UFO Sightings in Kansas
1,110 UFO sightings reported in Kansas since 1931, peaking in 2020 (71 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,110
- Span
- 1931–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (71 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1931–2022 · peak 2020 (71 reports)
Top cities in Kansas
Wichita
1956–2022 · peak 2019 (13 reports)
Topeka
1977–2021 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Overland Park
1974–2020 · peak 1999 (4 reports)
Olathe
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Kansas City
1954–2021 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Lawrence
1985–2021 · peak 2001 (5 reports)
Salina
1973–2021 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Leavenworth
1965–2020 · peak 2010 (5 reports)
Lenexa
1990–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Shawnee
1999–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Hutchinson
1965–2020 · peak 2006 (3 reports)
Pratt
2000–2020 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Pittsburg
1972–2015 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Dodge City
2000–2022 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
Manhattan
2004–2019 · peak 2019 (2 reports)
Colby
2005–2018 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
El Dorado
1998–2020 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Newton
1998–2020 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Emporia
1963–2014 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Gardner
2000–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Osage City · KS, USA
Strange lights in the sky.
Leawood · KS, USA
Silent Cigar Shaped UFO Leawood, KS.
Wichita · KS, USA
Very fast, high altitude light traveling from the west to the east.
Lawrence · KS, USA
Silent blue and white lights of craft object change color, approach myself and boyfriend, before changing into buzzing, everyday plane
Topeka · KS, USA
Bright colored light sitting stationary S/W of Topeka, very bright. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Venus. PD))
Stilwell · KS, USA
Contact with intelligent UFO. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD))
Olathe · KS, USA
two objects spotted in night sky over Olathe, KS with eratic flight patterns
Yoder · KS, USA
Glowing orange sphere hovering at western horizon, disappeared suddenly.
Wichita · KS, USA
First saw object that have seen on two previous occassions in the past week. It was a bright light that appeared high in the sky.
Derby · KS, USA
Glowing orange ball.
Latham · KS, USA
Flashing colors like ball that never moved.
Wichita · KS, USA
Object with big bright white lights, and smaller, red, white, and blue lights hovering in the sky.
Olathe · KS, USA
Spotted a light in the sky south of I-435, just above the horizon. It appeared stationary for several minutes then began to appear to m
Ada · KS, USA
While sitting out side these red/orange sphere apaired for a short time going up and then east.
Overland Park · KS, USA
((HOAX??)) I swear this black flying-saucer shaped thing should not have been flying. I predict it was going around 2 mph
Wichita · KS, USA
((HOAX?? PROFANITY)) Four bright white horizontal lights turned into a triangle with a red and irane light.
Gardner · KS, USA
The Object was Triangle Shaped, Had blinking colors of Red, White, Green, and Shaked as it tried to move as confirmed by 4 people.
Winchester · KS, USA
This bright white light was traveling at a very high rate of speed, before falling into the horizon.
Dodge City · KS, USA
There was a light light that sat a over dodge city for at least an hour before vanishing completely. I was at the the Koch nitrogen ref
Lenexa · KS, USA
Orange light vanished after 2 minutes.
Stilwell · KS, USA
Orange/red lights moving slowly across the sky in NE Kansas on the 4th of July.
Kansas City · KS, USA
Traveling at a high rate of speed orange red traveling out of the south going north
Kansas · KS, USA
((HOAX??)) Video of the object.
Wichita · KS, USA
Triangular shaped light formation.
Wichita · KS, USA
It was 5 fiery red balls of light shaped in a triangle. They slowly came on amd was very bright. Lasted around 5 seconds.