UFO Sightings in South Dakota
365 UFO sightings reported in South Dakota since 1947, peaking in 2012 (27 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 365
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (27 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2012 (27 reports)
Top cities in South Dakota
Sioux Falls
1947–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Rapid City
1995–2021 · peak 2009 (5 reports)
Yankton
1987–2022 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Huron
2003–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Mitchell
2000–2019 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Brookings
2009–2022 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Sturgis
2004–2021 · peak 2021 (2 reports)
Eagle Butte
1994–2009 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Pierre
1998–2017 · peak 2010 (2 reports)
Brandon
2010–2019 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Hot Springs
1994–2020 · peak 1994 (1 reports)
Egan
1997–2015 · peak 2009 (2 reports)
Spearfish
2001–2016 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
Mission
2001–2017 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
Sisseton
2002–2019 · peak 2002 (1 reports)
Watertown
2004–2014 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Aberdeen
1956–2016 · peak 1956 (1 reports)
Dell Rapids
1947–2016 · peak 1947 (1 reports)
Belle Fourche
1995–2019 · peak 1995 (1 reports)
Hartford
1997–2017 · peak 1997 (1 reports)
Belle Fourche · SD, USA
MUFON State Dir. relays rpt: Postal empl. heading W on highway witnesses very large white w/ green tail streak vert. to horizon.
Eagle Butte · SD, USA
The unexplained bright blue light.
Yankton · SD, USA
5 white lights coming towards me as flying object
Marion · SD, USA
Woman w/ nephew & niece witness "long, white thing w/ a red tail" streak from E to S horizon. It was shaped like rocket.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
UFO investigator relays rept.: his son and other children rept. witnessing 4-5 red objs. 4 miles W of city. Two objs. seen to land.
Newell area · SD, USA
120' fake silo hovers low
Hot Springs and Custer · SD, USA
October 11, 1994--Hot Springs/Custer--triangle alerts dogs/ MUFON investigator witnesses
Hot Springs · SD, USA
Two silent stars hover; vanish when jet nears
Eagle Butte · SD, USA
I was driving and noticed people parked and looking in the sky. We watched these lights move slowly with no sound.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
Orange white round light seen by 2 witnesses
Summit · SD, USA
Large Silver Disk explodes over SD Antenna Field....
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
Fireball that changed color and split into 3 equal parts
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
3 Moving Star Sized Lites Grace South Dakota Nite Sky
Rapid City area · SD, USA
Extra Bright Phony Plane Drifts
Yankton · SD, USA
silent isosceles triangle shaped mirage-like UFO with no lights
Martin · SD, USA
Oval-shaped craft, large as a football field, lights around parameter, first looked like star, silent, fast
Strandburg · SD, USA
Oval multicolored object that had sharp-jagged twinkling lights around it. Green, red and gold lights.
Keystone · SD, USA
UFO photographed near Keystone, South Dakota.
Baltic · SD, USA
Unidentified glowing orbs
Kyle · SD, USA
It was quiet, and very colorful, the most brilliant lights i have ever seen.
Waubay · SD, USA
My cousin and I were fishing. Lake Minnewasta in Day County, SD on a small lake with very few cabins (5?, on the opposite side of the
Cactus Flat · SD, USA
Fiery oranges red object hovering over Minuteman II Launch Facility alarms sounded security team dispatched to investigate.
Philip · SD, USA
Saucer craft landed near us.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
A witness in Sioux Falls, South Dakota reported a cylindrical object during a roughly one-minute sighting in July 1972, an encounter kept secret for many years since childhood.
Nunda · SD, USA
My uncle had a close encounter in 1968