UFO Sightings in Kansas
1,110 UFO sightings reported in Kansas since 1931, peaking in 2020 (71 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,110
- Span
- 1931–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (71 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1931–2022 · peak 2020 (71 reports)
Top cities in Kansas
Wichita
1956–2022 · peak 2019 (13 reports)
Topeka
1977–2021 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Overland Park
1974–2020 · peak 1999 (4 reports)
Olathe
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Kansas City
1954–2021 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Lawrence
1985–2021 · peak 2001 (5 reports)
Salina
1973–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Leavenworth
1965–2020 · peak 2010 (5 reports)
Lenexa
1990–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Shawnee
1999–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Hutchinson
1965–2020 · peak 2006 (3 reports)
Pratt
2000–2020 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Pittsburg
1972–2015 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Dodge City
2000–2022 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
Manhattan
2004–2019 · peak 2019 (2 reports)
Colby
2005–2018 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
El Dorado
1998–2020 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Newton
1998–2020 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Emporia
1963–2014 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Gardner
2000–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Andover · KS, USA
Just sitting out side; bright orange ball from the N to the S. no noise or flashing lights. right over the house.
Wichita · KS, USA
Bright white star like with alternating red and green light in center. ((NUFORC Note: "Twinkling" stars?? PD))
Potwin · KS, USA
A light that was scanning area turned straight at us and advanced very quickly and stopped about a 1000ft out stayed there for a m
Pretty Prairie · KS, USA
Eight bright lights four bigger lights on the corners four smaller lights in the middle.
Kansas City · KS, USA
Silent vibrating disc flashes, and disappears.
Effingham · KS, USA
Bright light that makes a square turn then back on path
Wichita · KS, USA
The object zipped across the sky.
East of Kingman (E of; rural) · KS, USA
White object like cloud, would phase in and out to the color of the sky middle of the day, somewhat triangular or stealth shaped,
Lawrence · KS, USA
Interdimensional being flying through the sky in a liquid motion.
Lawrence · KS, USA
Bright cherry-red light, steady movement and altitude, did not fade out.
Hays · KS, USA
Orange circle objects over Hays, KS.
Topeka · KS, USA
5 round objects forming a vertical circle over Topeka. Each object had a red light on top and a white light on bottom. Seen through b
Ellsworth · KS, USA
Red pulsating lights hovering SW of Ellsworth. Lasted a good 30 seconds to a minute.
Ellsworth · KS, USA
Orange lights over central Kansas.
Dodge City · KS, USA
OUT SOUTH OF DODGE CITY kansas videos taken by cell phone or several cell phones one guy was video recording it when he dropped his ph
Shawnee · KS, USA
They looked like stars that were moving in a straight trajectory.
Lebo · KS, USA
Red, orange, blue multi-colored ufo.
Wichita · KS, USA
One light became four
Saint Francis · KS, USA
My friend and I were driving down the road and looked up over a wheat field and seen one red dot that was stationary.
Kansas City · KS, USA
White/blue light seen southwest of Kansas City, Kansas.
El Dorado · KS, USA
Three strange disappearing lights outside of Towanda/El Dorado, Kansas.
Hutchinson · KS, USA
Read Hutchinson News Kansas today front page on cattle mutilation happening in area again.
Wichita · KS, USA
We all looked and saw an airplane leaving a contrail lit up by the rising sun.
Council Grove · KS, USA
Red orange light hovered in the sky in front of my car, then disappeared.
Seneca · KS, USA
Star in the sky that moved. An airplane would move in a straight line. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of star, we believe. PD))