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)
Park Rapids · MN, USA
Star like in straight line close together moving W to NE, ((Starlink satellites?))
Cambridge · MN, USA
59 strange crafts with lights over Cambridge. ((Starlink satellites))
Wendell · MN, USA
Witnessed lights traveling in straight line from SW to NE, quite evenly spaced. ((Starlink satellites?))
Champlin · MN, USA
Lights following on same west East path. Same distance from each other going same path. 18 in a ton. ((Starlink satellites))
Fridley · MN, USA
Approximately 100 starlight objects moving from the SW to NE with no blinking lights or sound. ((Starlink satellites?))
Lakeville · MN, USA
About 45+ satellite looking lights going across the sky and a perfect line perfectly spaced ((Starlink satellites?))
Lakeville · MN, USA
~45+ satellite looking lights cross the sky and a perfect line perfectly spaced for about 25-40 minutes. ((Spacelink satellites?))
Hayfield · MN, USA
Flashing lights heading Northeast in a military staggered pattern. ((Starlink satellites?))
Blaine · MN, USA
about 30 lights moving to the NE in a straight line, about equally spaced. ((Starlink satellites?))
New Brighton · MN, USA
Long row of 20+ satellite looking lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Janesville · MN, USA
A trail of star like lights moving from the W. They were in a straight line and equally spaced apart. ((Starlink satellites))
Mankato · MN, USA
Lights that look like a convoy of ISS's moving from southwest, to northeast evenly spaced at first ((Spacelink satellites))
Duluth · MN, USA
Large golden sphere of light moving across the sky.
Duluth · MN, USA
Three dots of light arranged in a triangular pattern were hovering silently for around ten minutes before moving away.((anonymous))
St. Paul · MN, USA
White hovering sphere with red and yellow lights in its center
Chaska · MN, USA
Large, white ringed, low flying, slow moving object at tree level.
Lakeville · MN, USA
Lights moving in single file line and direction toward NE sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Watkins · MN, USA
Rural Minnesota odd lights.
Mora · MN, USA
3 very dim lights that formed a triange moving at a fast speed.
Forest Lake · MN, USA
2 black triangles with red lights in each corner, flying like a drone but silently and in sync with eachother
Plymouth/ maple grove · MN, USA
My boyfriend and I were out for a drive because there was supposed to be a meteor shower. As we were driving seen 2 objects in the sky.
Moorhead · MN, USA
2 BLUE/GREEN OBJETS AT 5000 FT AND GAINING ALTITUDE IN FULL SUNLIGHT
Altura · MN, USA
4 people saw a formation of at least 19 craft obviously in the outer atmospher travel E to W. ((Starlink satellites?))
St. Charles (?) · MN, USA
8 or 9, bright star, like shapes, traveling in a straight line to the southeast', 9:10 pm. ((Starlink satellites?))
Cambridge Township · MN, USA
I saw a bright white light when I looked W to the top of the trees. It was 4 to 5 times the size of the largest star. ((Venus?))