State Report
UFO Sightings in North Dakota
422 sightings on record from 1934 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
422
Share of US total
0.2%
Peak year
2020
25 reports
Top shape
Triangle
64 reports
Years active
89
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-17 | Taylor | formation | 1.5 hours | Lights moved from east to south and back east when I got t the shop |
| 2023-08-12 | Jamestown | star | 1 hour | Starlike light moving erratically, north and south, back and forth, but moving at different speeds toward the west,... |
| 2023-05-21 | Fargo | light | 30 seconds to 1 minute | Was explaining another ufo story of a light like a plane but no flashing lights. And how it disappeared before i could... |
| 2023-03-01 | Mapleton | unknown | 25 minutes and ongoing. | I was moving snow for a couple hours when I went to put the skidsteer up in outbuilding I noticed 2 lights to the west. |
| 2023-02-13 | Watford city | circle | I watched for 5 minutes | Two orange beems of light that look like holograms. One dissappear and comes back. Two circle green lights that move all... |
| 2023-02-12 | Minot | circle | Few hours then it left | It looked like a big star. But it was moving. |
| 2022-11-27 | Fargo | circle | 5 minutes | It was a circular object that would tip side to side black with a metallic glint when it would tip |
| 2022-09-04 | Sherwood | light | 10 minutes | Found taking pictures of aurora borealis |
| 2022-08-19 | West Fargo | light | Approximately 20 seconds | A light that looked initially like a fluorescent glided from the west toward the east |
| 2022-02-24 | Bismarck | disk | I. On my camera at 11 + 6 | Appears on a clip from blink camera |
| 2022-02-24 | Bismarck North Dakota | disk | Still seen 6am on blink | It appeared on my blink camera clips. |
| 2021-10-31 | Bismarck | unknown | 15 minutes | Top left corner of video, towards the end you see it leap after a second one appears or maybe just how the craft... |
| 2021-10-18 | Ardoch | circle | 10 minutes | Bright light going into wooded area |
| 2021-09-17 | Valley City | unknown | — | MADAR Node 93 |
| 2021-08-18 | Valley City | unknown | — | MADAR Node 93 |
| 2021-06-07 | Valley City | unknown | — | MADAR Node 93 |
| 2021-05-01 | Valley City | unknown | — | MADAR Node 93 |
| 2021-03-05 | West Fargo | other | 5 minutes | I witnessed a flying object, flying relatively low & slow, with 4 perfectly squared lights marking the corners. The... |
| 2021-01-15 | Stanley | rectangle | 10 minutes | Large object, resembling a flat iron, sat motionless off the highway. |
| 2020-12-07 | Anamoose | disk | 2 hours | Large, spinning , colorful UFO. |