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
((HOAX)) BRIGHT LIGHT/S OVER EST RENO IN SAT MORNING.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Multiple bright objects and one speeds off the north rapidly.
Incline Village · NV, USA
High altitude, highly reflective object over Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Husband and wife, while swimming, witness two very bright orange/yellow spheres pass overhead. Wife was frightened.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright object over Las Vegas that sped off at high rate of speed.
Reno · NV, USA
Strange balloon.
Henderson · NV, USA
Round object, metallic, It reflected the sunlight.
Sparks · NV, USA
SMALL, SILVER, AND ROUND SHAPE.
Gardnerville · NV, USA
Observed a triangular shaped in the southern sky with flashing and oscillating lights (3) green in color.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
2 bright stars middle of day.
Reno · NV, USA
Bright cicularobject/light moving slowly in center of sky, then slowly eastward
Henderson · NV, USA
2 red orb craft traveling horizontally south of Henderson, NV, in an east to southeast direction.
Henderson · NV, USA
Green light shoots across northern Henderson sky.
Ashe Fork · NV, USA
Four lights appeared for a few seconds and then suddenly disappeared in sequence near Ashe Fork, NV on April 14, 2014.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Morning sighting of bright white-metal barrel-shaped object fly's overhead with incredible speed and disappears into a pinpoint.
I-95 (4 miles S of Hwy 163) · NV, USA
In April, 2014, I was traveling north bound on Highway 95 in my pickup truck about four miles from Highway 163, going up a hill to Laug
Las Vegas · NV, USA
UFO Captured Over North Las Vegas.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Brightest white light about twice as high as airliner hovering about 5 secs and disappeared in a flash
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Jones and 215 bright light flying object way up high for about 5 secs went up in a flash and disappeared.
Henderson/Las Vegas · NV, USA
I looked into the sky and saw two solid, white circular lights moving at the same speed, in the same direction.
Tonopah · NV, USA
Fireballs southwest/southeast Tonopah.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Initially saw an extremely bright light low in the sky, below plane level moving in a west to east direction not fast.
Henderson · NV, USA
Lights above mountains south of Henderson.
Logandale · NV, USA
I was photographing Jupiter, I had taken ten photos within a ten second range. I went to look back at the images and seen a light, diff
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Two hovering bright lights flashing red green and white in the sky.