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)
Ellinwood · KS, USA
Fireball, witnessed by 25 people.
Independence · KS, USA
it seem to change shape it flashed like a ball of fire and peices droped off it.
Olathe · KS, USA
I observed an object with red, blue and white lights in the sky northwest of Olathe, KS, that did not move for a period of 30 minutes.
Lindsborg · KS, USA
West of Lindsborg Kansas is a Military bombing range. These craft have been seen on many Occasions, especially when bombing practice is
Lindsborg to Lyons · KS, USA
Bright orbs appeared in the sky, bigger than stars and much brighter,also bigger than plane lights.
Paola · KS, USA
3 traingle shaped objects, low to the gorund
Emporia · KS, USA
Amber lights in the shape of the number 7 or a backward capital F gliding silently across the Kansas night sky.
Newton · KS, USA
7 bright yellow stationary lights for four to five minutes that extinguished one by one observed over farmland.
Piedmont · KS, USA
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I noticed a very bright light aprox. 10 degrees on the southern horizon.
Pratt · KS, USA
Silver Craft east of Pratt, KS
Kansas (rural) · KS, USA
Several bright lights low in the sky over a field in Kansas. Lit up for a while and disapeared.
Lawrence · KS, USA
Object with crescent-shaped 'nose' flew in direction of the opened side (i.e. with pointed ends of crescent leading)
Manhattan · KS, USA
Many sightings over years
St. Francis · KS, USA
Very Bright Lights
Lawrence · KS, USA
Isosceles triangle shaped craft, seemingly hovering, and then disappearing.
Dexter · KS, USA
Round bright star like object lighting up the ground below it. Shot off silently.
Topeka · KS, USA
Bright cylinder seen flying over Topeka during storm.
Topeka · KS, USA
the object spun, wobbled, and flipped over and over as it went across the sky.
Topeka · KS, USA
'X' shaped, fairly slow moving, quiet aircraft. Totally unlike anything I have ever seen.
Valley Center · KS, USA
using night vision saw fast moving oval object brite no trail no other lights 2 minutes moving due north dime size at arms length but o
Wichita · KS, USA
four objects moved to high and fast to be anything human
Pittsburg · KS, USA
I was taking video and still shots of the moon which was full and very bright that night. The moon was in the south. There were large p
Wichita · KS, USA
Light blue object traveling at unnatural speed across eastern sky.
Pratt · KS, USA
green floating obect
Topeka · KS, USA
On May 14, 2004, I saw a black, disk shped craft come out of a cloud bank and fly low over a park and a shopping center in Topeka, KS.