UFO sightings in Utah
There are 57 civilian UFO sighting reports from Utah in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1974 to 2013. The busiest year was 2013, with 7 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (13), sphere (10) and disc (5).
Most reports come from Salt Lake City (6), Cedar City (4) and St. George (3), out of 43 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Utah
Places with at least three reports. 40 other places in Utah have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Utah
All 57 reports, newest first.
- 26 Oct 2013 · 19:00Zion National ParkOrb· 10 min
Abnormally bright white light stationed in the sky approached by aircraft. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD))
Show on map Bright green basketball sized orb dashed next to me, then up to the sky.
Show on mapNoiseless, extremely fast pair of lights.
Show on map- 22 Oct 2013 · 20:00LoganBoomerang· 10 s
Chevron shaped dark image highlight by subtle orange glowing lights surrounding exterior in extreme quiet flight.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2013 · 22:30South WeberDisc· 3 s
Bright egg shaped green light fly across the sky in 2-3 seconds.
Show on map - 14 Oct 2013 · 20:15Salt Lake ValleyOrb· 20 min
Stationary light circled by helicopters,
Show on map Bright flash in the sky followed by a distant explosion about 3 seconds later. It was not lightning. It was not a stormy night and ther
Show on map- 24 Oct 2012 · 07:45West Valley CityAmorphous· 5 min
Black object hovering and changing shape...suddenly vanished.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2012 · 22:20South JordanSphere· 2 min
Unexplaned huge red/orange ball over Sandy, Ut traveling horizontally and suddenly dropping out of sight.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2012 · 21:20Bonneville Salt FlatsOther· 45 min
Stars chasing other stars near Bonneville/ Salt Lake City
Show on map - 15 Oct 2012 · 17:45TooeleCigar· 5 min
Tooele, object over mouantains disapears.
Show on map It was a blue light in the sky, i was driving home after i drop a friend off in rose park, than i realize that there was a blue light
Show on map- 2 Oct 2012 · 13:20TaylorsvilleSphere· 10 min
Silver orb moving over the Salt Lake valley from north to south and then from south to east.
Show on map Bright light over Cedar City Utah nightly around 8pm. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a star, we suspect. PD))
Show on mapOrange orb light over Sugarhouse park.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2011 · 20:30WendoverAmorphous· 17 min
Black object in sky over lakeside military area in Utah.
Show on map I saw a hovering metallic grey saucer shaped disk hovering over the South Gate Golf course
Show on mapBright, white, star-like UFO over Cedar City at 1500 on sunny day.
Show on map- 19 Oct 2010 · 20:05RiverdaleOrb· 20 s
Two bright lights appear, one after another
Show on map Bright balls of light over St. George and near the radio tower
Show on mapVery large bright lights, equal brightness and distance moved at high speed across desert sky. NOT A PLANE.
Show on mapPure white, floating 747 or 737.
Show on map- 12 Oct 2007 · 00:20OgdenTriangle· 10 s
Large Triangle space craft seen from Northern Utah Traveling South out of the North sky 10-12-07 at 12:20am
Show on map - 15 Oct 2006 · 00:15MoabOrb· 1 min
Object entering the atmosphere, 3 red, green and blue lights spinning and slowing down as if landing.
Show on map - 23 Oct 2005 · 23:00Park ValleyRectangle· 5 s
10/23/05; Park Valley, Utah; rectangular; 4-5 seconds, looked like a flying box car; posted 10/28/05.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2005 · 15:30KearnsDiamond· 5 s
((NUFORC Note: Student report. We cannot certify that it is a serious report. PD)) Two diamond shaped ufo's, and a red dot.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2005 · 15:15KearnsOther· 3 min
((NUFORC Note: Student report. Possible hoax. PD)) Two, colorful, cross shaped objects in the sky.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2005 · 13:00West ValleyOther· 10 s
((NUFORC Note: Student report. Probable hoax. PD)) It was such a scary sight.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2005 · 16:36Lake PointOrb· 12 min
Lights near Lake Point/Grantsville, UT
Show on map - 11 Oct 2005 · 16:00Canyonlands NpFormation· 10 min
((NUFORC Note: Possible satellites. PD)) Needles Outpost: I was admiring the stars I saw 3 moving objects, all in a row.
Show on map UTAH UFO HUNTERS REPORT: I had a strange feeling the object was following me.
