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)
Bloomignton · MN, USA
7 flashing lights and about 2 car alarms going off.
International Falls · MN, USA
round ball that looked like fire with flashing bottom falling out of the sky.
Duluth · MN, USA
Fast moving triangular shaped object.
Scandia · MN, USA
V/ triangular shaped. at first looked like a huge shining star. sounded like a train. nothing like a helicoptor nor plane.
Aitkin · MN, USA
Glowing in the tree line was an amazing aluminous orange fireball .
Shoreview · MN, USA
round bright circling orb around tower
Terrebonne (rural area) · MN, USA
Bright white round light,doesn't move, gets very bright then almost fades out then repeats this for a long time.((NUFORC Note: Star?))
Red Lake · MN, USA
spinning object with red blue lights over red lake
Saint Paul (east side) · MN, USA
UFO Sighting On Saint Paul's Eastside.
Bloomington · MN, USA
At approximately 5:45 pm on Saturday August 21st. I went for a bike ride. I looked up into the sky as I heard a jet over head. I saw th
Garrison · MN, USA
Mille Lacs Lake, Garrison, MN, strange orange rectangle lights seen over lake.
Lakeville · MN, USA
Pyramidal-shaped Craft Over Lakeville North High School Field
Fridley · MN, USA
Bright red/orange ball of light over Moore Lake (Hwy 65), for 2-3 min, motionless over tree line, then fades.
St. Paul · MN, USA
3 round red lights moving in formation (line) from the West to the East.
Vining · MN, USA
red dots in night sky
Lakeville · MN, USA
Three glowing orange balls in Minnesota on july 4th 2010
Apple Valley/Lakeville/Burnsville · MN, USA
Bright red light moves slowly across sky, pauses in mid-air for 3 minutes and fades away into nothing.
Coon Rapids · MN, USA
July 4th, at 11pm witnessed orange fireball with traveling across the entire night sky in Coon Rapids Minnesota.
Meadowlands · MN, USA
Red-flashing light in the sky hovering and NOT moving from single spot.
Duluth · MN, USA
Black disk shaped object moves noiselessly through air and disappears behind a tree.
Prior Lake · MN, USA
Four of us saw a phenomenon of about 12 reddish lights in the late night sky south of Minneapolis MN.
Coon Rapids · MN, USA
formation of lights in a row very close.unmarked car showed up they took photos and left.
Inver Grove Heights · MN, USA
Bright string of stationary lights after tornadic storms baffles stormwatcher
Scandia · MN, USA
Twin lighted objects floating at dusk, south east of Scandia, MN
Plymouth · MN, USA
Reflective orb revealed in digital photo of clouds.