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
Repeat sighting of orange flare-like objects flickering on Northern Vegas skyline, but shorter-lived.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I was at desert breeze Soccer park lying in the grass while my son was practicing soccer and I was looking at the stars. I noticed a su
Henderson · NV, USA
Orb (white circle) Henderson, NV.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Mysterious white-blue balls of light.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Spotted above Las Vegas strip.
Battle Mountain · NV, USA
Would stop on a dime move in circles am sorry but no man made aircraft can physically do that.
Mount Rose Wilderness · Reno, NV, USA
August 28, 2014. At roughly 20:55 on Thursday night my wife and I were laying in bed with the windows open. We both heard an odd sound
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Looked like a ship coming out of warp, lasted 1.5 seconds.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
There was orange fire balls in the sky.
Pahrump · NV, USA
Two pin spot lights bridged my a red or orange connecter. Lights switched brighter on me.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright object in sky- middle of day. Moving across the sky then pulling away.
Stagecoach · NV, USA
I have never believed in this sort of thing but I have caught on my camera something unbelievable.I was outside my home taking pict
Mercury · NV, USA
3 craft executing otherworldly maneuvers
Mercury · NV, USA
Structure similar to Lockheed flying disk in Patent 3,066,890 in satellite photo of Mercury, NV.
Sparks · NV, USA
Looked like a star, but then flew a bit and disappeared out of sight.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I have a picture that I took that night. I did not know if what appears in my picture could be a UFO or just an error from my camera…
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
Blue lights with red flash over mlk and Craig.
Carson City · NV, USA
Multi-colored lights off Highway 50.
Reno · NV, USA
5-8 objects over Reno, NV.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright stationary light in north east sky almost every night. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star?? PD))
Reno · NV, USA
Circular shaped object over Reno.
Sparks · NV, USA
Triangle craft spotted in sky - multiple witness.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
The object came towards me from the sky at a high rate of speed.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Observed a bright light--looked like a shooting star at first, but moving much slower, brighter than any other star in the sky. It was
Henderson · NV, USA
Very Strange Red Sphere Over Henderson, Nevada.