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
Man goes outside to start car. Sees "two balls of light w/ different colors around them. Something "square" underneath, maybe doors.
Winnemucca · NV, USA
Man, while out feeding horses, sees red light streak E to W across S sky. Obj. simply "fizzles out" suddenly. Reptd. on radio.
Carson City · NV, USA
Man (frmr. mil. pilot) looks SW from bathroom window, sees 5-6 bright objs. in cluster, "like galaxy of stars." Neighbor sees same.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Orange Sphere moves across sky and leaves green trail the entire lenght of the sky that remained long after the object was gone!
Austin/Eureka (near · on US Hiway 50), NV, USA
I saw 2 orange-red craft closeup felt static electric.
Austin/Eureka (between · U.S.hiway 50), NV, USA
I have 2 photographs of saucer shaped craft. I am a long haul driver and I was hesitent to speak of this but I wrote all the info on th
Gold Point · NV, USA
Myself and another man went to check on a test I was running on gold. When we arived at the sight, the other man said their is a UFO. I
Reno · NV, USA
Man reports up to nine bizarre, white objects flying strangely overhead. (Calls 2nd time to report they are birds.)
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Woman repts. obj. that descended vertically, moved left & right, surrounded by "sparks." Very fast. Multiple witnesses.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Four children witness saucer close to ground. ( Uncertain about some facts.)
Lockwood · NV, USA
Woman repts. sighting of disc, which landed, leaving burning circle in grass. Claimed U.S. Agents present.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Oakland FAA calls to rept. UFO sighting rept. from comm. pilot returning from Las Vegas.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
FAA/Joshua Approach repts. UFO sighting report from comm. pilot enroute to Las Vegas in Metroliner at 19,000'.
Fernley · NV, USA
Woman repts. 2 sightings of red light hovering. Turns white. For some reason, 4-yr. old daughter frightened by sighting.
Mt. Charleston · NV, USA
Large, dark, silent, graceful object with lights seen moving up canyon
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright green object in flight allmost colided with my aircraft.
Montello · NV, USA
A necklace of colored lights against light blue sky, about 800 yards long, moving slowly north. Blue sky could be seen through the cen
Montello · NV, USA
multi-colored circle of lights moving slowly in northerly direction above mountains.
Reno · NV, USA
Possible anti gravity propulsion system.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I told the 911 Operator that i was looking at a "huge black triangle".
Carson City · NV, USA
I am still blown away to this day that nothing was ever reported about this event. My coworker and I were at the gas station early in t
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Black triangle seen in 1994 over Las Vegas. 911 called.
Fallon · NV, USA
USN trained weather observer sighted 3 "solid" colored lights, two red, one white, moving south to north silently and periodically"rock
Mesquite (Approx. 15 miles west on I-15 of) · NV, USA
Two adults driving see "metallic" objects in sky. Look like commercial aircraft but no movement. Watch objects for a couple of minute
Reno · NV, USA
Daytime sighting over Reno airport of formation consisting of three aqua spheres and two bronze elliptoids