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)
Fallon · NV, USA
Pinpoint of light, surrounded by sphere of growing white mist, just below Jupiter. ((NUFORC Note: Missile fuel dump?? PD))
Ash Meadows NWA · NV, USA
300 yards in front of us and was a black equilateral triangle shaped object.
Reno (100 miles south of) · NV, USA
Possible spy satelite over Area 51. ((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))
Reno · NV, USA
Green saucer sighted over Reno, Nevada. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the object is a lens flare. PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright ball of light that spun in a clockwise direction then shot up into the clouds and was gone.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright orange/yellow streaking ball of light
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Large bright white light speeding through the sky.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Large, energy, stationary fireball above Las Vegas mountains.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Orange, Morse code-like lights in sky at night. ((anonymous report))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Large Formation of Orb Energy ufos making shapes!
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
((HOAX??)) A diamond brownish dark mass came over my head and down towards the ground.
Reno/Sun Valley · NV, USA
Very large, bright white light with smaller bluish green and red lights
Sparks · NV, USA
Morphing unidentified sky-object seen East of Sparks, NV, the evening of 2-18-15.
Reno · NV, USA
The lights where red 3 seperate strips within the craft that where blinking.The craft was west in the sky at the 10 oclock position hov
Fallon · NV, USA
Four lights forming a parallel line transformed into a triangle, and then blinked out.
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Seven crafts appeared in north las Vegas around 6:45. They were orange/yellow in color. They appeared then disappeared. Traveling east
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Light change shape and fast traveling.
Gardnerville · NV, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Laughlin · NV, USA
Orange round glowing balls moving quickly up from behind hill or mountain no trees desert terrain flew quickly zigging and zagging then
Reno · NV, USA
Diamond shape large object with 5 smaller objects duration 2 hrs
Carson City · NV, USA
Two objects followed by 20 white lights in a scattered triangle formation.
I-80 (47 miles west of UT) · NV, USA
Heading west on Hwy 80, about 47 miles into NV (from UT). NW of the highway in the distance. It looked like a ball of flame.
Carson City · NV, USA
One bright white circle and two reddish trangluar flying objects.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
3 chrome objets.
Reno · NV, USA
Blue ring with red blinking dots inside caught on video moving in the sky in irregular patterns.