UFO Sightings in Idaho
1,273 UFO sightings reported in Idaho since 1932, peaking in 2020 (128 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,273
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (128 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1932–2022 · peak 2020 (128 reports)
Top cities in Idaho
Boise
1932–2022 · peak 2019 (42 reports)
Nampa
1992–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Meridian
1977–2021 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Twin Falls
1981–2021 · peak 2019 (7 reports)
Coeur d'Alene
1950–2020 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Idaho Falls
1989–2022 · peak 2006 (6 reports)
Sandpoint
1976–2021 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Pocatello
1998–2021 · peak 2021 (4 reports)
Post Falls
1999–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Caldwell
1994–2021 · peak 2015 (4 reports)
Mountain Home
1983–2020 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Kuna
1989–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Lewiston
1961–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Hayden
2000–2022 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Moscow
1993–2021 · peak 2001 (2 reports)
Emmett
2005–2019 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Rexburg
1974–2020 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Rathdrum
1989–2021 · peak 2020 (3 reports)
Jerome
2001–2020 · peak 2020 (6 reports)
Eagle
2001–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Boise · ID, USA
Huge triangle shaped object seen hovering over Boise Idaho
Boise · ID, USA
FAA employee observes six objects descend out of the night sky and explode into fragments very close to ground. Bizarre sight.
Sandpoint · ID, USA
Man calls to report multiple witnesses to "green fireball" over WA, ID, MT. Very strange object!
Boise · ID, USA
Three adults witness what appears to be "a straight line of 5-7 lights" hovering motionless in sky. Definite, distinct colors.
Boise · ID, USA
Woman calls to report seeing large, triangular-shaped, black mass hovering, moving slowly. Son sees same thing from diff. loc..
Sandpoint · ID, USA
Very large disk shape, many portholes, silver in color, nestled between two hills
Boise · ID, USA
Man repts. sighting bright white light streaking E to W 60 deg. above S horizon. 1/3 diameter of full moon. 2nd sighting by others.
Snake River · ID, USA
12 passengers on tour boat see "manta ray" pass directly overhead. Delta-shaped wings appeared "to ripple." Strange black color.
Lake Sullivan · ID, USA
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Ammon · ID, USA
Mother reports children approached by circular obj. w/ lights. Directly overhead. Telepathic msg. reported.
Grangeville · ID, USA
Woman reports dramatic "meteor shower" over northern Idaho.
McCall · ID, USA
Couple awakened by bright lights illuminating home. Neighbors saw same obj. hovering overhead. Power failure reptd.
McCall · ID, USA
When I was about 15, living in my parents home I awoke in the middle of the night and noticed a fluorescent yellow/green light emanatin
Priest River · ID, USA
Classic saucer with colored lights circling the rim; stationary for a long time so we got a GOOD look!
Caldwell · ID, USA
Copper Triangular UFO hovers over field then disappears in 1994
Idaho Falls · ID, USA
Strange, form-changing objects seen over Idaho Falls.
Lewiston (Near) · ID, USA
Triangular craft hovering over bridge then moving downriver.
Moscow · ID, USA
Moscow, ID-Row of 5-6 off white lights moving silently & slowly east to west summer 93.
Kamiah · ID, USA
maybe a somewhat round craft with three large lights per side, with a seperate round craft
Hat Point · ID, USA
At approx. midnight on September 5, 1992 at Hat Point, ID, I witnessed a huge green fireball with a brilliant white tail.
Kamiah · ID, USA
at first there were window size lights, then a round lighted object, then the round object by itself that shot from ground level to the
Kamiah · ID, USA
March 21, 2005 NUFOR Attn: Peter Davenport I talked with you on the telephone and made a drawing rendition of what I and my wife wit
Swan Falls/Kuna · ID, USA
3-7 small "stars" that moved across the sky in various formations for 2 hours
Fruitland · ID, USA
Bright light that zig-zagged in the sky. Speed of pattern and size is impossible with human-made aircraft.
Nampa · ID, USA
In 92' I saw a huge green orb in the middle of the road near the Nampa airport