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)
Urbandale · IA, USA
Bright light
Davenport · IA, USA
UFO Sighting in Davenport, by the Sharewood apartments, and the Mississippi Valey Fair.
Davenport · IA, USA
I was sitting on steps leading to my house. I was facing west when I noticed a light moving from a westardly direction that was very hi
Newton · IA, USA
Red dots in mid air
Newton · IA, USA
Red dots in the sky
Coralville · IA, USA
a light and movement that I have never seen before
Muscatine · IA, USA
Strange object passing through Muscatine
Manilla · IA, USA
Strange lights in Iowa skies
Manilla · IA, USA
I believe we are being watched here.
Urbandale · IA, USA
Object re-entering atmosphere...slowly
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Traveling from Omaha to Des moines I witnessed a triangle object near interstate
Osceloa · IA, USA
WHILE I WAS DRIVING AROUND AFTER DINNER I SAW SOME TRIANGLER UFOS OFF THE INTERSTATE AND AT THE MOTEL I WAS AT.
Osceola · IA, USA
WHILE I STEPPED OUT OF MY MOTEL ROOM I SAW A LARGE TRIANGLER OBJECT THAT DRIFTED IN THE SKY.
Urbandale · IA, USA
Witnessed Large Fireball at dusk was the size of a 50 cent piece held at arms length in the west.
Norwalk · IA, USA
While I was at my barn in my pasture I saw white lights and a cigar object
Granger · IA, USA
six orange lights in formation over Granger, IA
West Des Moines · IA, USA
Object Hovering between 2-5,000 feet in the air. 4-5 Strobe lights in a row flashing in sequence. Object hovered without making a sou
Mason City · IA, USA
strange flying object
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
RED LIGHT
Wall Lake · IA, USA
strange shit in the sky in sac county iowa.
Glidden · IA, USA
((NUFORC Note: PSmall blinking color changing moving lights.
Eldridge · IA, USA
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I saw a bright circular metal object in the sky which seemed to hover.
Boone · IA, USA
Slow moving boomerang moves across a Central Iowa town.
Pocahontas · IA, USA
bright white- blue light in northern Iowa skies
West Des Moines · IA, USA
Blue light that look about as bright as Venus streaked across the sky from the south to the north. I am in apartments sw of the I-235