UFO Sightings in Nebraska
657 UFO sightings reported in Nebraska since 1943, peaking in 2012 (47 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 657
- Span
- 1943–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (47 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1943–2022 · peak 2012 (47 reports)
Top cities in Nebraska
Omaha
1964–2022 · peak 2012 (26 reports)
Lincoln
1975–2022 · peak 2009 (8 reports)
Bellevue
1995–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
North Platte
1979–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Papillion
1993–2021 · peak 2002 (2 reports)
Grand Island
1958–2019 · peak 2001 (2 reports)
Ogallala
1953–2021 · peak 2011 (2 reports)
Kearney
1998–2020 · peak 2010 (2 reports)
Scottsbluff
1960–2012 · peak 2009 (2 reports)
Columbus
1966–2019 · peak 2019 (2 reports)
La Vista
2003–2019 · peak 2017 (2 reports)
Ainsworth
1995–2012 · peak 1995 (1 reports)
York
2012–2021 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Wahoo
1961–2020 · peak 2020 (2 reports)
Beatrice
1967–2018 · peak 1967 (1 reports)
Ashland
2003–2017 · peak 2003 (2 reports)
Gretna
2013–2020 · peak 2013 (1 reports)
Lexington
2015–2022 · peak 2019 (2 reports)
Plattsmouth
1997–2010 · peak 1997 (1 reports)
Nebraska City
2001–2018 · peak 2001 (1 reports)
North Platte · NE, USA
Star gazing with a friend during meteror event we watch the stars. The background of the sky was midnight blue. Nearly 10:30 pm the b
Omaha · NE, USA
Silvery, triangular objects at low altitude.
LaVista · NE, USA
I was in 7th or 8th grade at the time, Myself and 2 friends were walking together to school, for early morning basketball practice at a
Scottsbluff County (rural; western) · NE, USA
Popped up over hill out of nowhere, bright lights flashing
Omaha · NE, USA
White rectangular "door" opens in night sky, emiting orange beam of light
Imperial · NE, USA
UFO parked on trail road at night.
Lincoln · NE, USA
My friend and I were trick or treating along our neighborhood route which took us past our school. The school being located on the nor
Gering · NE, USA
A witness in Gering, Nebraska reported a fast-moving light that darted and then hovered in the sky, emitting a beam of light, during a two-to-three-minute sighting in January 1972.
Omaha · NE, USA
Football shaped glowing orange light drifts straight across sky, west to east, to the top of a very tall TV tower and then disappears
Omaha · NE, USA
A witness in Omaha, Nebraska reported a motionless disk-shaped object with a dome, flying below 100 feet in clear conditions in May 1968, observed for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Overton · NE, USA
A witness near an Interstate 80 offramp in Overton, Nebraska, reported a blue oval object in April 1968 that reportedly caused electrical interference in their car during a three-minute encounter.
Beatrice · NE, USA
sighting of disc in Beatrice Nebraska
Omaha · NE, USA
Multiple lights 9:00 PM Omaha
Columbus · NE, USA
Witnesses in Columbus, Nebraska, reported a circular object at close range at night with red, green and yellow lights, and described experiencing missing time during a 30-minute sighting in 1966.
Glenvil · NE, USA
We didn't see anything , but what we heard has never made sense to me.
Omaha · NE, USA
Possible abduction level 3 encounter
Gering · NE, USA
FLYING MOON OVER GERING NEBRASKA
Potter (11 mi. north of) · NE, USA
I will never forget this night.............a friend and I was arrived home (11 miles north of Potter, Nebraska) and saw lights over our
Glenvil · NE, USA
A witness near Glenvil, Nebraska reported an unusual event characterized more by sound and motion than by any visible object, lasting about two minutes in June 1965.
Omaha · NE, USA
A witness in Omaha, Nebraska reported a saucer-shaped object that hovered silently at dusk for about five minutes before rapidly departing, lasting about 10 minutes, July 1964.
Omaha · NE, USA
Observing the first orbits of Echo 2 radar-reflective satellite through a 50 power telescope, I saw a "lesser light" perhaps spherical,
Wahoo · NE, USA
Egg shaped craft near Wahoo, NE
Scottsbluff · NE, USA
In 1960, a witness in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, reported a large diamond-shaped light swaying and changing size and speed, with no other air traffic visible, over 30 minutes.
Nelson · NE, USA
this was told to me from the man who seen the object. it was after a softball game in the summer of 1959. he was in the country going h
Phelps County (rural area) · NE, USA
In 1958, two witnesses in rural Phelps County, Nebraska, reported a large disk-shaped object approaching across a field at dusk, stopping nearby, then abruptly flying off.