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)
Fallon (Chalk Mountain) · NV, USA
A faint light at first thought to be telstar (communications satellite) However, light was joint by about 4 others that were pulsating.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
A witness in Las Vegas, Nevada reported a saucer-shaped object that appeared to land nearby and cause their apartment to rattle, in a sighting lasting about 40 minutes in July 1964.
Reno · NV, USA
A witness in Reno, Nevada reported a luminous disk-shaped object in the sky on June 14, 1964, in a sighting lasting about 15 minutes.
Winnamucca/Lovelock. · NV, USA
lights aganst a mountain??
Fallon · NV, USA
I was an Air Force radar operator at Fallon Navel Air Station, in the year of 1959 I was working the day shift on that day.
Goldfield · NV, USA
In 1959, a witness in Goldfield, Nevada, reported a light hovering over their pickup truck, which they said appeared to lift from the sand, within about a minute.
Nellis AFB (Las Vegas) · NV, USA
A witness at Nellis AFB near Las Vegas, Nevada reported a disk-shaped object, observed for about 30 minutes in February 1952.
Las Vegas (East of) · NV, USA
A witness reported a large, saucer-shaped disk east of Las Vegas, Nevada, observed for about five minutes on July 15, 1947.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
((HOAX??)) This craft came up nexth to their car made no sound.
Carson City · NV, USA
Spinning craft ( counter clockwise) I have video
Las Vegas · NV, USA
From NorthCentral Las Vegas position, a bright white light in the night sky is roughly NNE of us, at approx 60 degrees from
Calico (north of) · NV, USA
We got lost in our motor home north of Calico, Nevada, about midnight. We wandered about for a couple of hours then shut down for the n
Sparks · NV, USA
A Cone shaped craft flying at unexplainable speeds with distint lighting passing in clos proximity to my location.
Pequop Pass (180 · east bound starting up pass), NV, USA
stbound on I80 just starting up pequop pass when a small cluster of stars caught my eye. one above the other and below to the east anot
Gerlach (Pyramid Lake) · NV, USA
metalic, self propelled ball goes don the road
Las Vegas · NV, USA
A couple of years back...between 97-98.Im not sure.I was living in Las Vegas and I lived in a sixth floor apt. building on swenson and