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)
Park Rapids · MN, USA
three orange lights in a triangle over northern minnesota
Saint Bonifacius · MN, USA
BRIGHT light low in the sky- middle of the day.
Harris · MN, USA
Two stationary bright lights ( like stars)in NW sky, pulsing brighter and brighter, then disappearing together.
Bellchester · MN, USA
Streaking orange light made no sound at all.
Jordan · MN, USA
I was out side at about 7:30 at night with my telescope, when I happened to look up at the sky and saw what I at first thought was a sh
Jordan · MN, USA
I was out side at about 7:30 at night with my telescope, when I happened to look up at the sky and saw what I at first thought was a sh
Plymouth · MN, USA
Very bright, streaking object blueish green in color traveling west over the western suburbs of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Glowing green object crosses Twin Cities at low altitude
Two Harbors · MN, USA
Northern Lights ?? Right!
Two Harbors · MN, USA
This really happened and I would like an explanation! Read it and believe it.
Saint Cloud · MN, USA
Definetly not a typical aircraft, military or commercial jet of any kind
Farmington · MN, USA
Blue and Purple Fireball with noise sighted. ((NUFORC Note: Probable hoax from student, we believe. PD))
Palisade · MN, USA
It flew almost all the way across the clear night horizon far too fast to be an aircraft or a satelitte, zig-zagged, then darted upward
Rogers · MN, USA
"Star" observed moving erratically through the evening sky
International Falls · MN, USA
Lights (on craft) moving in extremely rapid zig-zags through the night sky.
Randolph (near; 19 & 56) · MN, USA
circular, lime-green object with a tracer lime-green tail
Brooklyn Center · MN, USA
about 1:17 am over 252 in brooklyn center, evergreen park elementary, a brightly lit object hovered closer and closer to us.
Oakdale · MN, USA
hovering oblong shaped craft appeard over sky, moving 40mph or slower, in a westerly direction
Brooklyn Center · MN, USA
rocked back and forth while moving west
Woodbury · MN, USA
Blue green rotating lights
Great Scott · MN, USA
flashing light in deserted forest
Hampton · MN, USA
TRIANGULAR CRAFT HOVERING AT HAMPTON, MINNESOTA - 04:00 AUGUST 2006
Farmington · MN, USA
Brilliant green flash sighted. ((NUFORC Note: Probable hoax from student, we believe. PD))
Farmington · MN, USA
Explanation for 8/24/06 Flash (*please do not post, this is not a report*)
Edina · MN, USA
High in the western sky on August 31st at 7:55 p.m. in Edina M.N. USA, a star like object that was fixed in the sky dimmed , split up,