects then observed several more ran and told coworker they would appear about 15 sec interval
Jerome · ID, USA
Light in the night sky that is moving and will dim and brighten. ((NUFORC Note: Venus, or perhaps Sirius?? PD))
Meridian · ID, USA
Triangle shaped bright white object with flashing green and red lights in a triangle form hovering in the sky then reappearing.
Boise · ID, USA
A straight line formation of lights traveling northeast
Mountain Home/Glenns Ferry (between) · ID, USA
My wife and I were driving home from Mountain Home, and we had noticed these two yellowish-golden lights hovering in the southern sky o
Driggs · ID, USA
Extremely bright strange lights changing shape multiple times
Salmon · ID, USA
Bright light; dimmed and got bright again moving slowly above the mtn line and then disappeared behind mtn. ((anonymous report))
Hagerman · ID, USA
Extremely bright, orange light twinkling above the hills, disappeared after a few minutes
St. Maries · ID, USA
Light changing from bright white to orange as if the source is rotating. The white light is very intense and lights up the entire area.
Boise · ID, USA
9 craft one after the other looked like a satellite at first.
Twin Falls · ID, USA
Around 4:30 AM I stood at my kitchen window looking to the north west sky and observed what appeared to be an airplane heading toward t
Nampa · ID, USA
straight line formation of lights traveling. (("Spacelink" satellites??))
Coeur d'Alene · ID, USA
Spherical, dark, huge, ominous
Boise · ID, USA
Brilliant as a star giant red ball of ultra fast, silent zooming across the sky
Eagle · ID, USA
4 separate white lights at separate intervals witnessed
Jerome · ID, USA
super bright - statioanry - it looks like light all around it as well ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Venus?? PD))
Idaho Falls · ID, USA
I looked up in the sky above the lights and there was a long oval blackish disc.
Boise · ID, USA
strange black dot below the moon, enlarged it appears to be a ship of some kind.
Meridian · ID, USA
My son was taking out the trash. We saw a fireball a few years ago right down the street & talk about it all the time. He started won
Coeur d'Alene · ID, USA
I saw bright green light pretty far up above my city while leaving the gym this morning. Just when. I was trying to figure out what it
Jerome · ID, USA
While outside we looked up and saw a string lights moving across the sky very fast. They were in a straight line formation and looked e
Boise · ID, USA
Extreme green flash of light above the valley in the sky.