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)
Burnsville · MN, USA
UFO lights over Minnesota River in Burnsville that resemble the Phoenix lights.
Duluth · MN, USA
Bright pulsating light over lake superior.
Glencoe · MN, USA
green ball of light falling straight to the ground. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))
Spring Lake Park · MN, USA
Something that looked to be a flock of birds in formation of a chevron moving way too fast to be birds.
Chisholm · MN, USA
Silent, black, triangular object with no lights
Duluth · MN, USA
An oval that had a green glow and blinking light.
Saint Paul · MN, USA
Orange points of light racing South from Perseus at great speed and altitude slowing, speeding, passing each other.
North St. Paul · MN, USA
three white circular objects in formation
Clear Lake · MN, USA
Three Lights Seen Above Lake
Medina · MN, USA
Bright, fast moving star-like object
Roseville · MN, USA
Bright object with light flashing about once per second moved from northwest to southeast at about a 60 degree elevation at mid-transit
Eagan · MN, USA
((HOAX??)) plains with huge lights on the bottem and goign really fast close to ground.
Mankato · MN, USA
I saw a bright light in the sky in North East direction .I thought is it Mars which was supposed to be brightest in the sky once some y
Duluth · MN, USA
Bright, white light moving towards east faded into red-orange color and disappeared.
St. Paul · MN, USA
lighted disk with smaller brighter center light
Minneapolis · MN, USA
UFO sited at Minnehaha Creek in Minneapokis Minnesota
Granite Falls · MN, USA
Very large bright object circular; hover.
MN · USA
balls of light moveing slow over the sky about 200 feet up.
Elk River · MN, USA
((HOAX??)) I saw fast ball of lite moveing allmost as if it was tracing the big dipper.
St. Louis Park · MN, USA
2 Objects directly overhead, travelling at the same speed and distance, heading south/southeast
Edina · MN, USA
Stationary light became very bright with halo, moved north as it dimmed into orangish color & vanished.
Motley · MN, USA
I've only waited until now to submit a report bacause I have not found an authentic looking source to submit it to.
Detroit Lakes · MN, USA
A black triangular craft with white lights at the vertices flew across the Northern Minnesota sky headead southwest.
Ellendale · MN, USA
Light coming from "hyperspace" and slowing to a normal speed with no sound and observed for 3 min. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
Saint Paul · MN, USA
dark diamond/clover shaped objects over Saint Paul at dusk