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)
Sherburn · MN, USA
object spotted, triangular in shape, 3 glowing red/amber lights, silent, 25 to 30 feet in length, made movements not possible to planes
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Minneapolis at the corner of 25th St. and Nicollet Ave. Triangular craft with two longer sides (isosceles triangle) passing through sk
International Falls · MN, USA
Was moving south from north fast and might of hacked my phone (strange voice recorded).
International Falls · MN, USA
Very small with pink and blue lights and could move very fast. It flew very close to us
Faribault · MN, USA
craft, egg shaped, with U shape around half of it, slowly flying by at about 500 feet in the air, lasting about 5 minutes
Lakeville · MN, USA
Red light object in the Minnesota sky
Lakeville · MN, USA
Hovering objects with flashing lights viewed from a suburban area. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly a sighting of stars?? PD))
Bloomington · MN, USA
Bright sphere sitting still in sky, after 3 seconds it moved impossibly fast vertically, down behind horizon.
Ramsey · MN, USA
Ball of Fire over Ramsey, MN seen by 2.
Woodbury · MN, USA
Unexplained lights over Woodbury MN.
Maple Grove · MN, USA
Fireballs seen over Maple Grove MN
Hugo · MN, USA
Flame in the sky
Burnsville · MN, USA
Hovering Object Near Cliff Rd/Portland Ave S
Marcell · MN, USA
Brilliant bright white light that seemed to be floating across the sky and then suddenly disappeared.
Bloomington · MN, USA
I shortly viewed a short lived cluster of 8 lights at approximately 1500 feet over a swamp area in a river valley by an airport..
Oronoco · MN, USA
shape changing radiant object in SE MN 080711
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Round white object over Minneapolis that disappeared
Annandale · MN, USA
Two distant orange lights hover, move slowly, maneuver, then disappear.
Cannon Falls · MN, USA
cylindrical, white, shining, floating object moved at lightning speed hovering in several places before disappearing
Buffalo · MN, USA
Hovering silent craft, size of small plane, maybe spherical
Cloquet · MN, USA
UFO scanning, in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly not a serious report. PD))
Saint Paul · MN, USA
UFO in Minnesota at midnight
Rochester · MN, USA
Lighted object in orbital motion changed color, stopped, moved erratically at varying speeds, on a non-orbital path.
Gilbert · MN, USA
Star-like spheres for past few weeks consistant every night.
Eveleth · MN, USA
Three people see orange spherical UFO over Eveleth, MN.