UFO Sightings in Iowa City, Iowa
32 documented UFO sightings in Iowa City, Iowa since 1975, peaking in 1999 (5 reports); most often described as unknown.
- Total sightings
- 32
- Span
- 1975–2022
- Peak year
- 1999 (5 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1975–2022 · peak 1999 (5 reports)
Best documented case here
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Iowa City, IA, USA
Orange saucer shaped. Looked as if it was lit from bottom. It was really moving, but appeared to hover and move up slightly. Then it go
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4 white circular lights moving criss-cross in a counter-clockwise fashion slowly moving across the sky.
Iowa City · IA, USA
UFO fleet in straight line pattern over Iowa City 04Dec2020
Iowa City · IA, USA
Driving E of Iowa City and looked to the sky. Above the horizon there were 2 elongated light objects that looked like white light.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Triangular shaped craft on Nov. 8, 2017. ((anonymous reports))
Iowa City · IA, USA
A group of red lights flying across the sky, rising from the horizon one at a time,increasing in altitude and disappearing out of view.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Red white and blue strobing; far away. I thought I was watching an exploding star. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" star? PD))
Iowa City · IA, USA
Pulsing orange yellow light moving in a straight line. thought it must be a helicopter, but no sound. It abruptly changed directions
Iowa city · IA, USA
It's way up and just hanging there blue red and flashing, been in about the same place for 10 minutes.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Two UFO sightings and encounters right by my own house. I think They were interested in me.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Ufo spotted by IC Eastern airport. Round sphered shaped with 3 three lights view looked triangle. Slowly gliding came at car
Iowa City · IA, USA
Hovering fireball north of Iowa City
Iowa City · IA, USA
3/18/12 9:30 pm, very fast moving orange small ball, zipped from south to north - driving west on I80 just before Iowa City
Iowa City · IA, USA
Triangular aircraft with white and red lights.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Iowa city group of lights
Iowa City · IA, USA
Bright opal colored flash in the sky oround Iowa City, Iowa on Dec. 20th 2008.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Late-Afternoon Object Not Depositing a Vapor Trail Unlike Several In-Vicinity Airliner Jets
Iowa City · IA, USA
extremely bright green lights that moved quickly across the sky and down to the horizon
Iowa City · IA, USA
11.56 AM 4/14/05 LOCATION: SE of Iowa City - Iowa City Airport.Altitude perhaps 1000-1500 feet. Thin white object rapidly appears
Iowa City · IA, USA
Glowing figure dividing until 7 were there, at 3 am
Iowa City · IA, USA
Bright silver object low in Summer morning sunlight.
Iowa City · IA, USA
A large flight of glowing discs sighted over Iowa City
Iowa City · IA, USA
A white egg shaped object appears in the sky on a clear blue morning and thens grows in size and drifts slowly north. I watch it closel
Iowa City · IA, USA
satellite dots in polar orbit but one grew very bright as it turned into line with first
Iowa City · IA, USA
round white ball beyond treetops straight north moving ENE fluctuating