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)
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Flying from west to east nearly straight up from my location. Three dots in a string apearing to follow each other. Caught my Eye while
Burnsville · MN, USA
5 or 6 faint red dots in a strange formation heading east
St. Peter · MN, USA
object with trail behind it slowly moves across sky to north and then abruptly shoots off in its continuing direction to the north.
Bemidji · MN, USA
Black, triangle, split into 4 smaller triangles, speed/shape of normal aeroplane.
Lake Elmo · MN, USA
5 mi sighting of a soundless chevron craft with six lights as bright as those on a baseball field .
St. Paul · MN, USA
Observed was a black boomerang/triangle shaped going east at approximately 500 miles an hour with no lights on at all.
Fergus Falls · MN, USA
V-shaped pattern of faint reddish lights
Maplewood · MN, USA
5 Bronze colored, elliptical shaped objects in (<) formation, travelling really fast from NW to SE on clear night.
Monticello · MN, USA
driving home and a ufo passed me and i stopped and it sped away
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Minneapolis-two flashes of robin egg blue lightening behind clouds, leaving sky lit a little lighter in that area for 45 minutes after.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
a medium sized round metallic object that was suspended motionless at about 100 or so feet in the air
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Very bright star disappearing quickly (10sec)
Lake Elmo · MN, USA
Six lights as bright as staium lights on chevron shaped object hovering over grove of trees.6
Mound · MN, USA
large boeing 747 followed by two smaller craft.
Duluth · MN, USA
f-16's chasing light!
Hawley · MN, USA
cigar streaking across the sky eastward
Willmar · MN, USA
FORMATION OF DISKS SHOOT ACROSS THE SKY .
Sandstone · MN, USA
I saw a light in the sky that disappeared in front of my eye.
Albert Lea · MN, USA
Light moving very slowly to the west, then at a 45 degree angle, shot out of sight.
Ivanhoe · MN, USA
Looked like a star... only moving quickly across the sky.
New Ulm · MN, USA
My son and I were standing out on the deck looking to the northeast at about a 10 o'clock position when we saw a very bright light goin
Wrenshall · MN, USA
Triangular shaped ufo which darted quickly across the sky near duluth MN, but then remained stationary for a half hour.....
Barnum · MN, USA
BRIGHT CIRCULAR UFO THAT HOVERS OVER CARLTON COUNTY MINNESOTA
Ely (about 40-50 miles outside) · MN, USA
While canoeing at 3:30 AM we saw a blinking light in the sky similar to that of an aircraft. Suddenly it lit up & sped away
Knife River · MN, USA
Triangle Lights over Lake Superior, MN, Aug 2001.