UFO Sightings in Missouri
2,650 UFO sightings reported in Missouri since 1941, peaking in 2012 (177 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,650
- Span
- 1941–2030
- Peak year
- 2012 (177 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1941–2030 · peak 2012 (177 reports)
Top cities in Missouri
St. Louis
1962–2022 · peak 2020 (22 reports)
Kansas City
1950–2022 · peak 2020 (14 reports)
Springfield
1974–2021 · peak 2012 (14 reports)
Columbia
1995–2021 · peak 2007 (9 reports)
Independence
1955–2022 · peak 2020 (10 reports)
St. Charles
1973–2020 · peak 2011 (6 reports)
O'Fallon
1997–2021 · peak 2013 (10 reports)
Lee's Summit
1979–2021 · peak 2010 (5 reports)
St. Peters
1998–2018 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Blue Springs
1981–2020 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Rolla
1977–2020 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Joplin
1970–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Cape Girardeau
1956–2018 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Wentzville
2003–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Florissant
1987–2020 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Jefferson City
1965–2020 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Farmington
1994–2021 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Arnold
1997–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Fenton
1990–2021 · peak 2010 (3 reports)
Ashgrove
1999–2013 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Belton · MO, USA
Belton,mo 3min 10pm 7/8/18 light, East to West, reddish aura, went dark, no airplane. no collision lights.
Van Buren · MO, USA
My girlfriend and I were laying facing up in our tent camping at Watercress Campground. My girlfriend said she saw a falling star. I di
Columbia · MO, USA
Missouri Investigators Group Report: Two adult witnesses observe, and photograph, approaching object.
Grantwood village · MO, USA
I thought it was a plane due to alot passing but upon further watching, it came from the east and had what looked like short clouds beh
Peculiar · MO, USA
Object was moving from NE to SW very fast and extremely high altitude with no lights or jet trails. It was a very large cylinder
Oates · MO, USA
Seen a fireball like the sun in the southern sky then moments later two toned ship like one come from the north an both darted west
Maryland Heights · MO, USA
Craft vanishes from clear skies.
Lohman · MO, USA
Orange, yellow and red spiky triangular-shaped object traveling southeast to northwest at approximately 1,500 feet.
Warsaw · MO, USA
I saw 3-5 bright, flame-like lights on a elongated object which did not seem to be moving and then disappeared over Truman Lake.
Farmington · MO, USA
Triangular shaped object with many colored lights appearing in the western sky quickly approaching earth, within 45 minutes was very cl
Moscow · MO, USA
He first thought it was a blimp. It was gray and white in color and then started to move left to right very quickly.
Warrento · MO, USA
Witness caught a quick glimpse of a rather large blimp-like object, over the tree line to the west-northwest at an estimated dista
O'Fallon · MO, USA
A white (very bright sphere approached on the south side of highway at high speed, horizontal & parallel to highway.)
Hannibal · MO, USA
Clusters of lights near hannibal Missouri
Gladstone · MO, USA
I don't know what it is but it's a bright light hovering above the Hobby Lobby in Gladstone Missouri it is now 12:03 a.m.
Karmala · MO, USA
2 UFO plates with full of lights very close view
Farmington · MO, USA
First nightly sighting at 8:15 pm, high in the western sky by 9:00 pm very close, able to view object plainly with the naked eye. Tria
Farmington · MO, USA
Explosion of white light / star type object
Parkville · MO, USA
We saw 1 extremely fast moving object that we thought was a satellite, but it was moving about 4 or 5 times faster than normal. We then
Kansas City · MO, USA
((HOAX??)) i saw the diamond like space craft it was getting closer and closer and then it just went up and left earth.
Lone Jack · MO, USA
I observed a round lighted object start overhead, then race extremely fast to the northern horizon. Object was much too quick to be co
Wentzville · MO, USA
My first recorded occurrence was in Ashtabula Ohio. I have had experiences throughout my life that I either dismissed or pushed aside a
Harrisonville · MO, USA
Strange lights in Harrisonville, Missouri.
Harrisonville · MO, USA
Strange sound then saw formation of lights then a bunch more it was large 4 or 5 football fields
Strafford · MO, USA
Bright light orange in the sky, seems to ‘burn out.’