UFO Sightings in Des Moines, Iowa
100 documented UFO sightings in Des Moines, Iowa since 1968, peaking in 2012 (11 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 100
- Span
- 1968–2021
- Peak year
- 2012 (11 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1968–2021 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
Des Moines · IA, USA
Me, my wife, and another couple, as well as our small children were waiting for a fireworks display on the 4th of July. The night sky w
Des Moines · IA, USA
Large silent dark object in sky producing strange cloud behaviour.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Disc shaped object flashing red and blue lights.
Des Moines · IA, USA
5 orange lights in a chevron shape
Des Moines · IA, USA
In Des Moines Iowa white/red light, shot up like a firework, stopped, then zoomed away.
Des Moines · IA, USA
30-40 glowing, orange lights drifted across the sky, very low, over Des Moines, not losing altitude until they passed from view.
Des Moines · IA, USA
20+ flying objects in Des Moines Iowa.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Large red/orange sphere seen above Des Moines, Ia.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Large low-flying craft with orb like lights in a cross shape.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Orange/red lights hover over Des Moines.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Orange Red Light Formations Over Des Moines, Iowa on August 24, 2013 at 10:00 p.m.
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 glowing red lights made formations and disappeared.
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 lights formed a triangle over a field in daylight
Des Moines · IA, USA
Bright white turning red/orange close to ground then disapearing by des moines airport.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Triangular UFO seen by family of 6 just south of Des Moines on I35.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Fast moving silver light
Des Moines · IA, USA
White orb dissapears into night.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Unusual flight pattern of a squadron of aircraft that defy gravity and G-force manuverability.
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 Bright Red Lights in a Triangle Formation
Des Moines · IA, USA
2 Bright Orbs in the Eastern Sky moving fast and irregular.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Several moving lights over des moines, IA, blended in sky as if they were stars til they started moving.((NUFORC Note: Planets?? PD))
Des Moines · IA, USA
Floating white light with dim blinking light still in the sky with no sound.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Green and yellow fall in an arc shape across the sky. very bright
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 circular orange reddish lights in the shape of a triangle seen in Des Moines, IA near the State Capitol building.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Came out on my deck and before me in the sky were approximately 8-10 orange orbs moving in a SW to NE arc. This grouping was followed b