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)
Elsmore · KS, USA
Brilliant White Saucer/Oval shaped object flying very low across highway daytime Moran/Elsmore Kansas
Marysville · KS, USA
A blue/white flashing light traveled past our car from south to north in an incomprehensibly short interval of time.
Lenexa · KS, USA
Six small silvery-white spherical shapes, moving very rapidly across the daytime sky, one at a time over 15 minutes.
Jamestown · KS, USA
large light frightened the crap out of us.
Wichita · KS, USA
My friend ((name deleted)) and I were at a graduation party at a friend's house in Valley Center (Just a little NE of Wichita).
Wichita · KS, USA
Sphere shaped and bright light, bopping up and down moving at the same speed as the airplane I was in.
Wichita/Mulvane · KS, USA
a "star" was moving fast, but not too fast in a telescope.
Great Bend · KS, USA
bright lights dancing and streaming from east to west and back again.
Caney · KS, USA
my friend said, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!" We all looked to the right of the car....
Wichita · KS, USA
Flashing light keeps pace with commercial aircraft going dark and light again like a sparkler or roman candle.
Moundridge · KS, USA
Two to Four bright yellow flame like lights side by side in the night sky.
Arkansas City · KS, USA
Boomerang craft was silent, lightless, and big enough to block out the stars behind it.
Lawrence · KS, USA
Saw an orange cross shaped craft with no blinking lights moving east to west
Topeka · KS, USA
I saw a flashing aircraft of some sort traveling very rapidly from west to east to the north of topeka ks.
Leavenworth · KS, USA
Dark, Silent triangular shape over Kansas
Topeka · KS, USA
Me and my husband saw a triangular UFO very closely in KS. It was losing control, then regained and took off.
Lawrence · KS, USA
5 objects of circular shape make a W shape in the sky
Lawrence · KS, USA
Chevron or V shaped formation of hazy (no lights) objects silently moving at incredible speed.
Kansas City · KS, USA
Triangle UFO hovering over Kansas City
Shawnee · KS, USA
Bright light in the sky flashing.
Holton · KS, USA
Bright slow moving star that dissapeared
unknown · KS, USA
On a highway driving home to Colorado from vacationing in Georgia, my partner and I again spotted a silver orb in the distance in the e
Stark · KS, USA
Steady movement of object/s with sudden disappearance convinced us this was UFO
Augusta · KS, USA
2 sets of bright white lights in a horizontal line, no sound, no movement, approx. 5 minutes
Topeka · KS, USA
Whitest flash of Light I've ever seen