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)
Annandale · MN, USA
A circular, rotating amber light decended and disappeared. Then the same light later ascended.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Bright star like objects
Cannon Falls · MN, USA
Blinking light in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a celestial body…a star or a planet. PD))
Saint Paul · MN, USA
strange lights in saint paul mn
Faribault · MN, USA
5 orange lights in a V shape in the sky moving slowly south for 40 seconds then it sped up & disappeared.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
While walking around Minnehah Park in Minneapolis Mn. I don't know what these are. I took these photos with a casio small digital camer
Vergas · MN, USA
During a vacation with my son on a lake in Minnesota we went for a late night cruise and had a couple beers while looking at the stars
Chisago City · MN, USA
perfect triangle of moving orange lights in Minnesota
Saint Paul · MN, USA
twin cities triangle - july 6, 09
Northfield · MN, USA
Basically a dark spot in the night sky with very distinct non-aircraft lights, Went from SW to NE
Duluth · MN, USA
A minor amber color trail, (from where we were) extremely slow movement, and an odd amber coloration like the "Phoenix Lights".
Inver Grove Heights · MN, USA
Bright light shoots across the sky underneath the clouds and then vanishes.
Eagan · MN, USA
4 0ink balls of light appeared in the sky, in formation. THey moved horizontaly and were completely silent, they floated to the west
Stillwater · MN, USA
I saw a light over my house that was brighter than any light in the sky. It looked light a plane light but it was brighter but it would
Forest Lake · MN, USA
Unknown water disturbance
Bloomington · MN, USA
((HOAX??)) lightship it changed colors very bright.
Woodbury · MN, USA
nightime, fuzzy circle (a bit brighter than a nightime cloud) with an intermittently flashing amber light beneath, moving quickly NNW.
Lakeville · MN, USA
It is about 11.00 at night and I saw two objects and one is on far south side about 40 degree angle.
Lindstrom · MN, USA
Looked like a satellite, but moved in all sorts of different directions at varying speeds.
New Brighton · MN, USA
At dusk, watching the first stars of the evening make their appearance a bright rectangle appeared at arround 90 degrees ( almost strai
Zimmerman · MN, USA
We witnessed a lighted object in the sky, that was orange in color with a circular structure,
Milaca · MN, USA
Ball of light in the sky
Minneapolis · MN, USA
light moved from the nnw to the ssw then changed direction sharply and headed nnw, diffuse red in color.
Webster · MN, USA
Last night, about 12 midnight on April 4th 2009 I was sitting in our sunroom (large windows) at our computer looking at colleges online
Brainerd · MN, USA
Expeirence of Wonderness and mystery... Never thought could be so close, yet so far away.