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)
Bismarck · ND, USA
Illuminating light surveys the North Dakota Capitol, Bismarck
Hazen · ND, USA
Big and huge and very silent ,with dim lights all around it
Grand Forks AFB · ND, USA
"Star" war in night sky
Casselton · ND, USA
Imitates aircraft; red, blue & amber lights in the evenings, same place every evening; there are others nearby.
Williston · ND, USA
Three orange dots in a triangular shape over ND
Bismarck · ND, USA
2 red lighted objects over Bismarck Nd
Hope · ND, USA
Large bright orange light moving to the south changed to green and disappeared into the northern black sky.
Colfax · ND, USA
Lighted object on the ground in an empty snow covered field
Minot · ND, USA
Smooth moving black triangular shaped object with white dots on bottom, flew over us at about 500 feet above us.
Hazelton · ND, USA
Mostly white with a little color spherical object moving erratically through the North Dakota sky near Hazelton.
Williston · ND, USA
circle lights, white colored. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Wheatland · ND, USA
Orange Sphereical Unknowen craft over Eastern North Dakota
Fargo · ND, USA
BRIGHT HOVERING OBJECT. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Grand Forks · ND, USA
Satiellite looking objects about to intersect when one changed its direction of travel.
Strasburg · ND, USA
My wife and I were heading south out of Strasburg, North Dakota scanning the morning sky for ducks and geese flying out to field feed,
Mandan · ND, USA
10-25-06 Circle North Dakota 5 minutes Shiny object paused 10-15 seconds then began to zig-zag
Fargo · ND, USA
Very bright object flares even brighter. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting or Iridium 54. PD))
Fargo · ND, USA
Update on bright flare...
Max · ND, USA
awakened by a glow of bright light I was transformed to a fufilled man
Williston · ND, USA
Driving at night, saw a blue light, all electronics suddenly shut off
West Fargo · ND, USA
Small blue light traveling quickly across the sky.
Grand Forks · ND, USA
UFO looked black and moved very slow with no lights and was circular
Grand Forks · ND, USA
The sky turned green and electricity went haywire!
Underwood · ND, USA
4 white lights at high altitude
Fargo · ND, USA
slow-moving cigar/egg shaped object seen above Fargo