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)
Sparks · NV, USA
Three separate bright orange lights in the western sky traveling at very high rates of speed. ((NUFORC Note: Law enforcement report.))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Lighted hovering object above the hotel. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
10 objects, circular, deep orange color (see description).
Carson · NV, USA
Hovering Craft looked like it had two levels. 3/4 lights.
Henderson · NV, USA
Square cube on fire hovering above the horizon for about a minute very close and then disappeared.
Spring Creek · NV, USA
This wasn't just a normal sighting we had time to get a telescope and point it south over lamoille canyon (south). All four of us saw a
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Saw small stationary clouds forming from thin air,later saw a saucer shaped craft fleeing the area.
Tonopah · NV, USA
Reentry followed by multiple lights hovering above city
Warm Springs · NV, USA
Pulsating orange lights by area 51
Las Vegas · NV, USA
White, large arrow-shaped UFO flew over/near Las Vegas airport on a November evening.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Saw what appeared to be a campfire on a close by foothill pulled over and could see that the object was above the mountain and moving.
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Was feeding the dogs when i saw a light fixed my back yard the kind you get from a police helicopter. So i looked up to see if it was.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright green flash while in backyard. A streak appeared in sky like a jet streak after flash had ended, but there was complete silence.
Las Vegas; enroute to (15 N freeway) · NV, USA
UFO on 15 N freeway
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Flashing lights, moving objects and odd movements
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Light flashing
Las Vegas · NV, USA
As I was driving along, I noticed a UFO in the sky. Now, I hardly see a UFO. It is rare occasion. The object that I saw was very notice
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Saw a white translucent sphere shooting across to sky heading south east.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
UFO lights
Las Vegas · NV, USA
YELLOW/ORANGE STATIONARY ORBS IN TRIANGULAR FORMATION IN NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS SKY. SPOTTED AT APPROX. 8:40PM
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Large dark triangular metalic object w/ metalic arms silently hovering near SW home in Las Vegas, NV following smaller dark object
Nevada desert · NV, USA
I was ou t in the orthern Nevada desert around 9 pm at night, saw this large diamond shape fly over, completly blocked out the sky,
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Large group of white objects with four red objects flying away from it
Reno · NV, USA
The object was a bright light, light blue in color, and much brighter than a star or planet. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD))
Gardnerville · NV, USA
A silver colored UFO that morphed into an orange round shaped translucent ball and then disappeared.