UFO sightings in Missouri
There are 97 civilian UFO sighting reports from Missouri in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1952 to 2013. The busiest year was 2011, with 15 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (28), triangle (14) and disc (11).
Most reports come from St. Louis (13), Kansas City (9) and Columbia (5), out of 59 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Missouri
Places with at least three reports. 54 other places in Missouri have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Missouri
All 97 reports, newest first.
- 26 Oct 2013 · 19:45HillsboroOrb· 3 min
Bright light moving across the sky and disappearing (not a shooting star).
Show on map - 24 Oct 2013 · 20:35O'FallonTriangle· 2 min
silent slow obtuse triangle, all black with perimeter white lights
Show on map Delta shaped object hovering over flatbed truck in St. Louis.
Show on map- 22 Oct 2013 · 01:00WentzvilleTriangle· 30 min
I was outside smoking a cigarette after work, facing North West. I noticed this object, which I thought was a plane at first.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2013 · 22:00ImperialDiamond· 5 min
We were sitting on back deck talking and looking at the moon and ski she we saw a glowing diamond like shape in ski.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2013 · 19:20VersaillesOrb· 30 min
Yellow/Orange colored "orb" seen for approximately 30 minutes.
Show on map - 19 Oct 2013 · 21:30Saint LouisTriangle· 2 min
I have been noticing a very bright light just S of Clayton in early evenings. The obj. usually appears to the south and west of S.
Show on map - 19 Oct 2013 · 21:00FestusSphere· 15 s
Strange lights North of Festus, Missouri
Show on map - 13 Oct 2013 · 18:12AftonSphere· 20 min
As I watched the sunset I observed a large white sphere stationary to the south west of St.louis, looked to be at least 40ꯠ feet, ha
Show on map Cluster of silver orbs fading in and out of view.
Show on map- 12 Oct 2013 · 07:45FestusOrb· 1 min
2 large orange lights hovering near each other. Moving up and down, side to side. Zoomed & disappeared, seemingly realizing us noticing
Show on map - 10 Oct 2013 · 17:00St. Louis CountyOrb· 3 h
Hovering bright object moving slowly around St. Louis.
Show on map Two black circular objects flying through storm clouds in rotating flight pattern.
Show on mapA cluster of 10-12 metal orb-like objects hovering above the street.
Show on mapWorld Series Game 6 in St Louis on 10/27 @10:18pm CST Light 'Flying' rear of blimp - unknown
Show on map- 23 Oct 2011 · 13:30Creve CoeurDisc· 3 min
Shiny saucer shaped object hovering near Creve Coeur Lake.
Show on map - 23 Oct 2011 · 03:10CaliforniaSphere· 10 min
Round bright light that both hovered then zipped across entire sky
Show on map - 22 Oct 2011 · 06:15St. ClairOther· 5 min
MISSOURI INVESTIGATOR GROUP REPORT: Driving E on I-44 approx. near mile MM 243 when I saw a very bright star light obj. in the sky.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2011 · 18:54Lee's SummitTriangle· 1 min
Unknown Aircraft
Show on map 8-10 lights following each other
Show on map- 15 Oct 2011 · 16:45Holts SummitDisc· 3 min
5th incident same craft.
Show on map - 14 Oct 2011 · 02:30CartervilleOther· 30 min
Follow up to a report I just submitted
Show on map - 14 Oct 2011 · 02:30CartervilleOther· 30 min
Strange object seen moving slowly between Carterville and Carthage Missouri
Show on map - 14 Oct 2011 · 00:00BlackjackOrb· 1 min
i saw orbs of light in daylight sky and they were moving in a fluid circular motion and appearing and disappearing
Show on map - 2 Oct 2011 · 17:44Lake SpringsDisc· 1 min
Three opaque oval craft sighted over mid missouri. with witnesses
Show on map - 2 Oct 2011 · 17:30Lake SpringsDisc· 1 min
I saw these three craft flying around the same vicinity.
Show on map Unusual fireball-like orb moving in the sky, and suddenly disappears
Show on mapOrange fireball crosses the sky in Kansas City.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2011 · 20:00LinnOther· 5 s
Huge green flashing light low to the ground in missouri
Show on map - 27 Oct 2010 · 19:00St. PetersOrb· 5 min
I saw a very low light, definitely not a plane as there was only a bright white light like a star, no flashing red lights and no noise.
