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)
Saint Joseph · MO, USA
Fireball acros the nigth sky never seen anything like it moving slow front aest to west spectacular but fraining
Kansas City · MO, USA
Five fast.cigar shape images going in circles above our neighbor hood.
Bolivar · MO, USA
Bolivar, MO. Bright white light moving across the sky then vanishing.
Columbia · MO, USA
Stationary star like light in sky suddenly disappeared.
Marble Hill · MO, USA
Something very bright and looked like a circle that was moving.
Springfield · MO, USA
Bright orange oval object over Springfield Missouri
Springfield · MO, USA
Springfield,MO. A white light the size of a star moving at a high rate of speed!!
St. Peters · MO, USA
9 bright orange objects flying overhead with no sound ... heading from approximately southeast to northwest. I was out walking my dogs
Republic · MO, USA
Ten fireballs passing over Republic, MO. Orange color.
Hazelwood · MO, USA
Stealth crescent banking maneuver .
Blue Springs · MO, USA
Multi colored flashing orb. ((NUFORC Note: Television video of object suggested to us that the object was Vega, a star. PD))
Mexico · MO, USA
Multiple UFO sightings in a single area on the outskirts of small town.
Lebanon · MO, USA
UFO Over Lebanon, MO
Smithville · MO, USA
No sound flying low small fireball type
Nixa · MO, USA
I viewed a pill shaped object with no wing span moving at a high rate of speed. Covering the distance of horizon to horizon in seconds.
Buffalo · MO, USA
Witnessed triangular shaped craft using clouds possibly as a cloaking device in the Ozarks.
Pevely · MO, USA
Bright star shape lights hovering in sky, some with red/blue flashing lights moving across sky.
Perryville · MO, USA
One large, spherical, unblinking light, seen in the distance that made quick movements.
Kansas City · MO, USA
4/8/12 bronze disc running over Kansas City
Jefferson City · MO, USA
Bright light. Very quiet. Moved at two different speeds.
St. Louis · MO, USA
Bright blue light moving west to east at high speed, stopped instantly hovered and zigzaged then moves further east toward st. louis su
St. Charles · MO, USA
Brilliant chevron-shaped object / solid light / appeared suddenly, flashed twice, even more brightly, then vanished.
Fordland · MO, USA
Bright light that diminished traveling from south to north over Fordland, MO. ((NUFORC Note: Possible orbiting body? PD))
St. Peters · MO, USA
green, red, and yellowish- whitelights on craft flying low moving north to south.
Arnold · MO, USA
Fireball moving south at slow pace pretty much below cloud cover around 9:30 p.m. pulsed in briteness a few times turned black and went