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
Cluster of nine satellites flying together, two veering around others.
Gerlach · NV, USA
LIGHTS -OVER- BURNING MAN 2006- DURING THE BURN!!!
Mojave Desert · NV, USA
2 silver spheres that dissepeard and came back all the time keeping the same posistion over mojave desert for 30min or more
Las Vegas · NV, USA
boomerrang V -shaped object ,very large at height but close enough to distinguish that it was not commercial nor militaryas my experi
Pahrump · NV, USA
Moving Star-Type lights In the Sky
Henderson · NV, USA
I was sitting in my back yard talking to a friend on the phone. The night was dark, the moon was just over the west mountains and was
Pahrump · NV, USA
2 of these objects looked to be chasing or following each other, they were as low as the speed limit sign as i was driving down the str
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Strange light in western sky over Las Vegas
Laughlin/Bullhead City · NV, USA
Rotating Rounded Octogon sighted Independence day
Las Vegas · NV, USA
two discs above a mountain
Las Vegas · NV, USA
A large orb the size of a man`s fully extended hand passed over central Las Vegas at 21:04 this evening during a period of heavy lightn
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Three flying objects seen over Las Vegas
Fallon · NV, USA
UFO sighting east of Fallon, NV, at Navy target range B17. ((NUFORC Note: Witness is an air traffic controller. PD))
Zephyr Cove · NV, USA
Black triangle with one light at each end moving somewhat slow
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Sighting from Stratisphere observation deck
Las Vegas · NV, USA
5 objects travelling at high speed and fliying in patterns that would defy currently known limits.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Small white object over Las Vegas
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Four short grayish black-eyed aliens appeared in my room.
Reno · NV, USA
Group of four points of light moving in a deliberate and manner unconventional for aircraft or satellites
Laughlin · NV, USA
Unusual daylight sighting at Laughlin Nevada during the Ufo Congress
Las Vegas · NV, USA
4 objects in the sky over Las Vegas. Very high and bright as stars in daylight.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I was driving home and facing east, I saw four lights all in a horizontal row, the first one was brightest then the rest were not quite
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Yellow Orange oval ring seen over the Northwest Las Vegas valley.
Las Vegas (30 miles north of) · NV, USA
I saw the object about a mile before we got to it, it was standing perfectly still, wide wing span and narrow vertically, silver plates
Eureka · NV, USA
3 bright connected lights rose up in north then headed south gathering speed high overhead and sped straight south and over horizon in