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UFO sightings by place

UFO sightings in Iowa: 114 reports

SkyUnknown lists 114 UFO sightings in Iowa, from 1947 to 1969, drawn from official records: Project Blue Book (NARA). The busiest year was 1955, with 20 cases.

For these 114 cases, the source gives no conclusion: Project Blue Book conclusions sit in scanned files not yet transcribed.

Most frequently named places: Sioux City (12), Waterloo (7), Davenport (6), Des Moines (5), and Glenwood (5).

cases
114
unidentified
0
period
1947–1969
source
1
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Notable cases

The most complete records: account of the sighting, conclusion of the official investigation.

Other states

Sightings by decade

5
1940s61
1950s48
1960s

All sightings

DatePlaceStatus
March 1969DavenportConclusion not available
December 1968GreenfieldConclusion not available
December 1968Iowa CityConclusion not available
August 1968WaterlooConclusion not available
July 1968Iowa CityConclusion not available
June 1968DavenportConclusion not available
April 1968ShenandoahConclusion not available
March 1968DavenportConclusion not available
November 1967DavenportConclusion not available
November 1967WalcottConclusion not available
October 1967Between Davenport and DamoineConclusion not available
October 1967Between Davenport and DemoineConclusion not available
October 1967OelweinConclusion not available
September 1967WaterlooConclusion not available
June 1967DenverConclusion not available
May 1967Sioux CityConclusion not available
March 1967Apache JunctionConclusion not available
March 1967OnawaConclusion not available
March 1967Souix CityConclusion not available
March 1967WapelloConclusion not available
February 1967Sioux CityConclusion not available
October 1966WaterlooConclusion not available
July 1966Cedar RapidsConclusion not available
July 1966Sergeant BluffConclusion not available
June 1966Climbing HillConclusion not available
April 1966Iowa CityConclusion not available
April 1966Sioux CityConclusion not available
April 1966WaterlooConclusion not available
September 1965ClearmontConclusion not available
August 1965Cedar RapidsConclusion not available
August 1965Charles CityConclusion not available
August 1965Charles CityConclusion not available
August 1965Des MoinesConclusion not available
August 1965Sioux CityConclusion not available
August 1965Sioux CityConclusion not available
May 1965Storm LakeConclusion not available
April 1965DavenportConclusion not available
July 1964ClintonConclusion not available
July 1964CrescoConclusion not available
November 1963NebraskaConclusion not available
October 1963Sioux CityConclusion not available
August 1963SmithlandConclusion not available
June 1963Sioux CityConclusion not available
September 1962FairfieldConclusion not available
November 1961Sioux CityConclusion not available
February 1961Waverly AFSConclusion not available
December 1960BuckinghamConclusion not available
March 1960DubuqueConclusion not available
September 1958SharpsvilleConclusion not available
August 1958Between Vinton & OelweinConclusion not available
August 1958Near BeebeetownConclusion not available
June 1958MarshalltownConclusion not available
April 19584 Mi NE of ShelbyConclusion not available
April 1958BurlingtonConclusion not available
December 1957ArgyleConclusion not available
December 1957ClarksvilleConclusion not available
December 1957WaverlyConclusion not available
November 1957Council BluffsConclusion not available
October 1957Des MoinesConclusion not available
October 1957S of OdeboltConclusion not available
July 1957ThompsonConclusion not available
June 1957WaterlooConclusion not available
May 1957RandallConclusion not available
February 195710 Mi S Of OttumwaConclusion not available
January 1957GlenwoodConclusion not available
December 19567 Mi W of Cedar FallsConclusion not available
December 1956GlenwoodConclusion not available
November 1956ColfaxConclusion not available
October 1956AnitaConclusion not available
October 1956ColfaxConclusion not available
October 1956OdeboltConclusion not available
September 1956CrestonConclusion not available
September 1956OdeboltConclusion not available
August 1956AtlanticConclusion not available
August 1956CrestonConclusion not available
August 1956MarshalltownConclusion not available
June 1956CrescentConclusion not available
June 1956MarshalltownConclusion not available
June 1956SibleyConclusion not available
June 1956WaterlooConclusion not available
March 1956Sioux CityConclusion not available
February 1956GlenwoodConclusion not available
February 1956South NewtonConclusion not available
December 1955Red OakConclusion not available
November 1955Council BluffsConclusion not available
October 1955GlenwoodConclusion not available
October 1955MarshalltownConclusion not available
October 1955ShelbyConclusion not available
October 1955SloanConclusion not available
October 1955Storm LakeConclusion not available
September 1955Cedar RapidsConclusion not available
September 1955ColfaxConclusion not available
September 1955CrestonConclusion not available
September 1955LaGrandConclusion not available
September 1955Storm LakeConclusion not available
September 1955WaterlooConclusion not available
August 1955GlenwoodConclusion not available
August 1955MuscatineConclusion not available
August 1955RicevilleConclusion not available
July 1955ShelbyConclusion not available
June 1955AnitaConclusion not available
January 1955Das MoinesConclusion not available
January 1955WintersetConclusion not available
February 1954Eagle GroveConclusion not available
January 1954Sioux CityConclusion not available
January 1953DavenportConclusion not available
January 1951Sioux CityConclusion not available
March 1950Sioux CityConclusion not available
March 1950Sioux City Municipal AirportConclusion not available
October 1949AtlanticConclusion not available
April 1949Des MoinesConclusion not available
June 1947ClarionConclusion not available
June 1947Des MoinesConclusion not available
June 1947Des MoinesConclusion not available
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The figures on this page are computed from the official records cited on each case. See sources and method