UFO Sightings in Iowa
1,149 UFO sightings reported in Iowa since 1939, peaking in 2012 (101 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,149
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (101 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2012 (101 reports)
Top cities in Iowa
Des Moines
1968–2021 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
Cedar Rapids
1967–2020 · peak 2012 (11 reports)
Council Bluffs
1974–2022 · peak 2020 (6 reports)
Sioux City
1954–2021 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Waterloo
1989–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Iowa City
1975–2022 · peak 1999 (5 reports)
Davenport
1974–2020 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Ames
1990–2020 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Dubuque
2002–2020 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Bettendorf
1998–2021 · peak 1998 (3 reports)
Cedar Falls
2004–2016 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
West Des Moines
2000–2021 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Muscatine
1998–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Urbandale
2000–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Fairfield
1968–2020 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Marion
1998–2021 · peak 2002 (3 reports)
Ottumwa
1993–2012 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Ankeny
2000–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Keokuk
1939–2018 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Mason City
1982–2014 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Four crafts, flashing red, green and brilliant white lights, hovering overhead, one making zigzag movements.
Cascade · IA, USA
This is my second sighting in July. This early morning I was traveling south out of Dubuque, Ia on highway 151 near Cascade,Ia. I as al
Ames · IA, USA
Two silent objects over public backup water supply.
Waukon · IA, USA
Multiple UFO sitings cumulating in siting of an object that changed shape and "zigzagged" through the sky.
Des Moines · IA, USA
very bright white light that slowly dimd then moved slowly to the north across the sky at high altude. Brightend again then disapered.t
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Sun shining off of geometric shape, hovering still, over Cedar River in C.R.
Sioux City · IA, USA
Outside on breezeless night with neighbors talking when several lights appeared across the sky.
Spencer · IA, USA
Twin glowing white lights silently traverse the sky in Spencer Iowa then fade out. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Albia · IA, USA
2 points of lights resembling planets disappearing. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Correctionville · IA, USA
triangular shape with 2 lights streaming off. ((NUFORC Note: ISS?? PD))
Rockwell City · IA, USA
Fire Ball
Bettendorf · IA, USA
Fats moving, pulsating lights
Davenport · IA, USA
Pyramid constilation UFO slowly move across night sky
Des Moines · IA, USA
Shape Changing Tube or Rod with Pursuing Military Jets?
Marion · IA, USA
A strange short sirun noise with two massive jet streams of smoke in the sky in rainbow formation.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Hazed lights traveling dew north in a clockwise position.
Keystone (rural) · IA, USA
3/08/07 to 3/13/07 Rural Keystone Iowa Oblong Lighted object/ small star like fast moving objects multiple sighting 20:00 to 21:30
DeWitt · IA, USA
object was traveling from South to North directly over town at a constant speed.
Monticello · IA, USA
Blinking lights moving several different directions.
Ames · IA, USA
Two white spheroids merged together while remaining distinct and hovered at a distance before disappearing after five minutes.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
Fireball, illuminating as dropping to ground 30 degrees inclination from horizontal
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Power outage, flash of light and two soundless hovering craft
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Six to eight round neon green objects flying north to south in a v shaped formation at low speed and slightly higher than tree height
West Point · IA, USA
Large thin orange crescent with outline lights low in sky; changed size; possible mirage.
Des Moines · IA, USA
To fast to be any thing Ive seen as a point of light, two objects parallel in a turn.