Show on map V-shaped perfect formation of lights traveling over St Louis, heading eastward, soundlessly.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2010 · 06:15ImperialFormation· 20 min
cluster of lights in wheel shape with center hub light largest.
Show on map V-Shaped aircraft moving slow and low. 5 glowing lights underneath. No cockpit, or fusilage
Show on mapBlack V-shaped UFO with 5 orange lights.
Show on mapV-shaped UFO with 5 glowing lights underneath was seen flying low and slow, without much sound.
Show on map- 12 Oct 2010 · 20:15BridgetonRectangle· 2 min
Dark rectangular object ascended into the sky near St. Louis International airport
Show on map Saw what appeared to be a commercial jet headed for airport but no lights or sound
Show on map- 24 Oct 2009 · 16:15Maryland HeightsOther· 3 min
shiny oval like object over maryland heights area
Show on map - 23 Oct 2009 · 19:05WaynesvilleOther· 2 min
One object with two white lights, one red and one blue light hovering without sound about 300 - 400 feet in the air.
Show on map brilliant pink light observed then emitted sparks then vanished
Show on map- 17 Oct 2009 · 20:40ManchesterBoomerang· 10 s
Bright white chevron shaped object traveling at very fast speed over St. Louis area.
Show on map Metallic object, square/triangular shape, with blinking lights.
Show on mapTwo bright objects next to each other going in an upward motion.
Show on map- 24 Oct 2008 · 10:12De SotoOrb· 6 min
small yellow-white light seen in De Soto , MO
Show on map - 18 Oct 2008 · 17:30WentzvilleOther· 10 min
Possible UFO fleet?
Show on map - 1 Oct 2008 · 09:00LanaganOrb· 15 min
I reported this same object last week ,so far three times i have seen this blinking object which moves horizontially and does tight cir
Show on map - 22 Oct 2007 · 06:30FarmingtonTriangle· 5 min
UFO Sighting - Outside Farmington Missouri.
Show on map MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: The shape of the UFO was triangular with white lights on each of the corners and a big red light.
Show on mapIt was a dull matte grey color and looked like two inverted contact lenses with a little turret on top,
Show on map- 12 Oct 2007 · 01:45SedaliaFormation· 15 s
2 Golden Round Lights Simply Vanish before our eyes
Show on map - 2 Oct 2006 · 20:02JoplinOrb· 7 min
Two bright lights turn into 20 to 30 planes!
Show on map - 1 Oct 2006 · 15:05ThompsonCigar· 1 h
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I saw glowing green lights in the sky at night and 5 objects in the sky during sunset..
Show on map - 26 Oct 2005 · 19:30ChesterfieldOrb· 10 s
Bright-light object ascended rapidly through clouds which were about 5ꯠ ft up
Show on map Two shining objects spotted in the day time sky high above St. Louis.
Show on mapGreen light seen hovering over south Springfield, then moving southwest at a rapid speed.
Show on map- 20 Oct 2005 · 19:00NixaDisc· 3 min
it was confirmed to be machine like, metallic in nature, traditional saucer format with port holes and multicolored lights
Show on map Descending lights were observed by two groups of people within a single hour and 100 miles apart.
Show on map- 15 Oct 2005 · 10:19St. CharlesSphere· 2 s
Bright Blue Ball of light
Show on map Bright blue light very fast, defied physics.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2005 · 00:00HarrisburgOrb· 40 min
The waves of lights seemed to materialize high in the sky and move in an "ocean tidal manner" that is one wave after another,
Show on map A light moved across the sky in a zig zag way then straightened out and went straight out into space in a matter of seconds.
Show on mapSat. Oct 2nd. 3:23 - 3:30 pm. St. Louis, MO. Object hoovering in the sky with flashing light.
Show on mapShooting stars that changed direction.
