UFO sightings in Colorado
There are 126 civilian UFO sighting reports from Colorado in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1957 to 2013. The busiest year was 2006, with 21 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (37), triangle (23) and sphere (15).
Most reports come from Denver (21), Boulder (11) and Colorado Springs (11), out of 62 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Colorado
Places with at least three reports. 53 other places in Colorado have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Colorado
The 100 most recent of 126 reports, newest first. The full set is on the map and in the list view.
- 26 Oct 2013 · 07:55LongmontTriangle· 3 min
we were relaxing in our hot tub and whitnesed a boomarang shaped object that seemed to be camo. looked like a cloud fly by after about
Show on map - 26 Oct 2013 · 07:00BrightonFormation· 4 min
3 lights in triangle formation move north
Show on map - 25 Oct 2013 · 08:15WellingtonOther· 45 min
Red, white and blue flashing lights in the Northern sky above Wellington, Colorado.
Show on map Big Brown Bird in night sky like a huge V no wing movement.
Show on map- 22 Oct 2013 · 05:45LongmontSphere· 1 min
Little red circle moving in an out of air streak.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2013 · 08:15Manitou SpringsSphere· 1 min
3ft round silver ball hovering down street and moving in seemingly precise path.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2013 · 23:00Dinosaur ColoradoAmorphous· 4 h
Light coming down to the ground (Gold) Lights going east and west Craft able to move horizontal Vertical and from a split second GONE.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2013 · 22:00AspenFormation· 30 s
3 orbs in sky remote Colorado oct 12 2013 moving in up and down to side to side plus sign formations .
Show on map Oct 12, 2013, I saw 3 orbs in sky east of grand junction on I/70 moving in fasted up and down side to side formations. .
Show on mapThree long white crescent shaped moving lights moving in a half circle.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2013 · 09:00Boulder/NiwotDisc· 5 min
Metallic object floating above Boulder.
Show on map Red, blue, white and green high in sky; didn't move.
Show on map- 27 Oct 2012 · 20:15El JebelOrb· 5 min
Three fireballs in a inverted trianglar formation sited over Crown Mtn Pk, in El Jebel , CO at 20;15 10/27/12.
Show on map No lights, quiet, hovering & stationary.
Show on map- 24 Oct 2012 · 04:50LimonOrb· 2 min
Two bright orbs following car on Colorado's eastern plain.
Show on map 4 objects moving and dancing at very high altitude. shiney, reflective orbs
Show on map- 16 Oct 2012 · 05:35GunnisonOrb· 2 min
Strange lights observed at Castle Mountain area of Gunnison
Show on map Classic five lighted triangle shaped UFO sighting
Show on mapGreenish bluish object sphere that flashed in the dusk sky and then descended to the Arkansas River Bottom
Show on mapUnidentified box looking object flying across Denver Metropolitan area under intelligent control.
Show on mapBright zig zagging light in the sky above norad.
Show on mapFalling bright light
Show on mapHuge flying-V appeared to be high in the atmosphere.
Show on mapTriangle with Orange Lights Swooped Down Quickly then Disappeared.
Show on map- 23 Oct 2011 · 00:00Fort Collins/LovelandOther· 1 h
Me and two friends were looking into the sky over northern colorado at around 9:30 pm, not even an hour after i saw a large low flying
Show on map Large triangle over loveland.
Show on map- 19 Oct 2011 · 22:15LouisvilleOrb· 3 s
green glowing craft moving very fast across entire sky.
Show on map commit like objest shapped like a missle with a bright gold jet trail heading west.
