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 (Close to AZ/CA border) · NV, USA
Randomly flashing red and green lights at night. No visible body even when illuminated by lightning. Saw from commercial airliner.
Reno · NV, USA
I'em a warehouse worker.
Laughlin · NV, USA
Swarm of orange lights over Laughlin, NV
Las Vegas (north) · NV, USA
Flying wing, very large, silent.....
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
cigar shaped object flys u mountain range
Spring Valley · NV, USA
Cigar shaped craft over vegas.
Las Vegas/Henderson · NV, USA
7 lights near Nellis AFB in triangular formations heading towards lake mead area - fast!
Las Vegas · NV, USA
It was making maneuvers that would be impossible for any known aircraft to make and would have killed any person inside the aircraft
Goldfield (Near) · NV, USA
Three red objects flying by
Wells · NV, USA
My grandson and I were on our way out to get an ice cream when we seen a light in the sky that is weird to say the least. It is more t
Nevada desert (rural; unspecified by witness) · NV, USA
Nevada Desert silver oval shaped U-F-O- sighting
Henderson · NV, USA
I have no doubt of what I saw.
Las Vegas (70 miles from) · NV, USA
Driving back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas at 1:20 am, I looked over to my left to admire the stars, and noticed a bright, white light,
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright lights larger than a plane, orangish in color over Las Vegas.
Reno · NV, USA
black unmarked helicopter
Henderson · NV, USA
Large light in southern Nevada for over an hour.
Pahrump · NV, USA
possible explanation for strange sights around Nellis AFB 3/30/01
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I heard noises like jets warming up at Nellis,Ilooked up into some clouds over head & saw 4 white balls going back & forth from a white
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Sighting of U.F.O.'s above Las Vegas during daytime
Las Vegas · NV, USA
3 unknown objects hovered over eastside highrise for 30 minutes
Valmy · NV, USA
Cylinder flying object west on I-80 before Winnemucca, Nevada with bright strange lights.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Group of five lights crossed Las vegas sky from south to north constantly changing formation early am.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Silent and extremely fast-moving V-formation of 8 orangish lights.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
well i was closeing the curtins when i noticed some brightlights cicrleing each other in the beam of light that is projected from the t
Henderson (Las Vegas) · NV, USA
Four bright orange/yellow lights in the Las Vegas Valley