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)
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Witnessed a small object that actually stopped moving alltogether twice and lasted about 15 minutes before it disappeared out of site.
Boulder City · NV, USA
Bright red/orange lights in the greater Las Vegas area
Virginia City Highlands · NV, USA
shiny round object flying along mountain ridge and then down to tree line
Incline Village · NV, USA
Bright multicolored light. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of the star, Sirius?? PD))
Henderson · NV, USA
White, round light with white tail moving quickly, but sporadically.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
White Sphere loiters than darts towards east
Roswell · NV, USA
THE CRAFT WAS BLUE!!!!!
Nye County (central) · NV, USA
sensation felt, as if being scanned, with a low pulsating hum heard
Las Vegas · NV, USA
White Sphere darts from in front of the moon towards Test Site with possible electronic effects.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
The object sped through the sky at an extremely high velocity.
Spring Creek · NV, USA
Large lime-green luminescent rectangle, lights moving within it, in the southeastern sky at 9:10pm Pacific Time.
Reno · NV, USA
Large round glowing yellow fireball traveling at a high rate of speed, then suddenly stopping and disappearing
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I was driving west on flamingo i saw these object fly behind the New york New York and I raced to my hotel to get my camera all the whi
Las Vegan · NV, USA
30 OR MORE STAR LIKE OBJECT FLYING IN MOVING FORMATION
Las Vegas · NV, USA
UFO's practicing with the Thunderbirds?
Reno · NV, USA
My friend and I encountered an object in the sky that at first we thought was a plastic bag. Then we noticed this thing was roughly 8,0
Reno · NV, USA
they been traveling quickly around peavine mountain to quick to be any plane jet or helicopter, same type of thing i saw the last few y
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Object seen 2/13/2007
Reno · NV, USA
One bright light moving silently east of Reno Nevada
Laughlin · NV, USA
02/116/08 in Laughlin, NV a disc shaped object was in the sky, non-moving but tilting at different angles.
Rachel · NV, USA
Boomerang shaped object flying over highway 375 in vevada by area 51
Reno · NV, USA
Black Sphere moving silently west against wind currents
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Three glowing discs above Las Vegas New years.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Strange lights above the highway on a stormy night.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
real UFO picture. {crystal clear}