UFO Sightings in Missouri
2,650 UFO sightings reported in Missouri since 1941, peaking in 2012 (177 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,650
- Span
- 1941–2030
- Peak year
- 2012 (177 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1941–2030 · peak 2012 (177 reports)
Top cities in Missouri
St. Louis
1962–2022 · peak 2020 (22 reports)
Kansas City
1950–2022 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
Springfield
1974–2021 · peak 2012 (14 reports)
Columbia
1995–2021 · peak 2007 (9 reports)
Independence
1955–2022 · peak 2020 (10 reports)
St. Charles
1973–2020 · peak 2011 (6 reports)
O'Fallon
1997–2021 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Lee's Summit
1979–2021 · peak 2010 (5 reports)
St. Peters
1998–2018 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Blue Springs
1981–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Rolla
1977–2020 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Joplin
1970–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Cape Girardeau
1956–2018 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Wentzville
2003–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Florissant
1987–2020 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Jefferson City
1965–2020 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Farmington
1994–2021 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Arnold
1997–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Fenton
1990–2021 · peak 2010 (3 reports)
Ashgrove
1999–2013 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Holden · MO, USA
While inside this craft I noticed it was circle.
St. Louis · MO, USA
Confirmation of previous report in Nevada, Mo., 1976. This really happened.
Nevada · MO, USA
We were star gazing on a beautiful summer night at approximately midnight. Many stars where visable and after perhaps an hour...probab
St. Louis · MO, USA
chased by 3 foot silver cylinder in sky.
St. Charles · MO, USA
On the night in question, my best friend Richard C. Bean & I were camping outside my parents townhouse in St. Charles Mo. We had star w
Independence · MO, USA
disk shape revolving around tv tower
Kansas City · MO, USA
Object over south Kansas City, MO. Lights on bottom, flying low.
Springfield · MO, USA
Very close and very vivid
Fulton · MO, USA
I saw a golden orange diamond shaped object traveling south in the sky in mid october 1974 near Fulton MO
Oran · MO, USA
Saw triangle shaped craft, light on each corner, low overhead, few hundred feet above. As craft went by saw light on top. Soft noise l
Independence · MO, USA
Other
Milo · MO, USA
I was driving on a country road to my home. I was traveling east. About 100 yards before my lane, I looked south to see if the lights
Springfield · MO, USA
Very close and very vivid
Dexter · MO, USA
IN 1974, A FRIEND AND I WERE ON OUR WAY HOME. WE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW A UFO. SHE ALSO SAW IT.
Cape Girardeau · MO, USA
A report from Cape Girardeau, MO in September 1973 described a disk-shaped object hovering above the treeline, lasting 20 minutes.
Piedmont (3 miles east of) · MO, USA
A report from near Piedmont, MO in August 1973 described an oval object that drew a crowd of dozens of onlookers who stopped along the highway to watch, lasting 45 minutes.
Fredericktown · MO, USA
One of my most unusual encounters
St. Charles · MO, USA
Bright lights in the sky, 3 or 4 that we watched for some time before noticing in the soybean field right next to our house, a Huge sph
Moody · MO, USA
A report from Moody, MO in June 1973 described a humming sound lasting about 30 seconds followed by a sudden burst of light shooting upward, lasting 2 minutes.
Ballwin · MO, USA
A report from Ballwin, MO in June 1973 described a huge, silent, metallic disk that hovered overhead, seen by the reporter and six others, lasting 20 minutes.
Hermann · MO, USA
Sphere was hoovering over grandpa's house when I was 10-12 in 1970ish with green and orange lights don't remember it leaving.
Hartville · MO, USA
Witnesses in Hartville, Missouri reported two chevron-shaped objects traveling together at low speed over rural Wright County, during a five-to-eight-minute sighting in September 1972.
Vienna · MO, USA
A witness in Vienna, Missouri reported a cigar-shaped craft with colored portholes moving slowly over the treetops during a ten-minute sighting in June 1972.
Steelville · MO, USA
Orange light over Steelville MO in 1971
Bolivar · MO, USA
Witnesses in Bolivar, Missouri reported a silent, fluorescent orange cigar-shaped object with a pink glow around its edges that vanished instantly after about a minute in July 1971.