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)
Ramsey · MN, USA
Red -Orange teardrop shaped , silent fast moving obect
Embarrass · MN, USA
Bright amber lights, rotating around with small white lights moving quickly and erratically in night sky.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
strange white lights ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights? PD))
Shelly · MN, USA
Saw a big blue light and a smaller red light dropped out of the blue light. They passed over me and took off up into the sky.
Canby · MN, USA
Saw the fireball in the sky drove at it proceded to go west and dissaperd followed it for 6 min very fast and silent.
Duluth · MN, USA
((HOAX??)) black triangle, three white lights on bottom, 1 pilot human, windy sound, slow, near woods or airport, see in craft,
Crookston · MN, USA
Round, silver UFO hovers over house, disappears in broad daylight
Shoreview · MN, USA
Egg-shaped light rocketed through the clouds off into the horizon
St. Paul · MN, USA
Fast shooting light through the clouds over Lake Owasso
Buffalo · MN, USA
Bright, white object with flashing red, yellow, green, and blue lights hovering in the night sky seen from Buffalo, Minnesota
St. Louis Park · MN, USA
01/21/09 at 18:57 went outside for a smoke when I spotted this bright light that was slowly moving up and down. It was not a plane or s
Bloomington/Minneapolis · MN, USA
I was driving on a highly used freeway across a bridge. I Don't remember much, I just remember feeling like this doesn't seem normal. P
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Very bright light under clouds that isn't moving. ((NUFORC Note: Venus, sighted through overcast? PD))
Pine City · MN, USA
Two lights north of Pine City, MN moving west. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter are near Moon. PD))
Prior Lake · MN, USA
A bright light that went from moving slowly to extremely fast to stationary and then gone with no sound or acceleration.
New Hope · MN, USA
((HOAX??)) Appeared two times now, Very bright red,orage,maroon, Then shoots off across the sky.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
A large, green, glowing ball of light moved from West to east in a sharp downward angle across the southern horizon.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
((HOAX)) triangle in the sky 12/27/08 800pm just south of st cloud betwen I94 and 75
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Flashing triangular lights over North Minneapolis New Year's Eve 12/31/08
Owatonna · MN, USA
Stationary, but growing luminous cylindar shaped craft appear then dissapear.
Isanti · MN, USA
Bright falling object with a blue trail.
North Branch · MN, USA
Lights at night, shining into car and garage and around blinds
La Crescent · MN, USA
six strange lights in the sky over La Crescent MN
Cotton · MN, USA
I was doing a night flight with one of my helicopter students flying south along hwy 53 towards Duluth,mn when I noticed a red light ba
Owatonna · MN, USA
2 Star Like Objects slowly start to move across the sky then vanish