UFO Sightings in Montana
947 UFO sightings reported in Montana since 1953, peaking in 2012 (74 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 947
- Span
- 1953–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (74 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1953–2022 · peak 2012 (74 reports)
Top cities in Montana
Billings
1966–2020 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Missoula
1995–2022 · peak 2015 (7 reports)
Bozeman
1984–2022 · peak 2012 (15 reports)
Helena
1979–2022 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
Great Falls
1957–2020 · peak 2018 (5 reports)
Kalispell
1970–2020 · peak 2003 (5 reports)
Butte
1969–2021 · peak 2002 (4 reports)
Whitefish
1991–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Belgrade
1992–2021 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Havre
2000–2017 · peak 2010 (4 reports)
Hamilton
1964–2019 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Florence
1999–2020 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Stevensville
1999–2019 · peak 2007 (3 reports)
Wolf Point
1997–2014 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Livingston
1972–2017 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Polson
1995–2020 · peak 2010 (2 reports)
Columbia Falls
1999–2020 · peak 1999 (2 reports)
Eureka
1984–2020 · peak 2006 (2 reports)
East Helena
1987–2019 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Laurel
2004–2019 · peak 2004 (1 reports)
Missoula · MT, USA
Ten orange bottomed objects seemed to shape-shift, one blacked out its light as it swooped down over the city.
Red Lodge · MT, USA
I witnessed the same thing as a viewer in 2001, only crystals clouded my eyes just after seeing the object. It was slightly darker than
Columbia Falls · MT, USA
Glowing orange ball of light, with woven lines on the bottom.
Kalispell · MT, USA
((HOAX??)) I had just bought a video game and my mom was driving us home. it was like 9FT off of the ground and kinda small.
Stevensville · MT, USA
Growing concentric clouds with object moving in the center of the clouds very very slowly.
Darby · MT, USA
Bluish light rises into one of three spheres that forms a triangle and hovers.
Bozeman · MT, USA
I live about 7 miles west of Bozeman, Mt., and on the night of Feb. 21, 2015, I went outside to get some firewood. It was a clear nigh
Hot Springs · MT, USA
Reddish orange and red rotating lights rising from the direction on town would stop and go and change direction.
Butte · MT, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Butte · MT, USA
Bright red, blue, & yellow lighted objects, viewed over Butte, MT. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of Sirius. PD))
Gallatin Gateway · MT, USA
Three orange lights in triangular formation moving east to west, with some sort of plane following it closely.
Gallatin Gateway · MT, USA
A triangular shaped object with no nav/collision lights flew overhead being followed by an obvious airplane.
Stevensville · MT, USA
Ball of extremely bright silver, Mercury colored light falling out of clouds to the ground. Object the size of large truck. No tail or
Laurel · MT, USA
Laurel, Montana. I saw an odd craft flying stunningly low.
Sidney · MT, USA
One red light in the shape of circle moved half way across the sky and disappeared very quickly.
Bozeman/Gallatin Gateway (Hyalite Reservoir) · MT, USA
Orange and red blinking triangle over a state park where I was taking photographs. ((NUFORC Note: Astronomer report. PD))
Belgrade · MT, USA
6 orange bright glowing lights Belgrade...
Billings · MT, USA
Dull white glowing teardrop object moving northeast @ 2232 MST.
Red Lodge · MT, USA
While walking out to my car I saw a silent triangle craft that consisted of 3 faint orange balls. One at tip and two at bottom forming
Reed Point · MT, USA
EXTREMELY BRIGHT FLASHING LIGHTS OF RED, BLUE AND GREEN IN SE SKY. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))
Kalispell · MT, USA
I was walking down 2nd ave east as I watched fireworks for the New Years and I saw coming from the SW of town a totally lit object.
Wolf Creek · MT, USA
Bright flashing object, bright lights following.
Billings · MT, USA
Huge object moving very fast, back and fourth and up and down.
Bozeman · MT, USA
Saw ball of light traveling in the sunlight far above while the stars were fully out. Moving quite fast, often changing vectors or wobb
Plains · MT, USA
Objects hovering over mountain range; lights of red; blue; white remain still 20 mins.