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)
Junction City · KS, USA
We were on our boat at milford lake and approximately 4 miles away, not far above the hills we saw a long, perfectly straight shiny obj
Lawrence · KS, USA
Long Cigar shaped object that was far off but giant hovered for about 2 min
Wichita · KS, USA
White dim lights in formation similar to constallation.
Manhattan (Near) · KS, USA
Sphereical object, reddish, low in the western sky 10:23 pm
Maize · KS, USA
Object reflects green light to the ground
Clay Center · KS, USA
The object was following a passenger jet. The obeject was a mettalic shaped sphere and was on the starboard side of the plane.
Wichita · KS, USA
UFO sighted at 9pm cst flying due north at approx. 100-200 mph inverted cone 3'-5' diameter approx. 400' up in the sky, with no sound.
Wichita · KS, USA
A triangle shaped ship with three lights flew over head and changed directions without changing position
DeSoto/Overland Park (between) · KS, USA
Triangular Shaped Craft Spotted along K-10 (Eastbound) around 6:35pm CST 04 Feb 02
unknown · KS, USA
an airplane figure was seen, after stopping the head lights started to flicker
Lawrence · KS, USA
a huge flotilla of 50-200 glowing objects moving in formation
Wellsville · KS, USA
Unknown, big, spectacular explosion over Wellsville , KS. DEC 1, 2001.
Goodland (@10 miles east of) · KS, USA
Lights over I-70 in Western Kansas
Lawrence · KS, USA
A formation of approx. 11 lights
Olathe · KS, USA
Streaking, Slashing, formation of lights going slowly across sky
Olathe · KS, USA
Streaking firework-type lights going south to north over western Olathe KS
Wichita · KS, USA
Formation of 18 to 20 bright objects leaving contrails in Wichita Kansas
Winfield · KS, USA
We saw an object made up of streaming light that was approximately 1 1/2 miles long that made no sound.
Lawrence · KS, USA
8 to 10 lights moving across the sky followed by streams of light of changing color
Lenexa · KS, USA
Bright light belived to be a comet or metior.
Overland Park · KS, USA
Six sphres in offset triangular formation traveling northeast in Kansas on Nov. 1st 2001
Lenexa · KS, USA
Light Formation over Kansas City
Lawrence · KS, USA
fast moving v shaped dull white object over Lawrence Kansas
Wichita · KS, USA
looked like cigar on a still frame from the weather cam.
Merriam · KS, USA
UFO over Kansas City...What is it??