UFO Sightings in Minnesota
1,982 UFO sightings reported in Minnesota since 1932, peaking in 2015 (152 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,982
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2015 (152 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1932–2022 · peak 2015 (152 reports)
Top cities in Minnesota
Minneapolis
1947–2022 · peak 2004 (13 reports)
St. Paul
1957–2020 · peak 2004 (8 reports)
Duluth
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Lakeville
2003–2021 · peak 2015 (6 reports)
Rochester
1978–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Saint Paul
2004–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
St. Cloud
1971–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Burnsville
1960–2021 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Bemidji
1979–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Eagan
1998–2022 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Minnetonka
1969–2019 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Woodbury
1999–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Stillwater
2001–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Eden Prairie
1988–2019 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Blaine
1997–2020 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Bloomington
1997–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Coon Rapids
1996–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Plymouth
1998–2021 · peak 2006 (2 reports)
Brainerd
1968–2021 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Edina
1978–2017 · peak 2015 (4 reports)
Empire · MN, USA
We were driving eastbound on 200th St. E / Vermillion Trail. The saucer shaped craft was hovering about 3/4 of a mile north over a fie
Saint Paul · MN, USA
I was riding westbound on 94 from Ruth Street and saw a bright white light in the cloudy sky. Very odd movements haopening, lost sight
Deer Creek · MN, USA
Round metallic object very high in the sky. Stat. for about 30 min., then moved E very slowly. Ongoing. ((NUFORC Note: Balloon? PD))
Henning · MN, USA
It is a round object with grey or black stripes across the middle that appear to be windows. Sometimes it changes shape. It is not mov
Glencoe · MN, USA
3 extremely large craft with large lights under them moving S! Silent, and would not been seen except for the lightning. ((anonymous))
Zimmerman · MN, USA
Many UFO'S.
Minnetonka · MN, USA
Noticed double layered lights surrounding a massive circular object in the sky around 494 and Minnetonka Blvd.
Onamia · MN, USA
High altitude (spacecraft) sighted traveling NNE; three short bright lights, than went dark. ((anonymous report))
Jordan · MN, USA
White, red, green, metallic colored objects moving in brief zig zag patterns, bouncy movements and stay at stand still would form weird
Sleepy Eye · MN, USA
Tiny Metallic object. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a high-altitude balloon, launched by DARPA? PD))
Minnetonka · MN, USA
Saw an oval of lights in the clouds at night with breaks in between. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights at local casino. PD))
Duluth · MN, USA
Light formation with large disk at center
Winona · MN, USA
During a very intense lightning and thunder storm I was in a yurt with a window in the center roof and after several strikes of lightni
Bena · MN, USA
The black vehicle was there in front of me, then in a puff of smoke and it was gone.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by source of report. PD))
Crystal · MN, USA
Satellite that very clearly wasn't a satellite, strange blue light transfer from a star to this light in the sky
Minnetonka · MN, USA
Streak of light turns and splits into individual lights over southern Twin Cities. ((anonymous report))
Woodbury · MN, USA
Highway 94, looked to the left and saw a very low flying small plane (very boxy and flat) which seemed to go in and out out of focus.
Minnetonka · MN, USA
6 lights in a perfect circle weren’t flying super fast at night, when all of a sudden the circle object launched into the sky.
Champlin/Anoka · MN, USA
I was watching Alien Highway last night, the 24th of July. I seen a flash outside above the tree line in the north west direction towar
Park Rapids · MN, USA
Silver Cigar shaped object, no windows
Aitkin · MN, USA
Disk hovering near Farm Island Lake
Lakeville · MN, USA
Green light appeared in photo of strange cloud a vapor trail. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare. PD))
Lakeville · MN, USA
While sitting outside with my boyfriend I have been known to watch the sky due to seeing things over Lakeville a lot. As I was telling
Proctor · MN, USA
I saw colored fireballs that hovered above the trees. My parents also saw it and tried to deny what they saw at first. But eventually t