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)
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Another day, another sighting.
Bluffdale · UT, USA
Amateur astronomer sees bright, stationary object next to a star begin to move and descend behind the mountains.
Vernal · UT, USA
Large green fireball over a lake.
West Valley City · UT, USA
Orange orb seen traveling southwest in the sky before blinking off.
West Jordan · UT, USA
Numerous whites light observed flying over West Jordan, Utah
West Valley City · UT, USA
Bright light bouncing around the wess salt lake valley sky.
Lehi · UT, USA
Not ISS...South to North light emits bright blue/white light over Lehi, Utah
Mapleton · UT, USA
Light swept like a searchlight across a field in front of my house and suddenly disappeared, no engine noises.
Sandy · UT, USA
Light traveling then becoming very abnormaly bright. ((NUFORC Note: Iridium satellite? PD))
West Valley City · UT, USA
I was out side looking in the sky and seen 30 to 50 disk wired shaped glowing objects/lit up- not lights but beams in the sky . Right a
Highland · UT, USA
Pulsating light in eastern sky, moving north to south, random pulse while moving across sky.
Lehi · UT, USA
2 UFO's Over Lehi, Utah.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Bright lights in western sky that hover and change directions.
Roy · UT, USA
OK I'm 100% telling the truth I was outside in my backyard smoking a cigarette with my roommate she saw it first and she pointed it out
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
I was on my deck with my husband. A bright object appeared in the western sky , in front of the clouds. It was there for 3 minutes and
Orem · UT, USA
Two women saw an eerie, unlit, gliding, saucer-like object while watching for a meteor shower in a soccer field.
Goshen · UT, USA
Triangle shadow with a green light in the center and a green halo, 45 seconds to cover from the south horizon to the north horizon.
Orem · UT, USA
Glowing, hovering object descends straight down to the ground
Hurricane · UT, USA
Cross shape orange ufo.
Sandy · UT, USA
Orange round non-helicopter
Draper · UT, USA
Triangular, translucent object seen in Draper sky
Vernal · UT, USA
Blue orb that changed into a floating alien being that then descended into a bright blue craft that shot off into the night sky. Earlie
St. George · UT, USA
3 orange-red glowing objects travelling in a linear fashion. 2 disappear mid-air; 1 lands
Alpine · UT, USA
Unidentified Flashing Object. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star, we suspect. 160 degrees is not in the northern sky. PD))
Wendover · UT, USA
Two hovering objects