UFO Sightings in Indiana
2,549 UFO sightings reported in Indiana since 1940, peaking in 2020 (193 reports); most often described as unknown.
- Total sightings
- 2,549
- Span
- 1940–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (193 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1940–2022 · peak 2020 (193 reports)
Top cities in Indiana
Indianapolis
1954–2022 · peak 2013 (27 reports)
Fort Wayne
1980–2022 · peak 2014 (17 reports)
Evansville
1970–2022 · peak 2019 (16 reports)
Mt. Vernon
1956–2022 · peak 2020 (28 reports)
Newburgh
1990–2021 · peak 2019 (28 reports)
South Bend
1997–2021 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Terre Haute
1955–2021 · peak 2004 (7 reports)
Lafayette
1959–2021 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Fishers
1996–2021 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
Kokomo
1996–2021 · peak 2008 (14 reports)
Bloomington
1973–2022 · peak 2006 (3 reports)
Noblesville
1992–2022 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Greenwood
1999–2020 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Santa Claus
2018–2022 · peak 2019 (13 reports)
Muncie
1958–2019 · peak 2011 (5 reports)
Crown Point
1987–2021 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Vincennes
1970–2022 · peak 1970 (4 reports)
New Albany
1959–2022 · peak 1998 (2 reports)
Marion
1979–2021 · peak 2003 (2 reports)
Mishawaka
1974–2020 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
New Albany (Floyd or Harrison County?) · IN, USA
A witness near New Albany, Indiana reported a disk-shaped object during a hayride on a farm, in a sighting from 1972 of undetermined length.
Rensselaer · IN, USA
One evening about an hour after sundown in 1972, approximately half-way between Rensselaer and Francesville, Indiana, an elderly friend
Indianapolis · IN, USA
I was 6 years old. Was playing outside. saw a round object colored red and moon yellow to the north. I was frightened ran inside scream
Clarksville · IN, USA
A witness in Clarksville, Indiana reported a slow-moving, cigar-shaped object lit along its side, traveling west to east over Interstate 65 silently for about fifteen seconds in June 1972.
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Witnesses in Indianapolis, Indiana reported a multicolored, round disk-shaped object that was reportedly pursued by fighter jets, during a sighting lasting about an hour around 1972 to 1974.
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Crescent-shaped object seen in 1971
Morgantown-Martinsville area · IN, USA
Seven witnesses in the Morgantown-Martinsville area of Indiana reported an unusually shaped object during a one-minute sighting in the summer of 1971.
New Goshen · IN, USA
stars moving in the night sky
Berne · IN, USA
Day Light Sighting! As young boy playing outside, seen 2 silver round crafts high in the sky, being chased by 2 fighter jets.
Montezuma · IN, USA
Wabash River sighting.
Vincennes · IN, USA
MADAR Event No. 3.
Vincennes · IN, USA
MADAR Event No. 1
Vincennes · IN, USA
MADAR Event No.2
Vincennes · IN, USA
"Like a garbage can lid with a piece of watermelon on top"; hovering over the road. ((NUFORC Note: Report from Francis Ridge. PD))
Oxford · IN, USA
Unknown Radio Broadcast 1970
IN · USA
In Indiana in June 1970, witnesses described a bright, unidentified object that lit the area like daylight, left a mark on the ground, and produced a deep humming or whirring sound.
Evansville · IN, USA
saucer shaped object above cornfield
Westphalia · IN, USA
ret. mst. u.s.a.f
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Large silver sphere/saucer-shaped object that hovered for several minutes. Emitted dots (in data-style format) from side.
Monroe · IN, USA
A witness reported an orange, spherical object near Coppus Corners on US Route 27 in Monroe, Indiana, in February 1969, during a fifteen-to-twenty-second sighting.
Logansport/Kokomo. · IN, USA
Bright light front end of diesel train shape hovering /from distant star to huge craft overhead/passenger windows no soun no wings/tail
Nashville · IN, USA
it was cigar shaped there were other witnesses it was silent and it appeared silver it hovered 8 minutes and disappeared in an instant
Valparaiso · IN, USA
68 Grey Squares in Sky, I'll take you with me cuz you're my friend, 9 o'clock past bozo circus noon, scary man, doll burning
Valparaiso · IN, USA
1968, Grey Squares in Sky, I'll take you with me cuz you're my friend, 9 o'clock past bozo circus noon, scary man, doll burning
Huron · IN, USA
While traveling west on Ind st hwy 60, my ex-wife and I saw a cigar shaped object houvering over the intersection of u.s. hwy 50 and In