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)
Great Bend · KS, USA
In 1960, a witness in Great Bend, Kansas, reported a white, cube-shaped object glowing like a light bulb in the night sky, visible for about two minutes.
Kansas City · KS, USA
Short visit!
Coffeyville · KS, USA
In 1958, a group of four adults and seven children in Coffeyville, Kansas, reported observing a cigar-shaped object, with one witness describing an unexplained loss of time.
Durham · KS, USA
In 1958, a witness in Durham, Kansas, reported two bright lights crossing the southern night sky within a few seconds after dark.
Wichita · KS, USA
A witness in Wichita, Kansas reported a small, silent, metallic object moving very fast, observed for about 90 seconds in July 1956.
Wichita · KS, USA
A witness in Wichita, Kansas reported a large circular light hovering, then a smaller light separating and shooting away rapidly while the larger light followed, over about two minutes in July 1956.
Kansas City · KS, USA
Two brothers in Kansas City, Kansas reported a chevron-shaped object streaking across the sky for about three minutes in July 1954, according to a local investigators' report.
Irving · KS, USA
A witness in Irving, Kansas reported a silver, disk-shaped object hovering in a blue sky during daylight, observed for five to ten minutes in April 1951.
Abilene · KS, USA
This is a what my mother related to me regarding an experience my grandparents had. They did not tell anyone for 20 or more years beca
KS · USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information about the alleged event. PD))