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
not been noted on any sighting that i have heard of.
Las Vegas (interstate east of) · NV, USA
I THOUGHT IT WAS A MORNING STAR UNTIL A CLOUD COVER MOVED IN BEHUND IT. I PULLED OVER TO TAKE A PHOTO AND AS I AIMED MY CAMERA THE OBJE
Gabbs · NV, USA
Triangular craft w/ six amber lights over Nevada desert.
Winamuccha · NV, USA
I saw a vehicle from another planet in May of 1977,
Stead Nevada (outside of Reno) · NV, USA
It was Thanksgiving 1975 or 76. When I came out of our house it was hovering over our neighbors one story house. It was daylight and I
McDermitt (NE of; Lat 42 05'N Lon 117 00'W · NV, USA
5 witness long tubular shaped object moving S to N low to the ground with 6-7 oval lights. The first and last lights were colored red,
Reno/Stead · NV, USA
Disk shaped craft hovering above house in Stead, Nevada
McDermott · NV, USA
A large, glowing ball that changed colors, and drifted overhead and to the South and West of me.
Luning (closest town) · NV, USA
the color size, and the being looking out the window of the ufo at us
Roberts Creek Mtn. (30m N. Ely) · NV, USA
White light w/electrical failure
Reno · NV, USA
A disk shape hovering over my apartment building in broad daylight in a busy city.
Reno · NV, USA
A cigar-shaped craft about 100-200 feet, hovering, yellowish-orange with red and white lights. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Beatty · NV, USA
Lights in the sky and lost time.
Nevada Desert · NV, USA
Biggest Ship Ever
Lamoille (above) · NV, USA
Witnesses near Lamoille, Nevada reported a cigar-shaped object at close range in broad daylight during a sighting lasting about thirteen to fifteen minutes in August 1971.
Summit Lake Indian Reservation · NV, USA
Four witnesses at high elevation near the Summit Lake Indian Reservation, Nevada, reported a ball of light that turned into a doughnut shape and rose upward in October 1970, over twenty-five minutes.
Nevada test site · NV, USA
Response to: Occurred : 4/1/2001 21:00 (Entered as : 04/01/01 21:00)
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation · NV, USA
extremely manueverable pulsating white light over Pryamid Lk. shoots straight up into the heavens after investigating(?)the lake over 2
Las Vegas · NV, USA
A vivid orb of light in a completely clear blue, mid-day 1960s Las Vegas sky moved irratically within a small radius above our house.
NAS Fallon · NV, USA
Sighting of UFO on military base.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I was sighting in my new telescope I was on Eastern av in LV I turned my telescope in the direction of NNEtoward Nellis AFB it was alm
Fallon · NV, USA
Witnesses in Fallon, Nevada, reported a glow on the horizon around 11 p.m. on May 10, 1967, followed by hovering, multicolored disc-shaped objects observed for about 20 minutes.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Witnesses in Las Vegas, Nevada, reported a pulsating, round light that alternated between white and blue during a two-minute sighting in April 1967.
Old Washoe City · NV, USA
First, I would like to point out that this is a very old sighting that probably cannot possibly be confirmed. I am only hoping that so
Winnemucca/Lovelock (between · on Hwy. 95), NV, USA
lights moving back and forth over the mountain, thien came down on road in front of the car,stayed infront ofcar fora few seconds then