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)
St. Cloud · MN, USA
Orange ball of light over St. Cloud, MN.
Bemidji · MN, USA
White cigar shaped object disappears in front of our eyes
Revere · MN, USA
Driving into work this morning heading east on hwy 14 towards Lamberton, Mn.approximately 7:40-AM. triangular shape craft investigatin
Madison Lake · MN, USA
Three orange lights in the sky.
St. Anthony · MN, USA
Bright orb seen moving slowly over lake and the picked up speed and disappeared.
Shoreview · MN, USA
Me and my friend looked into the sky and saw a bunch of blue lights we figured it was a plane.
Minnetonka · MN, USA
Bright light moving rapidly across night sky, leaving a trail, but slower than a meteor and it didn't burn out.
New Hope · MN, USA
Beautiful green glowing, round light (Kind of florescent) in sky moving downward in a north west direction , disappearing over neighbor
Albert Lea · MN, USA
I observed two very bright lights in the western sky. They were at a diagonal from each other with the right light being slightly lower
Roseville · MN, USA
Green fireball fast moving. Shooting down towards the ground.
Princeton · MN, USA
Very large bright object flying horizontally across the sky.
Brooklyn Center · MN, USA
Car chased by shape shifting, airplane imitating, UFO at night.
Zim · MN, USA
Northern Minnesota. ((NUFORC Note: Sightings of "twinkling" stars, we suspect. PD))
Bemidji · MN, USA
One large object, one small object, orange green yellow and blue lights.
Bemidji · MN, USA
My husband walked outside and on his way back in he saw up to 15 balls of light. He came inside and got me and told me to grab my camer
Foreston · MN, USA
Wide black line with pointed front moving across night sky in MN.
Minnetonka · MN, USA
UFOs over Minnetonka. ((NUFORC Note: The 5:15 p.m. sighting may have been of Venus, we suspect. PD))
Marietta · MN, USA
Flickering orange "star" becomes transitory, races across the sky.
Apple Valley · MN, USA
4 flying orange bright ball shape objects that I filmed at night. I have never seen anything like it before.
Saint Paul · MN, USA
Red and Green light bars seen at low elevation.
Marietta · MN, USA
"Star" glows orange and spins in vortex, flies off at great speed.
Marietta · MN, USA
Orange lights emit beams and a massive white light pulses with radiant haloes in a race across the sky.
Hutchinson · MN, USA
Slow moving diamond shaped flame.
Rochester · MN, USA
Red/White Flashing Hovering Light.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
I was standing near the corner of Washington and Oak St in Minneapolis, MN and noticed a long perfectly straight beam of like about 50m