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)
Chanhassen · MN, USA
Driving down the highway and saw two objects both having white triangular lights beneath with a red pulsating light in the middle.
Elk River · MN, USA
Two red pulsating spheres traveling in offset formation.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Bright light almost like a bright star with bright light luminating. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Duluth · MN, USA
Red light appearing/disappearing and then moving into 3 different locations and disappearing.
North St. Paul · MN, USA
UFO thought to be an airplane flashed colors and moved in swirl motions until it dispersed into the night sky.
Austin · MN, USA
I could not believe what I was seeing! This huge triangle with tons of lights on the bottom of it. It appeared to be maybe 100 ft above
Eagan · MN, USA
Blue flashes in the sky followed by an unusual aircraft.
Buhl · MN, USA
Fireball spirling down in threes.
Buhl · MN, USA
Three white balls of light shot from the ground up and hoovered for a few seconds b4 flashing out to nothing.
Savage · MN, USA
Orangish-blueish sphere object.
Burnsville · MN, USA
Green ball of light cruised across sky.
Farmington · MN, USA
Multiple lights moving in and out of formation.
Chaska · MN, USA
2 lights (seen later in pictures as crafts).
Owatonna · MN, USA
Changes shape. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of Venus. PD))
Vadnais Heights · MN, USA
Orange orbs that disappear in sky, seen from Vadnais Heights, MN.
Hopkins · MN, USA
Formation of red lights over Hopkins, MN.
Plymouth · MN, USA
For 25 minutes we heard deep rhythmic BOOMING noises.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
Orange colored circle low in sky.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
I believe in aliens is just not them coming to earth. I swear this was an ufo.
Savage · MN, USA
I saw a sphere shaped object flying east to west moving faster than any conventional aircraft was white to orange in color as it reache
Bloomington · MN, USA
Several blue and white orbs hovering just south of the airport.
Oakdale · MN, USA
White in nature - one varied to red.
Duluth · MN, USA
White light moving over Duluth, MN then vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of ISS. PD))
St. Paul · MN, USA
3 spheres flying over St. Paul.
Ogilvie · MN, USA
Orange light above trees.