UFO Sightings in Utah
1,420 UFO sightings reported in Utah since 1944, peaking in 2012 (112 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,420
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (112 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2022 · peak 2012 (112 reports)
Top cities in Utah
Salt Lake City
1952–2022 · peak 2016 (18 reports)
St. George
1984–2022 · peak 2016 (8 reports)
Ogden
1965–2020 · peak 2000 (5 reports)
Sandy
1980–2021 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Orem
1982–2020 · peak 2013 (7 reports)
Provo
1951–2021 · peak 2010 (3 reports)
West Jordan
2003–2021 · peak 2020 (5 reports)
West Valley City
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (8 reports)
Layton
2000–2021 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Tooele
1995–2021 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Lehi
1983–2021 · peak 2010 (2 reports)
Park City
1997–2021 · peak 2016 (3 reports)
Vernal
1998–2022 · peak 2003 (3 reports)
Magna
1985–2021 · peak 2000 (3 reports)
Cedar City
1999–2019 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Moab
1991–2022 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Kearns
2005–2020 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Murray
1981–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Logan
1984–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Midvale
1976–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Riverdale · UT, USA
Was seen on tv show street outlaws flashes and streaks accross sky
Springdale · UT, USA
Nothing seen at the time, rather when we got home to look at pics from the trip. Submitted are 2 pics taken at the same time
Moab · UT, USA
Saw circle shaped object with green and red lights flying fast at different altitudes
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
I dropped my grandson off to his mom at the Utah State capital building and took photographs of moon going home and 1/8 photos show ima
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Took a series of moon photos over city lights and lake
Vernal · UT, USA
MADAR Node 181
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
saw three lights moving quickly northbound in sky, joined soon by a 4th and 5th light
St. George · UT, USA
I saw a green glowing orb which illuminated the clouds and flew fairly fast.
Taylorsville · Salt Lake, Utah, UT, USA
8 objects in sky to the east of Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah
Orem · Provo, UT, USA
Saw a gigantic crescent moon shape object uncloak and disappear while moving in the nighttime sky.
Draper · UT, USA
We saw a light hovering that appeared to have another smaller orbiting sphere, it appeared out of nowhere and disappeared as suddenly
Duck Creek · UT, USA
Green cylinder shaped UFO early December in southern Utah
Provo · UT, USA
Was outside when I noticed two bright orange lights in the sky
Park city · UT, USA
I have pictures . I stared at the moon for 8 hours . Never did that before pictures clearly show ufo’s
Moab · UT, USA
Oval looking light
West Jordan · UT, USA
flashing green light zig zagging across the sky and making a humming noise as it flew over me.
West Jordan · UT, USA
We went outside and saw a bright light that wasn’t moving over Oquirrh Mountains. It wasn’t a star because it was too bright and big. W
Helper · UT, USA
Bright multicolored light stationary in the night sky, sighted 2 different nights from camp.
Vernal · UT, USA
MADAR Node 181
Layton · UT, USA
I saw a bright light higher than I have ever seen before. It was brighter than the stars but seemed to be the same size as a star. It w
Tooele · UT, USA
Watched jet chase light that disappeared 2-3 times
Tooele · UT, USA
Happened while smoking a cigarette at 2am.i could literally sense something in the sky above my house. I stared in the area I suspected
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
MADAR Node 175
West Jordan · UT, USA
Three witness White and red sphere that changed shapes near army base
Perry · UT, USA
It was a 747 are bigger flying lower than most of the time I kelp Watching It had like a White Cloud coming from the Nose of the Plane