Show on map- 22 Oct 2003 · 18:40Skyline DriveDisc· 4 min
Watched 3 disk shaped objects, stationary, and in a v-formation, for about 4 minutes.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2003 · 17:10West JordanOther· 6 s
IT WAS JUST A SERIES OF LIGHTS THAT WERE REVOLVING IN A SORT OF CIRCULAR PATTERN. THE LIGHTS WERE CLEAR WHITE AND I SAW THEM FOR ABOUT
Show on map - 16 Oct 2003 · 13:00HannaOther· 2 s
UTAH UFO HUNTERS REPORT: Flaming piece of Meteroite falls.
Show on map - 13 Oct 2003 · 21:00ProvoOrb· 15 min
Large Orange light gave us chills
Show on map - 16 Oct 2002 · 19:37OgdenFormation· 2 min
While sitting on my front porch I saw 2 orbs of light going across the night sky; They had no clearence lights of an airplane.
Show on map - 14 Oct 2002 · 20:15ElmoSphere· 10 min
Large very bright circular light spanding much of the countryside. ((Vandenberg rocket launch. PD))
Show on map - 14 Oct 2002 · 19:05IvinsOrb· 5 s
Three fireballs appeared which emitted orange/yellow beams, faded in, then out.
Show on map - 14 Oct 2002 · 02:00JosephTriangle· 2 s
glowing green triangle passed over my truck, while driving on Interstate 70 in a Utah canyon pass at night.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2002 · 22:30RivertonOther· 2 min
Red and blue flashing lights, low to the ground, behind my car on a deserted road in Riverton, Utah.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2001 · 10:00LaytonSphere· 1 min
pefect pace ;straight line;stopped dead in mid air hovered momentarily went straight up in clouds
Show on map Round and metallic about 1/4 to 1/3 third the size of the planes they were were follwoing.
Show on map- 25 Oct 1999 · 12:18CorinneDisc· 15 s
A bright white disk-shaped object flew in veiw.
Show on map - 17 Oct 1999 · 04:00MoabOrb· 5 s
I saw it through the ceiling of my tent. It was brighter than anything in the sky. It was probably a large meteor or fireball as it i
Show on map - 19 Oct 1998 · 21:35DeweyvilleSphere· 15 s
My son and I,were driving home going northbound along HWY39 we noticed a very bright large green sphericial object traveling east to no
Show on map - 19 Oct 1998 · 00:34VernalOther· 2 h
We were Elk hunting when we saw what appeared to be a plane crashing. So we got in our truck and proceeded over the ridge to investigat
Show on map - 12 Oct 1998 · 07:00MurrayOrb· 5 min
It was a red light in the north west sky. it rose very slowly for about three minetes and then droped down flashing red and white.To sl
Show on map - 1 Oct 1998 · 00:00LoganTriangle· 2 min
We saw 5 triangular objects moving at high altitude to the south, circling each other like small birds.
Show on map - 21 Oct 1997 · 22:00BluffOrb· 1 min
following a green fireball, a red light appeared on Comb Ridge.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1997 · 03:00Brigham CityOther· 3 min
VERY LARGE GLOWING OBJECT HOVERED TO THE WEST OF THE SALT LAKE DISAPERING AFTER ABOUT 3 MIN
Show on map - 13 Oct 1997 · 05:00Ogden/ClintonSphere· 3 h
My husband woke me up to see this. It is hard to describe because it was inside a cloud. It had an outer ring of triangular lights that
Show on map - 22 Oct 1988 · 23:16Green RiverOther· 11 min
Top shaped object /light sitting in the night sky right in front of me
Show on map - 15 Oct 1984 · 01:00DuchenneDisc· 10 min
I know they exist it was on ground and it was not from here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Show on map - 21 Oct 1982 · 23:30OremTriangle· 2 min
while noticing the stars over my head disappear in the shape of a triangle three lights became visable and a center docking entrance,as
Show on map - 15 Oct 1980 · 14:00SandySphere· 1 min
Unidentified flying objects Investigations
Show on map - 21 Oct 1976 · 21:00St. George To Las VegasOrb· 30 min
A Bright red light in the southwestern sky approx. 45 degrees above the horizon.
Show on map - 27 Oct 1974 · 21:00EastlandSphere· 1 h
At the time this was happening, I told myself that no one will ever convince me that this did not happen, ever!
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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.