State Report
UFO Sightings in Idaho
1,954 sightings on record from 1932 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
1,954
Share of US total
0.91%
Peak year
2013
189 reports
Top shape
Light
452 reports
Years active
91
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-28 | Sandpoint | light | 5 minutes | First, I thought of the position of the planet Venus at that time…until I took enlarged pictures… |
| 2023-10-22 | Nampa | light | Short, between clouds | Long stream of bluish Points of Light moving at a rapid speed across the sky between cloudbreaks |
| 2023-10-20 | Chubbuck | cigar | 5 minutes | Hovering about mountain |
| 2023-10-15 | Idaho falls | light | Notice 2:45 until present | Bright light high in the sky, to the west, about 30 deg up from the horizon. Similar to a star or planet in the sky.... |
| 2023-10-09 | Idaho Falls | triangle | 45 min | Orange lights in the sky with smooth but random movement that joined in formation to form a triangle, then accelerated... |
| 2023-10-05 | Middleton | orb | 15 min | Saw it above my house this morning and took pictures |
| 2023-09-07 | Boise | star | 5 seconds | Two red star sized objects traveled from one lighting fill storm cell through clear star filled area and back into... |
| 2023-09-03 | Oakley | orb | 8min | Bright orb light moving thru the trees and into the sky |
| 2023-08-31 | Lewiston | oval | 2 min | Did not see in person, security footage picked it up. Slow moving oval shape light with tails crossing sky . |
| 2023-08-05 | Kooskia | unknown | — | Strange object in the sky |
| 2023-07-25 | Powell Junction | chevron | 1 minute. | “V” shaped craft with orange and red lights |
| 2023-07-22 | Idaho Falls | sphere | 15 seconds | Leaving the Maverick, looked in the sky, saw a white shape flying north maybe 500 feet in the air, maybe 20 feet... |
| 2023-07-19 | Powell Junction | sphere | 2 hours | Metallic sphere sat motionless in the sky on a fairly windy day |
| 2023-07-05 | Boise | formation | 30 seconds | V shaped formation very silent |
| 2023-07-03 | Lava Hot Springs | orb | 15-20 minutes | I saw a cluster of metallic orbs that were 10 plus in numbers and two individual metallic orbs. |
| 2023-06-10 | Kuna | chevron | 5-10 seconds | V shaped craft with 5-7 diffused lights. Directly overhead, flying low, traveling from west to east. Silent and fast |
| 2023-05-27 | Boise | formation | Approximately 30 seconds | While sitting outside my wife and I noticed 7 lights in a v shape moving west to east, totally silent. The lights... |
| 2023-05-25 | Hope | cigar | 10 seconds | A cigar shaped very illuminated yellow white and iridescent light ship traveling rapidly to the south west, coming out... |
| 2023-03-15 | Meridian | circle | 20 seconds | I saw three white dots in the sky dance around each other before parting ways outside my window |
| 2023-03-01 | Garden City | circle | UFO? | Saw what appeared to be a Aireal object just hovering in the sky not moving |