Show on map3 silver circles floating in the air in a triangle pattern.Traveling east to west with the point of the triangle to the south. Insatntl
Show on map- 15 Oct 2003 · 23:00MaryvilleOrb· 10 s
Amber Lights in formation, and then changing alignment
Show on map - 11 Oct 2003 · 22:40IndependenceBoomerang· 10 min
UFO with black exhaust sighted in Independence, MO Oct. 11, 2003
Show on map - 15 Oct 2002 · 01:00BlandTriangle· 5 min
UFO? spoted chasing cattle
Show on map bright green triangular object throwing sparks traveling extremely fast
Show on map3 bright lights at high altitude west of Kansas City at 2100 hours on 10/1/01 in a general westward movement.
Show on map- 26 Oct 2000 · 17:30AgencyOther· 1 min
Reflective object see on ground by pilot.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2000 · 23:00Jefferson CityTriangle· 3 min
Silent triangle object, very low, moving north then east.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2000 · 20:30BrinktownOrb· 30 min
3 bright golden lights moving independently above the tree line flaring and fading intermittently for approx. 15 min.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2000 · 20:20Valley Park Area Of St. LouisDisc· 15 s
Driving on Hyw.141 at Hyw. 44 and going East, I witnessed to my right a glowing orb of light streak horizontally from East to West at a
Show on map - 10 Oct 2000 · 03:00PerryvilleDisc· 3 min
The craft was big, orange, and oval shaped.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2000 · 21:30MaryvilleOrb· 30 s
white disappearing lights
Show on map I saw what appeared to be a moving star, but stopped andchanged speeds noticeably, and finally direction.
Show on map- 22 Oct 1999 · 22:45SikestonOrb· 6 s
Fast falling light in the south southeast sky turning from white to green.
Show on map I and four other people watched a very large cylinder slowly move across the noon sky and enter a long, narrow cloud through one end, n
Show on mapMISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I was looking to my left when I spotted a white light about 9 o'clock high
Show on map- 15 Oct 1999 · 06:01LewistownOrb· 3 min
Colour shift= green->blue->yellow->metalic white. Slow movement to west, then east, then high velocity NNW.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1999 · 04:30MillersburgTriangle· 3 min
i've already submitted a report, i had the wrong date!
Show on map My friend and I were out looking for shooting stars on a country road when this large unknown object flew over us. It was a large tria
Show on map- 11 Oct 1999 · 20:35KirbyvilleOther· 1 h 30 min
About 2030 cst I noticed what apeared to be a "tumbler" a flashing satellite. After observing for approx.10 min. I realized that the ob
Show on map - 1 Oct 1999 · 22:05IndependenceBoomerang· 15 s
Looked up an saw tiny points of light creating the shape of a Chevron.
Show on map - 28 Oct 1997 · 18:45Willow SpringsTriangle· 3 min
triangle shaped with 5 red lights along the edge and 1 white light in the middle traveling east and low to the ground.
Show on map inside the house, but could tell it was above us
Show on map- 10 Oct 1996 · 03:20HigginsvilleTriangle· 3 s
illuminated triangular craft, flying at high speed from South to North
Show on map - 13 Oct 1994 · 19:30FarmingtonCigar· 2 min
I spotted what I thought was a bright landing light of a larger than usual aircraft for our airport.
Show on map - 1 Oct 1994 · 21:00WarsawCigar· 10 min
Triangle shaped object hovering above the water.
Show on map MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: We saw a large football shaped object hovering above an apartment complex .
Show on map- 15 Oct 1988 · 20:15BelleOther· 10 min
Lights on a huge craft slowly going overhead. (Official explanations unacceptable)
Show on map - 15 Oct 1988 · 20:00Pilot KnobCigar· 15 min
I did not actually see this myself, but my mother did. I was 10 years old in 1988 and I remember my mom running in the house saying she
Show on map - 11 Oct 1987 · 23:59OttoOrb· 1 min
bright blue ball of light.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1984 · 21:00StraffordSphere· 10 min
I was only about 8 or 9 years old. I had spent the weekend w/ my father & step mom when they were getting ready to take me to my moms
Show on map - 14 Oct 1974 · 20:00OranOther· 15 s
Saw triangle shaped craft, light on each corner, low overhead, few hundred feet above. As craft went by saw light on top. Soft noise l
Show on map - 14 Oct 1974 · 16:30FultonDiamond· 1 min
I saw a golden orange diamond shaped object traveling south in the sky in mid october 1974 near Fulton MO
Show on map 1952 daylight sighting of multiple discs in formation
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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.