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)
Lake Point · UT, USA
Lights near Lake Point/Grantsville, UT
West Valley · UT, USA
((NUFORC Note: Student report. Probable hoax. PD)) It was such a scary sight.
Kearns · UT, USA
((NUFORC Note: Student report. Possible hoax. PD)) Two, colorful, cross shaped objects in the sky.
Kearns · UT, USA
((NUFORC Note: Student report. We cannot certify that it is a serious report. PD)) Two diamond shaped ufo's, and a red dot.
Park Valley (near) · UT, USA
10/23/05; Park Valley, Utah; rectangular; 4-5 seconds, looked like a flying box car; posted 10/28/05.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
saucer shaped craft, emitting a glow of grey/white light moving up words from the valley floor
Wendover · UT, USA
We were headed on 80east heading east and we saw this very bright flashing light that just sat in the sky
West Jordan · UT, USA
Airplane-like shape hovering in sky
Nephi · UT, USA
went to set up the Gps base station for the survey crews in morning at 7:00am,it took 3 of us to set up the antenna tower 40 min.while
Dockstader Park · UT, USA
Two Disks Over Park.
Farmington · UT, USA
Farmington Utah bright white light with blue in the middle in the shape of fixed wing aircraft flying Southwest to Northeast.
Capitol Reef · UT, USA
cigar shaped with diffrent coors
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
two colors, top part yellowish cream, bottom part gray, black windows in the front
West Valley · UT, USA
We were looking up at the stars when we saw a triangle craft flying very fast but very silently. The craft Was bright and was flashing
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
UFO sighting over Salt Lake City
South Willow Canyon (above Grantsville) · UT, USA
A diamond-shaped-looking craft with fast, flashing red lights on the bottom
Ogden · UT, USA
Four lights witnessed in West Weber county
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Flexible mass drops shimmering peices in utahs little cottonwood canyon
Logan · UT, USA
Triangular craft defined by five dim lights moves to the North over my head without making a sound
Riverdale · UT, USA
Light was about the size of a BB held at arms length
Tabiona · UT, USA
Tabiona/Wolf Creek Pass UFO sighting - lasted about 2 hours, extemely large craft, very bright, just parked in the sky.
Cedar City · UT, USA
3 of us photographed multiple red, blue, green white obj.s in night sky for about 2 hrs then toward the W a huge moon-like object.
Sandy · UT, USA
strange changing light above south mountiain
Roy · UT, USA
Very bight light flashes across night sky.
Park City · UT, USA
6 lights flying VERY fast