UFO Sightings in North Dakota
265 UFO sightings reported in North Dakota since 1934, peaking in 2020 (25 reports); most often described as unknown.
- Total sightings
- 265
- Span
- 1934–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (25 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1934–2022 · peak 2020 (25 reports)
Top cities in North Dakota
Fargo
1958–2020 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Valley City
1983–2021 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Bismarck
1996–2022 · peak 1996 (4 reports)
Minot
1968–2020 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Grand Forks
1977–2020 · peak 2009 (3 reports)
Williston
1961–2012 · peak 1961 (1 reports)
Dickinson
1960–2019 · peak 1960 (1 reports)
Mandan
1998–2018 · peak 1998 (1 reports)
West Fargo
2000–2021 · peak 2000 (1 reports)
Wahpeton
2001–2017 · peak 2017 (2 reports)
Minot AFB
1966–2011 · peak 1966 (1 reports)
Fort Yates
1978–2019 · peak 1978 (1 reports)
Belfield
1983–2000 · peak 1983 (1 reports)
Washburn
1995–2017 · peak 1995 (1 reports)
Devils Lake
2000–2014 · peak 2000 (1 reports)
Casselton
2008–2012 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Hazen
2008–2013 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Lidgerwood
2016–2019 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Stanley
2019–2021 · peak 2019 (1 reports)
Grand Fork · ND, USA
Round, long, cylinder. White, non-metallic. Hovering no sound. Moves away slowly off into the distance. Object made no trails.
Minot · ND, USA
A triangular shaped group of approximately 20 intensely bright lights appear and disappear.
Washburn · ND, USA
Slow Moving Light West of Washburn.
Grand Forks · ND, USA
Black triangle-shaped object over Grand Forks, ND.
Hazen · ND, USA
Long, cigar-shaped object; dark grey with three oddly-placed lights; rapid flight path and silent
Langdon · ND, USA
Object seen in west, northwest sky. Object appears to be Stationary but bobs up and down and side to side. Object is NOT moving with th
Bismarck · ND, USA
Light moving from SSW to NNE over Bismarck
Hazen · ND, USA
Diamond shaped craft, charcoal gray, with four lights at the corners, moving silently at very high speed.
Fargo · ND, USA
Fuzzy orange oval shaped craft, emitted four beams of light for 3-5 seconds.
Fargo · ND, USA
Orange glowing triangle crafts unmoving above a corn field.
Grand Forks · ND, USA
Firework- like balls of light dart and merge into a swelling ball of light.
Penn · ND, USA
We saw a deep orange orb that night...
Minot · ND, USA
Radar sighting, to significant to not report, this should be looked into and verified.
Belcourt · ND, USA
Weird writings
Grand Forks · ND, USA
Orb of light flew across the sky, airforce planes circled area of spotting.
New Town (near; on Hwy 23 between city and Hwy 83) · ND, USA
Seen what appeared to be tornadoes but couldnt possibly have been.. Sunny, high of 80s, and no clouds in the sky.
Casselton · ND, USA
Father and daughter witness a triangular craft, w/ lights in corners, streak across the sky E to W.
Casselton · ND, USA
Triangle with 3 lights near the points
Belcourt · ND, USA
The falling stars somtimes stop
Fargo · ND, USA
Three extremely bright lights north of NDSU appeared and disappeared quickly.
Bismarck · ND, USA
~7 Orange lights in a triangular formation moving silently across the entire sky in about 4 seconds before disappearing into the night.
Williston · ND, USA
Strange craft may have caused shorts on rail road tracks
Fargo/Valley City (between) · ND, USA
Blue orb, descended thousands of feet, Fargo
Mayville · ND, USA
Slow moving Ball of White Light with several different other colors attached above small town in ND
Minot · ND, USA
Cresent shaped solid object, silent, with no lights seen over minot n.d. moveing south east 15 min. ago.