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)
Minneapolis · MN, USA
I saw 3 blinking red lights that blinked from bright red to white in a triangle formation flying south at same speed. It was silent and
Duluth · MN, USA
Triangle of lights observing us through our window above the tree line, and would move side to side and closer and away.
Rosemount · MN, USA
Seen UFO when getting a little air.
Coon Rapids · MN, USA
Lights that traveled across the sky then disappeared and then from the same spot reappeared but in a new direction.
Cass Lake · MN, USA
A light like a star but moved from the southwest sky to the southeast moving upward.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
36 Red-Orange Lights Fly Over St. Cloud, MN @ Highspeed!
Bemidji · MN, USA
4 separate crafts spotted, w/ 1st a "cigar or cylindrical" in shape, then a dark craft. ((NUFORC Note: Birds or insects? PD))
Bemidji · MN, USA
"Fireball" red circle that hovers in sky NW between Bemidji and Red Lake. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Maple Grove · MN, USA
Bright circle of light that hovers. Seen 5 different times. On film 3 times.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
12 Large Bright Red-Orange Lights fly over Central Minnesota on the evening of April 28th, 2012.
Saint Cloud · MN, USA
Red orblike lights moving across the nights sky.
Bloomington (near I-494 and Hwy. 77) · MN, USA
Massive hovering translucent and reflective ball over Hwy. I-494 and I-35W intersection.
Andover · MN, USA
3-18-12, Minneapolis, 8:40 PM, 2 dots flying very fast from SE to NW, side by side, but offset, brownish color
Watertown · MN, USA
Ufo appeared just above mars and continued straight until eventually stopping.
Monticello · MN, USA
Triangle shaped object over Monticello, MN
Cloquet · MN, USA
Flashing white light and out if sight in less than 3 seconds
Grand Rapids · MN, USA
Bright multi colored fast moving circliar object that responded to tactical led strobe light.
Woodbury · MN, USA
4 separate fiery looking balls traveling at a high rate of speed from the NW sky toward the SE sky.
Hibbing · MN, USA
Lights disappearing and reappearing
White Bear Lake · MN, USA
I saw 2 lights low on the horizon that disappeared 30 minutes later.
Mounds View · MN, USA
Large black rectangular object hovering
Cold Spring · MN, USA
Drove underneath two triangular crafts that made no sound.
Rochester · MN, USA
3 red lights formed into a triangle formation, moving toward each other, then fading.
Edins · MN, USA
I was driving with my boyfriend down a frontage road in Edina and we saw a strange blue light fill the sky for just a few seconds and t
Saint Francis · MN, USA
I saw around 3 unknown objects dancing in the sky.