Show on mapSilent V formation over Denver, CO. ((NUFORC Note: Report from law enforcement officer. PD))
Show on map- 17 Oct 2011 · 20:10Baca GrandeOrb· 2 min
On my usual walk up the mountain heading and facing east, an object light appeared in front of me suddenly in the area above the Sangre
Show on map - 16 Oct 2011 · 21:45Palmer LakeBoomerang· 13 s
Triangle shape moves across sky north of the US Airforce Academy
Show on map SEEN CLEARLY FOR 2 MINUTES GLIDING WITHOUT SOUND FLASHING LIGHTS
Show on map- 20 Oct 2010 · 23:30Daniels ParkDisc· 15 min
bright light slowly zig zagged then flew over and multi colored lights exposed to jet over denver metro
Show on map round metal ball haning north west of Greeley
Show on map- 15 Oct 2010 · 20:40ThorntonOther· 5 s
Large Cone-Tailed Ball of White Light crosses Denver Sky
Show on map Bright lights seen pulsating over east Colorado.
Show on mapOne saucer shaped metal object over Greeley, Colorado.
Show on mapRed flash of light in the sky
Show on mapspeeding stars over colorado springs
Show on mapDim triangle of lights, high speed, low altitude but no noise over Boulder, CO 10/17/2009 10pm
Show on map- 10 Oct 2009 · 12:00Crested ButteDisc· 1 min
metallic egg shaped craft above crested butte, CO. Also have seen great amount of activity READ ME!
Show on map Two white lights floating in the sky near the moutains of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Show on mapthree semi-stationary lights in sky seen from Denver area but over Kansas. Able to move very fast.
Show on map- 26 Oct 2008 · 05:27Fort CollinsOther· 20 s
Object sited near Fort Collins, CO
Show on map In the northwest sky, there were about seven lights moving slowly and flashing in and out if an extremely strange fashion.
Show on mapViewed a silent, grey, shape shifting ufo fly over the nearby Denver Pepsi Center at 9:36pm.
Show on mapSpherical metallic object seen in broad daylight above University Hospital.
Show on map- 10 Oct 2007 · 23:05NorthglennTriangle· 15 s
Hovering triangular shape seen with flashing lights seen in Colorado
Show on map - 10 Oct 2007 · 22:00FlemingSphere· 10 min
UFO SPOTTED, FLEMING COLORADO
Show on map Huge lighted cluster in the eastern sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
Show on mapthe second object appreared suddenly, then flickered out as the first object returned the way it had come.
Show on mapThree people see a illuminated V shaped object fly over them at night, fast, low, silent, making 2 passes.
Show on mapObject appeared for about 10 seconds triangle shape
Show on mapMy sister and I grew up in a model aviation building/flying family and we both have a keen knowledge of the state of aviation art in fl
Show on map4-5 bright whitish-orange lights in Pueblo West, Colorado on 10/1/06 at 11:30 p.m.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 23:27MonumentOther· 10 s
Four bright star-like objects, observed from Monument, CO, 2317 hrs, 10/1/06, traveling SW-NE at high rate of speed, no sound, <10 sec.
Show on map 4 very large bright spherical objects -- one green, the others red or orange -- moving at high speeds upward in linear series
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 23:20Cripple CreekOrb· 15 s
Fireball object in Western Sky
Show on map 6 LIGHTS FLOATING OVER DEBEQUE CANYON
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 23:20SedaliaFormation· 30 s
5 bright, totally silent, fast moving lights viewed in night sky near Deckers, CO on 10/01.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 23:20SilverthorneOrb· 10 s
I saw about six lights coming toward our house in a straight line, and one at a time from the furthest away, they went out.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 23:17CascadeSphere· 15 s
I was standing on my deck facing east when I saw orange objects fly from north to south. They appeared to maybe be comets but I cannot
Show on map October 1, 2006 meteor reported across skies of Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 23:15Canon CityOrb· 4 min
Large bright light with aura, "fireworks" features, then several distinct white lights
Show on map Large bright white light with evenly spaced smaller lights in trail east of Denver moving northeast, as seen by airline pilot at FL380
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 23:15Edwards/VailFormation· 3 min
Globular formation of 5-7 bright ball lights seen first and last as "shooting stars" by driver on I-70 near Vail, Co.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 23:15FairplayOther· 30 s
Six orange lights observed in the sky by three people, moving at constant speed and altitude from south to north.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 23:15HartselOrb· 1 min
Several glowing objects gracefully and silently following each other moving south to north in eastern sky 500 to 1000ft high
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 23:15MccoyOrb· 1 min
Four silent lights flew over our home.
