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)
Huron · SD, USA
Extremely bright light moving SE at a fast speed.
Yankton · SD, USA
8 orange lights appear and disappear within 3 to 5 seconds west of Yankton.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
4 or 5 saucers flying in the same direction of a dark orange color.
Sioux Falls (outskirts of) · SD, USA
Triangular, 30- 40 seconds, multiple bright lights moving away slowly with no sound at all.
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
An orange bright light pulsating over the east sky going south in Sioux Falls, SD, at 9:00 pm on January 12, 2013.
Yankton · SD, USA
Large metal structure suspended in the air and fleet of aircraft around it and interacting with it, and beaming light to the ground.
Pierre · SD, USA
THE UFO RECOGNIZED SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING AND IT STOPPED, HOVERED FOR A MINUTE BEFORE BLASTING OFF TO SPACE.
Watertown · SD, USA
Unidentified aircraft flying through South Dakots air space.
Kaylor · SD, USA
We were driving to Scotland, when I noticed 2 bright lights for about a sec in the northwest of the sky far away that moved fast like.
Rapid City · SD, USA
Boomrang object with neon colored lights.
Florence · SD, USA
Two bright lights seen while driving
Rapid City · SD, USA
Seen a fleet of 15 to 30 craft independently flying in formation very high in NW sky over Raid City, most white lights, some red some g
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
Bright rapid moving light
Wakonda · SD, USA
Five orange lights in stair-step pattern appear over Southeast South Dakota.
Mitchell · SD, USA
3 round golden circles in sky
Yankton · SD, USA
repeated sighting of numerous lights that join together and then dissapear
Wagner · SD, USA
Numerous orange lights seen outside of town.
Madison · SD, USA
Luminous oval in evening sky over Madison, SD.
Deadwood · SD, USA
Three red lights in sky found in photos
Egan · SD, USA
Extremely bright white light getting bigger then, smaller and zooming away
Brandon · SD, USA
2 yellow orbs move silently stop and move off and vanish
Rapid City · SD, USA
Crazy
Yankton · SD, USA
Steady deep red light.
North Sioux City · SD, USA
Orange/Red fireballs traveling various inconsistent speeds, no noise, called 911, blew me off, 8 witnesses
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
Red light object