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)
Saint George · UT, USA
Started noticing a huge flash of light @ around 1:30 am like someone was taking a picture with a flash real quick. ((anonymous report))
Clearfield · UT, USA
My boyfriend and I went out to the back patio to get fresh air and we were both looking up at the stars when I noticed what appeared to
Herriman · UT, USA
Saw a luminous ball high in the atmosphere watched it for 5 minutes. ((anonymous report))
Fruitland · UT, USA
Bright circular light in the sky - once we started pointing at it, the object shot left instantly, stopped, and took off FAST!
Ogden · UT, USA
Facing south whiteness 1 saw it moving fast whiteness 2 noticed it as well one large light then 2 moving fast. All of a sudden it was 2
Pine Valley · UT, USA
Line of orbs moving through the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites, being released from the Falcon 9 capsule. PD))
South Jordon · UT, USA
Cigar shaped craft with 2 rows of lights. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the Space X satellites. PD))
St. George · UT, USA
Approx. 100 bright white lights in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites, being released from the Falcon 9 capsule. PD))
Torrey · UT, USA
Cluster of 100+ Lights over over Southern Utah. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites, being released from the Falcon 9 capsule. PD))
Escalante · UT, USA
Lights in the sky that looked a lot like satellites do, but they were all in a straight line. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites. PD))
Magna · UT, USA
My wife and I was driving home from the store. Driving W and seen a large Black triangle craft moving NW along the Ochre Mtns.
Moab · UT, USA
I saw what looked like a line of stars moving slowly together. Sort of like a caterpillar. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites. PD))
South Jordan · UT, USA
I was sitting outside watching the storm and saw flashes other then lightning around our flag pole.
Kaysville · UT, USA
Fighter jet repeatedly flying low and fast over the city of Kaysville around 11:15 pm. ((anonymous report))
St. George · UT, USA
Spider moving across the sky.
Leeds · UT, USA
Circular light seen over mountains in washington county. ((anonymous report))
Milford · UT, USA
Three expanding/moving lights.
Eagle Mountain · UT, USA
Over 100 lights float in the sky. ((anonymous report))
Eagle Mountain · UT, USA
There was over 100 circular objects floating in the sky. I believed that they were balloons until 70% of them flew away. ((anonymous))
Salt Lake City (downtown) · UT, USA
The people that were driving on 400s 400e Mightve seen what i was loiking at in the sky- so it was a circular shape black then in the 4
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Glowing crescent shape flew in a large arc
Layton · UT, USA
A bright white light came from behind the clouds in the eastern sky in a northwestern direction. The light did a quick turn around goi
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
My boyfriend yelled out to me as he was outside smoking to hurry and come out I came out he was pointing at the sky at at first two big
Near Virgin · UT, UT, USA
Three lights in a roughly triangular formation, but moving and changing as they rose upward. A single light followed them later.
Alpine · UT, USA
Cluster of 50-60 moving lights in the night sky over Alpine, Utah. ((anonymous report))