UFO Sightings in Nevada
1,591 UFO sightings reported in Nevada since 1947, peaking in 2015 (111 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,591
- Span
- 1947–2022
- Peak year
- 2015 (111 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1947–2022 · peak 2015 (111 reports)
Top cities in Nevada
Las Vegas
1964–2022 · peak 2012 (45 reports)
Reno
1964–2022 · peak 2015 (14 reports)
Henderson
1996–2020 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
North Las Vegas
1983–2021 · peak 2020 (8 reports)
Sparks
1992–2022 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Carson City
1994–2021 · peak 2014 (5 reports)
Pahrump
1987–2021 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Elko
1980–2018 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Rachel
1997–2019 · peak 1998 (2 reports)
Laughlin
1995–2020 · peak 1999 (4 reports)
Fallon
1959–2020 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Gardnerville
1992–2021 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Mesquite
2004–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Winnemucca
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Boulder City
1998–2020 · peak 2019 (2 reports)
Fernley
1995–2021 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Spring Creek
1999–2018 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Beatty
1973–2017 · peak 1973 (1 reports)
Minden
1983–2021 · peak 1983 (1 reports)
Yerington
1999–2017 · peak 2017 (2 reports)
Carson City · NV, USA
Shooting star turns to aircraft.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Unusual lighted maneuvering object in the sky in NW Las Vegas
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright object above mountains at distance, dims, and moves away.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Dancing orbs.
Reno · NV, USA
Blue (like LED light) ball, even speed, heading straight from East of Reno, heading North slow then light turned off
Nevada (eastern) · NV, USA
Lights over Nevada seen from commercial airplane.
Fernley · NV, USA
Cylindrical silver craft, no lights, no sound, stationary, grew super bright, then dimmed and disappeared.
Reno · NV, USA
The unidentified objects seem to have a black bottom, white top in color. There were 15 to 25 traveling upward in a helix pattern
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Two lights north of Las Vegas, hovering and eventually gliding until it disappeared.
Reno · NV, USA
Triangular light siting in the north east skies over Reno NV
Denio (south of) · NV, USA
Something shiny flying above the mountains near Rt 140 in Nevada, south of Denio, around 4pm Pacific time on September 8, 2016
Summerlin/Las Vegas · NV, USA
3 odd moving diamond shape lights appear in Sky over Summerlin, NV on 9/17/16
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Object moved south west from miserable Airport passing over mountain near German high school passing three aircraft moving East to west
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Strange Lights over Frenchman Mountain Range in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by source, who elects to remain anonymous. PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Flashing/pulsing green light in northwest vegas sky.
Winnemucca · NV, USA
These were not US aircraft.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Object observed from flight from Las Vegas to Vancouver. ((NUFORC Note: Nice photo of approaching B2 bomber. PD))
Henderson · NV, USA
Red/white blinking object observed over Sloan Canyon area/West Henderson.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
On the night of Wednesday the 13th of July 2016, I was outside taking my dog out to use the restroom. When I noticed some electrical in
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright white light streak, traveling at a extremely high rate of speed. Vanished into thin air. ((anonymous report))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
At around 6:00 pm, I was on my balcony in central Las Vegas. I saw a light traveling east to west, go into a cloud, then come out to th
Pahrump · NV, USA
Long trail of sparks, the obj. traveled completely across the sky until it seemed to disappear. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Incline Village · NV, USA
Bright yellow round object with orange and purple tail seen over North Lake Tahoe.object. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Minden · NV, USA
Two white-ish/yellow fireballs observed for a full minute or slighly more in western NV.