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)
Buffalo · MN, USA
These were not fireworks
Lino Lakes · MN, USA
I was sitting in my bed, listening to my iPod when I looked out the windo and saw what at first I thought was an airplane. So, I looke
Shakopee · MN, USA
Fast Moving High Altitude Object
Shoreview · MN, USA
Early morning glowing object
Andover · MN, USA
Brilliant green craft observed near Anoka county rd 9 in Andover, MN., 1145pm 06/02/06 two witnesses
East Bethel · MN, USA
Saw an object, and several Military jets flew toward it in an area where we rarely see military jets overhead.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Two spheres flying in tight formation near Ford Parkway bridge
Forest Lake · MN, USA
Lights moved from sky to tree level, to house level and then slowly but in an unorderly way zizzaged darkened and dissapeered.
Shoreview · MN, USA
bulb like sphire out of nowhere
Inver Grove Heights · MN, USA
Stationary object in sky for about twenty minutes, red flashes appear in the center
Winona · MN, USA
Four separate bright white lights traveling across the sky, distort the light from stars as they pass.
Walker · MN, USA
Star like object in the sky moved side to side and up and down in a jaged motion extreamly bright.
Gaylord · MN, USA
flahing "star" moving around for 20 minutes near the big dipper.
Monticello · MN, USA
they were stars that moved all over the place
Burnsville · MN, USA
50 silver irridescent diamond shaped objects in the formation of a wide awkward heart that blinked in and out of view in MN
Rochester · MN, USA
1 satelight and 3 unknown white and red objects that followed in the opposite direction flying silent in the sky-
Loman · MN, USA
Large red ball of light that multiplied into four separate lights at tree level, white lights flying at high altitudes.
Biglake · MN, USA
SO WEIRD YOU WILL HAVE TO READ MY STORY
Goodland · MN, USA
Communicating green lights
Minneapolis · MN, USA
green flash
Minneapolis · MN, USA
green flash
Minneapolis · MN, USA
The following sighting reports are very similar to the one my mother, father, North Minneapolis and I had back in 1975. This is the sec
Excelsior · MN, USA
Saw a bright flash, and a low level airplane. Saw a green flare come down from sky, but not from airplane.
St. Paul Park · MN, USA
2 UFO IN SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY
Albert Lea · MN, USA
The object had no blinking lights and went in 3 different directions, but those turns were faster than what an airplane could achieve