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)
Chaska · MN, USA
Sphere above the horizon, ejecting smaller spheres
Faribault · MN, USA
Observed a green fireball flying 30 ft above and along a river. It flew parallel to the terrain and emitted a long tall w/smoke & spark
Little Fork · MN, USA
There was a large bright white steady light that I could see behind the trees. At first I thought it was an airplane, but the light nev
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Giant triangle-shaped craft at very low altitude right over North Minneapolis
Northfield · MN, USA
Oval luminous object traveling north at tremendous speed. Elongated at exceleration. Was not transparent. Sky: unlimited,clear visib
Zimmerman · MN, USA
very long row of red lights above gravel pit horizon
Stanchfield · MN, USA
Saw hovering lights above farm when i was 16.
Golden Valley · MN, USA
A strobe light flashed for 2 1/2 hours over a neighbor's house.
Golden Valley · MN, USA
A flashing bright, white light hovered over my neighborhood for over 2 hours.
Carlton · MN, USA
Extremely low UfO with lights on outer perimeter, in Blackhoof by berry farm. It was frightening to see.
Duluth · MN, USA
luminous orange half-disk winks on then off
Ely · MN, USA
Sattelite objects moving at random across the sky , at speeds never seen before.
Elk River · MN, USA
Basketball sized orb of light, burst with intensity after about 2 minutes then disappeared.
South Saint Paul · MN, USA
It was huge , black , with lights and totally silent and triangle shaped
Northfield · MN, USA
7 UFOs flying in a train formation seen in Northfield MN, 1991
Minneapolis · MN, USA
5-6 silver, egg-shaped craft desending one by one at early sunrise on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis.
Wayzata · MN, USA
ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1990 MY GRANDPA WAS TAKING ME HOME AFTER A CHRISTMAS PARTY. AS HE WAS DRIVING HE SAW SOMETHING IN THE AIR. HE PULLED
Cloquet/Duluth · MN, USA
Large triangle object moving slowly West from Duluth, MN
Mankato · MN, USA
my girfriend and i saw an opaque outline of an oval elongated object with lights foreward, midship and aft dissappear within an instant
Columbia Heights · MN, USA
Something floated by me, no sound, no wind!
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Man reports seeing 5x objects connected by "a straight line" sometime during l990.
Garrison · MN, USA
21:30; 24 lights looking like satellites on a trajectory in steady succession. ((Starlink satellites))
Mankato · MN, USA
black submarine shapes oject at ligh speed and orange blasts
Eden Prairie · MN, USA
Woke up at 300 am , compelled to go over to window, bright star light approaches windowshade.
Ada · MN, USA
Cigar shaped craft over farmland