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)
Newton · KS, USA
Several stars were moving quickly over my head,i stopped,(("Starlink" satellites??))
Hutchinson · KS, USA
I sighted the object at 3am-ish in Kansas. My fiancee and I went out to my vehicle to have a cigarette, because we couldn't sleep. He w
Independence · KS, USA
There were four lightsin the sky that appeared to be chasing each other
Evansville · KS, USA
MADAR Node 153
Belleville · KS, USA
Sighting was at 7:40 pm, Saturday December 19th, 2019, In Belleville, KS. ((NUFORC Note: Starlink satellites? PD))
Wichita · KS, USA
Saw a dot in the sky moving slowly with my brother. We watched it move from northwest to northeast. Thought it was a satellite until it
Hays · KS, USA
I stepped out back and saw a straight line procession of "Stars" ... ((Starlink satellites?))
Lenexa · KS, USA
While driving south on highway 35, I saw a light moving quickly through the clouds from the south east. It stopped abruptly, went quick
Kansas City · KS, USA
Stationary light streaks across the sky at the speed of a shooting star after being stationary. 1 second stationary 1 second moving out
Scandia · KS, USA
Got woken up by a bright light out by the corn field, it got up against the side of the house and looked like a huge spotlight shinning
Butler · KS, USA
We saw an object in the sky with multiple white lights in a straight row. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Topeka · KS, USA
Walking with children and they pointed up and asked what it was. I couldn't see it until it passed in front of a star and it distorted
Wichita · KS, USA
I was driving on 400 freeway in Wichita Kansas then some lights caught my attention. At first I thought it was a plane but the lights w
Lyons · KS, USA
Lights heading north. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Erie · KS, USA
They all came from a dark area of the sky. I looked up and saw 2 what I thought were Satellite's moving West to East
Gaylord · KS, USA
10 stars moving in a line from SW to NE early morning . . . ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Ottawa · KS, USA
A uniform row of light passed over Kansas. ((NUFORC Note: "Starlink" satellites? PD))
Wichita · KS, USA
MADAR Node 123
Overland Park · KS, USA
Bright lights merge into V formation and vanish.
Crestline · KS, USA
Three bright white lights in a perfect triangle pattern that then disappeared to reappear as a blue streak moving at great speed.
Lawrence · KS, USA
AT ABOUT 11:35 AM THIS MORNING, WE HEARD A SMALL RUMBLING SOUND COMING FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTH WEST...THE RUMBLING GOT CLOSER AND AT FIRST
Wichita · KS, USA
looked like a plane flying when a red light moved in different directions and disappeared
Lucas · KS, USA
One white object hovered in the sky from the Wilson Lake in KS to Lucas, Ks. Approximately for one hour (that saw it). I have pictures
Wichita · KS, USA
MADAR Node 123
Baxter Springs · KS, USA
We were driving west towards Miami Oklahoma and all 3 of us in the car saw a bright flash of light up high in the sky and the skies are