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
Green Globes over Las Vegas
Mercury · NV, USA
High power broadband radio transmission observed near Area 51
Sun Valley · NV, USA
I thought it was a police chopper with it's light but there was no chopper or police car behind me.
Elko · NV, USA
It played in the clouds
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Illuminated object that seemed to change shape flying over The Strip at night
Flagstaff (near; over US 40) · NV, USA
Quad-pod light metallic brushed metallic green craft sighted above US 40 outside Flagstaff.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
TEN OBJECT'S SEEN BY ME AND MY CREW OF NINE AND IT'S REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Las Vegas · NV, USA
white light in a cloud like form (but no clouds) moving slowly East and than disinigrated
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Crazy light in the sky disentegrates
Las Vegas · NV, USA
UFO
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Blue Fireball with sparks
Las Vegas · NV, USA
lights over mountains chased by f-16's
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Red Sphere with Silver Ring moving over Las Vegas Strip in Broad Day Light
Las Vegas · NV, USA
We saw an odd-shaped object with a tilted oval bottom and what appeared to be a triangular sail pointing off to the side.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I saw a large rectangle of bright white light. It stayed in one place for about a minute and then turned into one small light that look
Reno · NV, USA
Balck Diamond UFO over my house!!
Las Vegas · NV, USA
On Nov 3,2001 me, my sister and my niece where getting of the freeway on sunset and we went towards the airport going to my other siste
Henderson · NV, USA
Bright light/red flashing lights
Las Vegas · NV, USA
High altitude trangular grouping - high speed takeoff
Montello · NV, USA
Three trucks, seven people, heading out hunting. 18 miles north of Montello, Nevada. Stars shining brightly. No evidence of dawn ye
Yerington · NV, USA
delta winged object, flying south, no sound appeared to be very close. With the recent terroism attack, the thought occurred that it wa
Las Vegas · NV, USA
bright blue fire ball falling down in the North Las Vegas area by Nells AFB.
Topaz Lake · NV, USA
It was a bright hovering over the ridge of the mountains
Reno · NV, USA
Large fireball spotted over Nevada
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Black triangular shape object tracking stealy across the sky.