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)
St. Louis · MO, USA
A witness in south St. Louis County, Missouri reported a fireball moving from north to south in the sky, in a brief sighting lasting about 10 seconds in August 1964.
Washington · MO, USA
A witness in Washington, Missouri reported a rectangular object traveling from north to south on July 15, 1964, in a sighting lasting about 20 minutes.
Claycomo · MO, USA
A witness in Claycomo, Missouri reported a dark, stationary object high in the sky that glistened in sunlight, in a sighting lasting more than two hours in August 1963.
Lincoln · MO, USA
Witnesses in Benton County near Lincoln, Missouri reported unusual lights in the sky on July 1, 1963, in a sighting that lasted about four hours.
Lincoln · MO, USA
This report is based upon a witness who said that a great armada of bright lights in the Benton county sky was so bright that it was l
Weingarten · MO, USA
A witness in Weingarten, Missouri described flashing amber lights resembling a ferris wheel turned on its side, in a disk-related sighting lasting about two hours in July 1963.
Kimberling City · MO, USA
A witness in Kimberling City, Missouri reported a disk-shaped object passing over a bridge in July 1963, in a sighting lasting about three to five minutes.
St. Louis County · MO, USA
A witness in St. Louis County, Missouri reported a cigar-shaped object over a swimming pool overnight, describing slits along its hull's edge, in a sighting lasting about five minutes, 1963.
St. Louis · MO, USA
Witnesses in St. Louis, Missouri reported a white, spherical object that remained stationary in the sky for more than an hour in September 1962.
Sunrise Beach · MO, USA
Lake Ozark UFO sighting 1960's
Webster Groves · MO, USA
In 1961, a witness in Webster Groves, Missouri, reported a circular craft with a light that appeared to be searching the ground below, for a few minutes.
Mountain View · MO, USA
In 1958, a witness near Mountain View, Missouri, reported unusual lights with tail-like trails in the sky, an event that reportedly lasted about two hours.
Kansas City · MO, USA
car ingulfed in red light, missing time, father decessed now, mother now 75, sister now 44, and self now 54, light remained for what se
Belton · MO, USA
THE EVENT WAS A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH AN ALIEN. SINCE I WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME FORGIVE ME ANY DESCREPANCIES
Cape Girardeau · MO, USA
Angular UFO sighted as a child
Independence · MO, USA
A witness in Independence, Missouri reported a flaming ball of light making sharp right-angle turns in the sky, observed from a front porch over several hours on a summer night in August 1955.
Missouri (northwest part) · MO, USA
I will never forget this this experience. The light is burnt into my memory liked it happened only this morning. I am now 54 years old.
St. Louis Airport (Lambert Field) · MO, USA
A witness near Lambert Field airport in St. Louis, Missouri reported an extremely bright red oval object that suddenly accelerated and streaked over the horizon, in about 20 seconds, July 1954.
Berkeley · MO, USA
A witness in Berkeley, Missouri reported a fireball-shaped object in the sky for about five minutes in the early 1950s, according to a brief local account.
Kansas City · MO, USA
Witnesses in Kansas City, Missouri reported multiple disk-shaped objects flying in formation in broad daylight for about 90 seconds in October 1952.
Kansas City · MO, USA
The ufo came from the East, as I was looking North. It hovered briefly above the house across the street from me; that house was on a s
Morehouse · MO, USA
A witness in Morehouse, Missouri reported objects resembling windowless, wingless, tailless airplanes, observed over several hours in July 1947.
Oran (south of Cape Girardeau) · MO, USA
A witness reported an unidentified object near Oran, south of Cape Girardeau, Missouri in July 1941, with later inquiries about an alleged crash in the area.
Fulton (N.of Fulton,1/4 mile from HWY 54.) · MO, USA
Coming home, saw triangular object about 60' from house.
Grandview · MO, USA
The first object it was very dim and hard to see until it lit up for a second and dimmed back down repeatedly for every five seconds.