UFO Sightings in Utah
1,420 UFO sightings reported in Utah since 1944, peaking in 2012 (112 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,420
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (112 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2022 · peak 2012 (112 reports)
Top cities in Utah
Salt Lake City
1952–2022 · peak 2016 (18 reports)
St. George
1984–2022 · peak 2016 (8 reports)
Ogden
1965–2020 · peak 2000 (5 reports)
Sandy
1980–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Orem
1982–2020 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Provo
1951–2021 · peak 2010 (3 reports)
West Jordan
2003–2021 · peak 2020 (5 reports)
West Valley City
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Layton
2000–2021 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Tooele
1995–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Lehi
1983–2021 · peak 2010 (2 reports)
Park City
1997–2021 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Vernal
1998–2022 · peak 2003 (3 reports)
Magna
1985–2021 · peak 2000 (3 reports)
Cedar City
1999–2019 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Moab
1991–2022 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Kearns
2005–2020 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Murray
1981–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Logan
1984–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Midvale
1976–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Cedar City · UT, USA
Seven bright orange glowing spheres appeared for 15 seconds then disappeared.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Object seemingly on fire hovering over salt lake airport.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Orange balls in formation over Salt Lake City Valley.
Draper · UT, USA
2 bright red lights heading south, vanishing over south mountain.
Spanish Fork · UT, USA
Orange Orbs.
American Fork · UT, USA
3 round lights/balls seen, flashing/moving/disappearing.
Utah Valley · UT, USA
Line of multicolored lights.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Red light not flashing moving slow and hovering then disappeared.
Bountiful · UT, USA
I was watching a very bright light that was heading aprox 350 deg - almost a northern heading- the diamond shaped light vanished. Altit
St. George · UT, USA
High speed! Very colorful, chased by military helicopters a few minutes later.
Sandy · UT, USA
3 to 4 red spheres at a time, flying, hovering, and disappearing over 10 minute span.
Park City · UT, USA
Large white egg shaped light with another white light in center and two white lines (like chemtrails) on either side.
Farmington · UT, USA
Bright orange object, seemed to be heading north/west, moving fast.
Midvale · UT, USA
At 20:00 hrs (8:00 mst just to be sure on time accuracy), I was told by wife to go get gas in her vehicle. I came upon the stop sign co
Kaysville · UT, USA
Seemed to have four lights illuminating from each side of the sphere.
American Fork · UT, USA
A green light lit up the entire sky for about 2 seconds, then a smaller blue light flashed.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
5 orange-gold lights ascend and disappear.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Bright green flashes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible power failure, possibly caused by an exploding transformer?? PD))
West Jordan · UT, USA
Bright blue flashing towards the top of the Wasatch mountains
Orem · UT, USA
About 7 Solid orange lights forming a circle and vanishing. Event time was about 2 minutes.
Layton to Farmington · UT, USA
Blue highspeed object over Northern Wasatch Front, Utah.
Riverdale · UT, USA
Reddish/orange flash of light.
American Fork · UT, USA
Large red and orange light in Utah's western sky
West Jordan · UT, USA
2 orange lights in sky over Utah.
Kearns · UT, USA
Two circular objects red/orange above SLC moving north bound 9:25pm thursday 12-26-13.