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)
Yerington · NV, USA
small very fast craft spoted in nevada desert with a hellicopter.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I noticed a bright blue light in the middle of the sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of a twinkling star. PD))
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Five green lights in an oval form appeared and disappeared from the clouds
Rose Mountain Pass · NV, USA
A very bright capsule shaped object high in the sky was seen by my wife and me as we drove along the Mount Rose pass catching our atten
Battle Mountain (54 miles from) · NV, USA
When: • Monday, August 15, 2011 • Approximately 5:45-6pm PST Where: • Highway 305 in Nevada • Roughly 54 miles to Battle Mountain, NV c
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright round object seen flying south underneath path of airplaine.
Reno · NV, USA
Reno area fast traveling object
Las Vegas · NV, USA
2 bright colored, fire like, teardrop shaped beings in the sky.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Bright metallic blimp shaped object flying east right between the flight path of two planes.
Sparks · NV, USA
About a dozen car-sized silver round objects dance above Sparks Nevada
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Red glowing sphere or northwest las vegas (lone Mountain & 215)
Beatty · NV, USA
Intense bright flashing light cluster possible diamond or triangle giant craft over Nye county Nevada
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Long duration daylight sighting of 2 craft west/southwest of Las Vegas strip
Eureka · NV, USA
Red lights, low humming, central Nevada, two witnesses.
Amargosa Valley · NV, USA
Terror
Henderson · NV, USA
Meteor?
Las Vegas · NV, USA
I have recordings and pictures of unidentified objects that dispence out others with multiple colorings inside my home.
North Las Vegas · NV, USA
White light over N. Las Vegas, NV. ((NUFORC Note: ISS passed overhead here at 20:30 hrs. PD))
Sparks · NV, USA
Long slender white object.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Red and white flashing UFOs.
Henderson · NV, USA
Jet-black, oval, fast, shiny, made sharp turns, Over Mccarran Airport/ Henderson.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
UFO over Las Vegas NV 4/4/2011 8:30PM
Carson City · NV, USA
greyish/flat black in color no lights triangular shape with no noise from craft
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Triangle shaped UFO hovers overhead.
Reno · NV, USA
green circular object traveling over reno extremely fast.