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)
Henderson · NV, USA
Very fast half moon craft.
Reno · NV, USA
Large rectangle, invisible apart from its outline
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Myself, and two police officers, observed a flying triangle flying over us in the Las Vegas sky.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Looked like Haiti UFOs seen the same weekend.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
stars moving in sin city
Reno · NV, USA
A purple sphere jetted left...and then right.and the left ..and then right again VERY fast and dissapeared
Spanish Springs · NV, USA
Two lights moving across sky in tandem.
Fernley · NV, USA
((HOAX??)) UFO'S HOUVER OVER DESERT FLOOR AROUND ABOUT 10,000 FT.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
light circle with knob-like shapes on 2 sides seen above moon trailing plane and then ascended until it disappeared. this was observed
Sparks · NV, USA
Group of daytime lights observed in Sparks.
Rachel · NV, USA
Nevada desert UFO blazing near Area 51!
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Disk shaped object with rotating lights seen from the Las Vegas strip.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Lights (red, green, yellow, orange and blue) rotating around a brilliant white light due west of Las Vegas at about 30 degrees.
Carson City · NV, USA
UFO Military Aircraft
Las Vegas · NV, USA
See you later: appears to leave the Earth!
Las Vegas · NV, USA
UFO over Las Vegas on June 7. 2007
Elko · NV, USA
unknown light over retail store
Las Vegas · NV, USA
White Sphere preforms complex manoeuvre in airspace over the southern edge of the Test Site
Nevada · NV, USA
If you look at area 51 from a satellite view, you will see at the North side of the base its self. That there is a image of what is cal
Reno · NV, USA
White spherical object over Reno Nevada at 18:00 starting just above tree level, over airport then over mountains.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Silver orb raced across the sky
Nevada · NV, USA
brilliant light
Lovelock · NV, USA
Yesterday a friend called to let us know he had been in SFO,CA and left on the 16 and tried to visit us but no answer to his call.We ch
Las Vegas · NV, USA
high altitude, stationary, extremely bright light object
Henderson/Las Vegas · NV, USA
Recently retired airline pilot from Northwest Airlines. Saw the craft from my shower window and noticed it was not moving very fast. It