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)
Ottawa · KS, USA
Silver, spherical object spotted near Ottawa, KS
Kansas City · KS, USA
2 F - 16 fighter jets and black helicopter Circle in formation
Sabetha · KS, USA
huge intensely bright balls of light over northeast kansas. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Manhattan · KS, USA
Star-like moving objects
Louisburg · KS, USA
Bright orb shapped object moving from West to North to East.
Shawnee · KS, USA
((HOAX??)) The objects was a tryangle, it had 6 wight lights, and 1 red flashing light. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Stockton · KS, USA
30 objects in an hour.
El Dorado · KS, USA
Bright light in sky, faded and then disappeared.
Overland Park · KS, USA
Strange Aircraft in the sky
Wichita · KS, USA
dream seemed so real upside down frying pan ufo in 1980s . 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Hutchinson · KS, USA
Yellow fifteen foot sphere moved from Hutchinson to Wichita
Argos · KS, USA
So this morning I was searching for the parameters of Grissom's Military Operations Area north of the base. My search rapidly digressed
Lawrence · KS, USA
Two Isosceles Triangluar-shaped craft gliding effortlessly.
Pratt · KS, USA
"Green Fireball" falling through the sky in a western trajectory.
Kansas City · KS, USA
A large, triangular object with two banks of very large, bright white lights on the front two sides, hovering motionless near I-435.
Topeka · KS, USA
I noticed a bright light that seemed to be following at a fixed distance. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of NUFORC? PD))
Marquette · KS, USA
Bright yellow lights formed a triangle
Melvern · KS, USA
Blue-white light traveling northwest in Osage county
El Dorado · KS, USA
We saw the same object coming home from the grocery store, triangular lights that hovered just below the treeline.
Andover · KS, USA
hovering light came down slightly out of a small cloud increased in intensity and then went back up and disappeared
Colby · KS, USA
Object changed shape and color.
Topeka · KS, USA
Double aqua green corner cap lights to narrow triangle, brief sighting - but I know what I saw.
Kingman · KS, USA
White light over Kingman, KS
Overland Park · KS, USA
3 dots of light that changed formation and speed instantly
Lawrence · KS, USA
When driving down Lawrence Avenue from 9th street towards 6th, I looked to the left and saw an object full of light flying straight dow