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)
Reno · NV, USA
Looking south from Reno, object "floating," with long trail from west to east. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Reno · NV, USA
Bright, west to east flight over Reno airport, craft with "tail" of something not as bright as fire.
Tonopah · NV, USA
Pinkish fireball that broke apart and changed color to a bluish on a smaller pc. 4 witnesses.
Reno · NV, USA
Two large fireballs streak across the sky over Reno, NV. ((NUFORC Note: Space debris. PD))
Mesquite · NV, USA
I think it was a meteor. ((NUFORC Note: Chinese rocket re-entry. PD))
Beowawe · NV, USA
7/26/16 nine lights 7/28-29 only 8 lights?
Winnemucca · NV, USA
Four unexplained bright white lights appeared in the sky tonight over Winnemucca, Nevada.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Spaceship like something we could make soon, very basic
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Large fireball with long tail traveling north to south s.e. of Vegas. ((NUFORC Note: Reported to have been a meteor. PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Round, white, non-blinking light traveling from the SW to the NW.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
light lightspeed vanished. ((anonymous report))
Henderson · NV, USA
The UFO/plane/missile was very high and traveling very fast. The direction of flight was from Area 51 towards the Edwards Air Force bas
Cold Creek · NV, USA
Strange noise by Indian Ridge.
Gardnerville · NV, USA
Shiny bright oval S by SW.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Brief brilliant flash of light in the SW sky in Vegas. Like a light burning out.
Yerington · NV, USA
Shiny cylindrical object.
Henderson · NV, USA
The craft was moving from south to north hover over above continue north and then turn to the left small circle stop in Hoverd like it
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I was outside with my dog I always look up in the sky at night I saw what looked like a planet size but it was blue,i kept looking at
Stateline · NV, USA
Several triangular lighted objects spotted above Lake Tahoe area.
Fernley · NV, USA
Traveling S Alt. 50 from Fernley, Nevada, to Silver Springs, NV, I noticed a craft.
Fallon · NV, USA
Small, triangular-shaped craft flying westerly, late Sunday evening of Memorial Day Weekend 2016
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Triangle shaped object hovering in sky colors red, white, green and blue with a tail. 10 minutes hovered before moving slowly
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Driving down Decatur Sahara. Right in front of my driving view I notice a blue and orange flying fireball. Coming from Charleston towar
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Was out in front of the house and I looked up and I seen this bright white egg like shape going though the clouds and it was going at a
Reno · NV, USA
White cone shaped object in the early morning sky over Reno, NV.