State Report
UFO Sightings in Utah
2,318 sightings on record from 1944 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
2,318
Share of US total
1.08%
Peak year
2012
212 reports
Top shape
Light
468 reports
Years active
79
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-11 | Midvale | light | Roughly two minutes. | Unidentified lights flying above. |
| 2023-10-29 | Holden | formation | 5 sections +/- | About six lights in alignment with lighted straight line connecting each one. |
| 2023-10-17 | Salt Lake City | unknown | all together abt 30 min? | Looks like a weird unscheduled launch from a weird angle for the closest base |
| 2023-10-09 | Midvale | light | 7-10 minutes | Streak of light heading down. 4 days later streak of light heading up toward 3 red lights in triangle formation. |
| 2023-10-09 | Salt Lake City | light | 20-25 minutes | I have been spotting a round light around 6:20-6:50 on my morning walk to work for about two weeks now. |
| 2023-10-01 | Salt Lake City | cigar | 4-5 minutes | A storm was coming in so the coloring of the sky was beautiful. I was at the front door looking at the sky when I... |
| 2023-09-26 | Salt Lake City | circle | — | Object seen going from the south to the north east |
| 2023-09-16 | Clearfield | fireball | 2-5 minutes | My 7 year old took a picture of this fireball he saw in the sky. By the time he came inside to show us it was gone. |
| 2023-09-10 | Cedar city | light | 30 minutes | Every night around 11:30 PM. they have disabled my truck. |
| 2023-09-10 | Cedar City | light | 30 minutes | From what I have video of they are circling above three peaks at the big dipper |
| 2023-09-06 | Cedar city | light | 30 minutes | They come into view as the circle around, sometimes in pairs |
| 2023-09-05 | Payson | cylinder | 2 minutes | White Tic-tac shaped object hovering stationary over foothills near Payson, Utah. |
| 2023-09-04 | Salt Lake City | orb | 30 seconds | Orange orb that was slowly moving and then disappeared |
| 2023-08-31 | Salt Lake City | cube | About 2-3 minutes | Cube was hovering not moving for 2-3 minutes |
| 2023-08-28 | Cedar City | light | 15 minutes | Fueling equipment at the BZI project, I watched ufo's flying around above 3 peaks. Something was there with me. |
| 2023-08-28 | Cedar City | light | 30 minutes | Something was watching me on the ground and sky |
| 2023-08-17 | Ogden | circle | 10 seconds | Still plate like object looked white/light grey |
| 2023-08-16 | Moab | chevron | 4 seconds | Triangle shape, multiple points of light high rate of speed. Viewed twice, once north to south, then south to north |
| 2023-08-15 | Saint George | oval | 1 minute | Large craft, roughly the size of an SUV. No wings or propellers. |
| 2023-08-13 | Springville | triangle | 20 seconds | Viewed stealth craft in night sky |