UFO Sightings in Minnesota
1,982 UFO sightings reported in Minnesota since 1932, peaking in 2015 (152 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,982
- Span
- 1932–2022
- Peak year
- 2015 (152 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1932–2022 · peak 2015 (152 reports)
Top cities in Minnesota
Minneapolis
1947–2022 · peak 2004 (13 reports)
St. Paul
1957–2020 · peak 2004 (8 reports)
Duluth
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Lakeville
2003–2021 · peak 2015 (6 reports)
Rochester
1978–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Saint Paul
2004–2021 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
St. Cloud
1971–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Burnsville
1960–2021 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Bemidji
1979–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Eagan
1998–2022 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Minnetonka
1969–2019 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Woodbury
1999–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Stillwater
2001–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Eden Prairie
1988–2019 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Blaine
1997–2020 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Bloomington
1997–2019 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Coon Rapids
1996–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Plymouth
1998–2021 · peak 2006 (2 reports)
Brainerd
1968–2021 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Edina
1978–2017 · peak 2015 (4 reports)
Lakeville · MN, USA
Circle of white lights, not moving, not high in the western night sky.
Savage · MN, USA
Circle of lights in the savage sky.
Lakeville · MN, USA
2 Oval sets of lights seen in Lakeville, MN Aug 9th 2015 between 23:00-23:45. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights?? PD))
Eden Prairie · MN, USA
White square shaped lights that formed this perfectly circular shape in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights. PD))
Jordan · MN, USA
This isn't a report, but I would like to explain the recent reports of the lights in Minneapolis, MN. These are advertising lights.
Elbow Lake · MN, USA
Red ball of light shooting down from the sky slowly then rapidly shot toward the ground, and vanished.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
Umm weird light in the sky I could not describe but was weird and twinkled and west south then north but it was not a star
Faribault · MN, USA
Bright white light moving, stopping, descending vertically, turning to rusty red dot, disappearing.
Faribault · MN, USA
Moving bright light, no sound, changing to rusty red dot and then disappearing.
Edina · MN, USA
Ring of lights hovering southwest of Minneapolis. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights from local casino?? PD))
Cotton · MN, USA
Glowing bright red lights, flashing in what appears to be code...slow moving and appeared to be descending vanished below tree line.
Vadnais Heights · MN, USA
Silver flash in clear sky that appeared for 2-3 seconds, then disappeared.
Saint Cloud · MN, USA
Two orange objects fly from south to north proceeding a helicopter with a spotlight hovering near the area.
Brooklyn Park · MN, USA
Strange black/silver object seen flying in front of storm.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Minneapolis lights are believed to be from Mystic Lake Casino in Shakopee, MN. ((NUFORC Note: We agree. PD))
Eden Prairie · MN, USA
I saw the strange ring of lights that others witnessed on August 9, 2015, in Minnesota. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights. PD))
Rosemount · MN, USA
2nd day this UFO is sitting in the sky with about 10-12 lights around it shifting side to side. ((NUFORC Note: Adv. lights? PD))
St. Paul (around) · MN, USA
Huge circle formed by many lights, appeared to be foggy - not moving. HUGE compared to airplanes at airport.
Wyoming · MN, USA
My son in a town 20 minutes from where we are, called at 8;55pm telling us to go out and look in the sky at an orange fireball traveli
Makinen · MN, USA
Clear sky, fireball the size of a basketball in the sky Philo about a thousand feet above the treeline in unison one after another abou
Backus · MN, USA
Reddish orb floating across the sky about basketball size right above the cabins about 100 150 feet above land. Saw it from land and my
Bemidji · MN, USA
Color reddish orange orb and no noise and no flashing.
Coon Rapids · MN, USA
1 orange fireball came out of the sky, then disappeared. Then another appeared and did the same thing. Soon another did the same.
Otter Tail · MN, USA
In Ottertail, MN, a number of red orbs appeared from the southern horizon and moved slowly in a si
Byron · MN, USA
3 red/orange glowing balls flying in a line.