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
WELL I WAS STAYING AT THE EXCALABUR HOTEL WHEN ABOUT 2AM I NOTICED A WHITE LITE FLYING AROUND IN THE LIGHT THAT THE LUXOR PROJECTS FROM
Las Vegas · NV, USA
GLIDING OBJECT CHANGED SHAPE FROM BOOMERANG TO OVAL SHAPE AND BACK TO BOOMERANG
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I saw a bright purplish colored orb floating by my bed.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
4 bright orange lights over the mountains north of Las Vegas - fading in and out and slowly moving
Las Vegas · NV, USA
It's You, What happen? Somebody set up us the bomb. Take off every Zig.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Aliens being seen in the Excalabur spotlight
Las Vegas · NV, USA
12 burnt-orange lights -- each zipping from DIFFERENT directions -- maneuvered around an oval black shape.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Flying formation of several oval/cone shaped objects over Bellagio Hotel.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
The four red lights that buzzed Nellis A.F.B. && The one Orange one that played cat
Las Vegas · NV, USA
ON SUNDAY NIGHT, 2-4-01, AT 2045 HRS, MYSELF AND A FRIEND WERE LOOKING UP AT A DARK LAS VEGAS SKY AND SAW A BOOMERANG SHAPED OBJECT, AM
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Strange light formation over Las Vegas sky.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
after a few second, I was dreadfully surprised. That big figure moved little bit, then suddenly disappeared!!
Las Vegas · NV, USA
They were dancing in the sky and the air was VERY cold
Reno · NV, USA
An object with lights blinking in succession moving very slowly over Reno Nevada Saturday night, January 27, 2001.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
We saw a totally dark, silent triangular (boomerang) shaped object flying over a casino in Las Vegas.
Reno · NV, USA
Large triangular craft with lights along the leading edge of the wing, silently traveling at a high velocity.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Observed horseshoe shaped object at night front glowing yellow sides red over Las Vegas Nv.
Laughlin · NV, USA
8 to 9 individual craft in a chevron formation that broke briefly into 2 individual rotating circles then reverted back to the chevron.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Two colored spheres (blue & red) seen traveling very quickly in an arc from the North to South East in a "playful" zigzag motion.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Burning object spotted over the Las Vegas strip
Las Vegas · NV, USA
6 red and white strobing lights travling in the eastern sky above Las Vegas
Gerlach · NV, USA
No summary available.
Gerlach · NV, USA
Three satellites moving across the sky in a perfect triangular formation.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Four or five identical bluish-white flashes.
Montgomery Pass · NV, USA
WHILE PLAYING OUT SIDE MY DAUGHTER (10) AND A FRIEND SAW 5 GREEN FIREBALL TYPE OBJECTS CROSS THE SKY SOUTH TO NORTH. THE LOCATION IS A