State Report
UFO Sightings in South Dakota
602 sightings on record from 1897 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
602
Share of US total
0.28%
Peak year
2012
50 reports
Top shape
Light
134 reports
Years active
126
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-03 | Sisseton | circle | 05:30PM-05:47PM | Three circular lights that were dim, and one single circular bright light. |
| 2023-11-02 | Sioux Falls | chevron | 35 seconds | Low flying silent craft with stealth coating. |
| 2023-09-30 | Rapid City | chevron | 10 seconds | Large Boomerang shape UFO with no lights flew over our house |
| 2023-09-21 | Hot Springs | light | 40 seconds | 2 lines of green, constant lights |
| 2023-09-15 | Belle Fourche | circle | Multiple sightings in 1hr | Bright orbs |
| 2023-08-17 | Spearfish | cigar | approximately 5minutes | Watching sunset on computer shortly after cigar shape appears |
| 2023-08-11 | Deadwood | oval | 10-12 seconds | Low flying string of white lights 12000 to 15000 feet heading west to east. Witnessed for 10-12 seconds then faded and... |
| 2023-08-11 | Deadwood | oval | 12-15 seconds | Straight line irregular spacing 500’ long illumination the sky and tree tops |
| 2023-08-10 | Mitchell | light | 15 minutes total | 3 lights in sky at different intervals |
| 2023-07-28 | Sioux falls | light | 5 minutes | Light was there and gone. |
| 2023-07-02 | Rapid City | light | Approx 3 minutes | We saw round 3 lights moving through the sky above our area two of which performed movements an airplane could not. |
| 2023-06-30 | Highmore | circle | 3 hours | Bright white disk |
| 2023-04-24 | Sioux Falls | sphere | 5 minutes | We saw multiple flying objects moving in a synchronized way back and forth, staying still, and moving at incredible... |
| 2023-02-27 | Brandon | cross | 20-30 minutes | Two stationery craft |
| 2023-02-11 | Sioux falls | circle | 2.00 minutes | It was super fast headed north,then suddenly turned around and headed back south. Speed was unbelievable. |
| 2022-12-30 | Sioux Falls | circle | 10 seconds | Bright light in sky during day time, then I see it. |
| 2022-11-17 | Vermillion | unknown | It was around 3:30 am | I started to record this light through my peephole and I caught the light gradually changing I captured something a... |
| 2022-09-17 | Aberdeen | fireball | Hours | Its came, floated around and slowly faded |
| 2022-08-20 | Mt vernon | circle | 2 minutes | The brightness of the spiraling white light of spaceships was phenomenal |
| 2022-07-22 | Rosebud | disk | 3 minutes | Dark chrome disk |