Show on map Strange Lights in the Sky Over Colorado October 1, 2006
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 23:00CucharaOther· 1 min
There appeared to be about six very very bright glowing white ball shaped objects.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 21:35Tin CupAmorphous· 10 s
Four tightly packed objects glowing green moving at 150 mph 1/4 mile away spread out equally spaced within 2 seconds.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2005 · 20:35Canon CityOrb· 5 min
10/25/05 8:30pm several lights floating in sky and disappeared one by one
Show on map The objects were reflective and the movement was not wind driven and appeared in the field at once.
Show on mapA bright white light hovered over Pueblo Blvd. bridge over the Arkansas River, about 30 ft. above traffic, but no traffic seemed to see
Show on mapSilver Cigar Shaped object flying over I-25 downtown Denver at 2pm on a clear day
Show on mapIt was around 9pm and I was at just going out side for a cigg. break. And i looked up in the sky and seen a bright red and yellow light
Show on mapBlack triangle spotted in Pikes Peak region and slowly fades from sight.
Show on mapStrange light in the sky shoot off through the sky after several minutes of hovering.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2005 · 13:30LittletonSphere· 30 min
10-14-05 Littleton, Co. 30 minutes 2 objects, one stationary, the second moving high rate of speed to the North-West
Show on map - 2 Oct 2005 · 18:20StrasburgDisc· 15 min
Metallic oval or cylinder , daytime, visable for 15 min, splits into 3 objects,Strasburg Colorado
Show on map Triangle with lights, no sound, heading south-west.
Show on mapThen it dissapeared again.
Show on mapBright Golden orb with tail - remained in sight approximately 4 seconds moving from South to North
Show on map- 12 Oct 2004 · 00:00Fort MorganSphere· 25 min
It was a sphere shaped object with lights on it....it had left jet stream marks in the sky,then landed.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2003 · 21:39WestminsterTriangle· 15 s
Silent, Black Triangle with lights on the corners and amber, glowing lights at rear of craft.
Show on map Suspended orange lights in Northwest sky
Show on mapV formation of white lights move with no sound
Show on map- 13 Oct 2003 · 06:00CraigTriangle· 17 min
it was sitting in the sky like it diddent care that i was watching
Show on map - 11 Oct 2003 · 20:00FrederickOther· 10 s
Large flash outside the house rattling the windows with a low hum.
Show on map Intense red light, spinning rapidly, droning sound.
Show on map- 2 Oct 2003 · 21:00BayfieldTriangle· 5 min
Flying triangle in Bayfield, CO
Show on map - 1 Oct 2003 · 21:00RyeSphere· 2 s
Orange balls in the sky
Show on map As i was walking facing west, i began to notice a star like flash. It happened very suddenly,then i was walking to my door to the house
Show on map- 20 Oct 2002 · 24:00Raton/PuebloOrb· 10 h 30 min
2Bright star-like objects follow me for over 1 hr. while driving home from NM. They followed me all the way home!!!
Show on map - 16 Oct 2002 · 21:30ColoradoOther· 20 s
What is this red orange and yellow ball???? how did it just vanish into thin air?
Show on map - 14 Oct 2002 · 16:15LittletonDisc· 10 min
Whatever this was, it was at a high altitude. It did not move or change form while I was watching anyway. It was not a plane.
Show on map Silent large flying v of 5 orange glowing patches gives fright.
Show on mapSilver ball moving in Denver sky
Show on mapBright sphere in sky, completely stationary, then disappeared
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.