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Nebraska UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 14 UFO sighting reports in Nebraska from 2021 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (5 reports, 35.71% of total).
- February is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 35.71% of total).
- Thursday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 21.43% of total).
- 02/16/21 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 14.29% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the late night, between the hours of 00:00 - 03:59 (5 reports, 35.71% of total).
Nebraska UFO Sighting Reports in 2021
This is a sampling of 20 Nebraska UFO reports from 2021, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.
You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
Full Report Text:
At dusk large triangle shaped object holding steady in night sky. Bright light at the point.
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There were lights moving weird on the horizon. When my brother and I get home we see a tik tak shaped object hovering over our house. It was a white tik tak with a black ring around the center.
Moved slow and had no sound being emitted from it. It had no wings for propellers and moved like it new we were watching it.
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UFO near Offutt AFB in NE. Few miles away from Offutt AFB while at a drive in movie. Coming back from the concessions areas my son I witnessed the object.
We could not make out shape other than a light in the distance, object was moving uncharacteristically (i.e. not like an airplane, helicopter, or even a drone (was aloft for too long)) and moved in multiple directions very quickly.
No no flashing lights like a regular aircraft would. In examination of our 20ish minutes of video (poorly shot on an iPhone 10X max which made everything appear much further away), light appears to be rotating. Was joined for a short while by a second light, but was gone quickly.
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It was a white and green sphere almost like a giant ball. I think it was 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide but im not sure. It was outside and pretty high up in the sky but not too high.
It made a weird crinkling noise like plastic being crumpled up. It just sat there and didnt move but right before it left it made a pop sound and went away so fast you could barely see it leave.
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We saw about 7 light dots in the sky straight above us. Looked at the starling tracker and it wasn't that. They weren't in a line, but we moving in the same direction.
Not the normal satellite speed, probably slower than a typical plane. No discernable shape.
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We were getting things ready for the lake the next day when our neighbors hollered at us to come check this out. We went over there and he says "are we seeing things or do you guys see this also" we saw lights following one another in total of 9 way too close to be an airplane or any other craft due to turbulence. When one would disappear in the front of the line one would appear at the back of the line until eventually one by one they all just vanished and we couldn't see any thing else.
Clear sky's no meteor shower acts like that no drones around here.
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We saw 3 glowing oval objects in the sky last night. Jerry and I both saw 3 orb like objects in the sky last night. They were glowing red/orange bright light.
They were very low. About 500-800 ft in the sky. They were in a straight line.
Then they started moving slowly towards the south. As they moved forward one paused in front of our house and then went west and disappeared. The other two continued south slowly and paused in our side yard airspace then slowly dimmed and disappeared.
I don’t know how to explain what they could have been. The dogs woke us up around 12:45am. It went on until about 12:59 am.
It was amazing. One of the orbs sat right outside our balcony and just dissolved away. They were very large and glowing.
I could hear a faint humming sound.
Full Report Text:
Three, bright green triangles in night sky over Nebraska. Abduction of my friend Mary Joe. Around 22:00, during a group campfire, 3 members of the party (including myself) were separated from the group.
We witnessed in the eastern area of the sky three stunningly bright green triangles. They were each equilateral and in a triangle formation themselves. Both other witnesses can confirm they appeared suddenly, grew larger as if they were approaching the earth, and then very rapidly shot back away into the sky.
This entire process took about 15 minutes, as most of this time consisted of them hovering motionless in the sky. Then after this happened, a close encounter occurred, where a man of short stature, grabbed my friend's hand and abducted him back to the ship. He is still missing to this day and a police investigation has been launched.
We are very worried for his well being, so we need a rapid response from a professional.
Full Report Text:
70’ saucer sat above my neighbor’s house. For what it’s worth, I thought I’d try making a submission. Stepped onto the front porch, yesterday morning, to retrieve the paper.
So there, across the street, suspended above the neighbor’s house, was a flat circular disc. The underside of this thing, and it was probably seventy feet in diameter, was flat, and perfectly smooth, and dark gray in color. The topside, however, rose from the outer rim to a smooth dome.
I guess you could say that it was shaped like a sand dollar. I couldn’t tell if this thing was metallic, or some other material. As I said, the underside was a dusky gray, while the top was a lighter gray color.
As well, this thing looked like it was stuck against the sky. I mean, it wasn’t flying, or hovering, and I wasn’t aware of any sound, an engine sound, or some kind of propulsion system. So what do you do? I picked up the paper and walked back to the house, to the kitchen, where I casually poured myself a cup of coffee.
Honestly, I wondered if I should call my neighbor and let him know that there was this disc, which sat fifty, or so, feet above his house. As it was, I stepped into the living room and pulled the drapes. and wouldn’t you know, this thing wasn’t there, which left me thinking, so it’s going to be one of those kind of days.
The sighting, the initial sighting, followed by the trip to the kitchen, and pulling the drapes, took about fifteen minutes.
Full Report Text:
“Brightest landing lights I’ve ever seen.” Just wondering, but out towards Scottsbluff there’s a noticeably bright, ultra bright, light. Being this is late, I don’t believe this is a planet setting on the horizon.
Doesn’t appear to be a meteor, because it’s not moving. Maybe space debris reentering from orbit, but would it just hang like that? A weapon launch, or a flare, or some kind of denotation? Too big to be a flare. Anyway, my husband says it’s the brightest landing lights he’s ever seen.
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Intense white light remains stationary on the western horizon. Really quite brilliant, looking toward the west, at some distance on the horizon, a bright light below the cloud cover. twenty degrees, or so, above the horizon.
Standing in my driveway, just off the porch, and, as I say, looking west, there remains a singular, stationary, light, which is quite large. My thumb, at arm’s length, doesn’t cover it. The illumination similar to an arc light, or a welder’s torch.
According to the National Weather Service, visibility is 7 miles, wind from the SE at 9 mph, temperature 10 degrees below zero, with a wind chill at 19 degrees below zero, and skies are mostly cloudy.
Full Report Text:
Metallic ball, mounted to several legs, took off from the highway. After picking up the electrical contractor, we were heading westbound along RT 2. I’d say that we were about 30 miles west of Hyannis.
Local time was approximately 6:30 AM, just a little before sunrise. Ahead, somewhat ahead of the headlights, there was something straddling the middle of the highway, which I originally took to be wildlife. I was sure it had to be wildlife, only as we got closer it became apparent that this was a ball, a metallic gun metal gray ball.
More of a half-dome shape, which sat on several legs. I couldn’t tell just how many legs because there were all these connecting rods that ran between the legs. So the ball, this half-dome sphere, it was at least 5’ around, and up near the top, maybe a quarter of the way down from the top, was a red light that ran from side to side.
Not very big, more like a diode, it started on the left and ran to the right, then back toward the center, where it stopped, before going back to the left side. I slo! wed down, and that’s when this thing lifted up. The dome sat about 4’ off the ground, on the legs, and when the thing rose it drifted toward the left, as if it were caught in the wind.
It continued like that, gaining altitude as it moved to the left, which was toward the south. There were three of us, one in the back of the cab, and then the contractor, who sat to my right, and we watched the thing as it took off like that, and after a moment the contractor said, “what the fuck.”.
Full Report Text:
Intense light forced me off the road. Blinded, I drove the darn car off the road. Using my left hand, I attempted to shield myself.
Raised the hand in front of my face, and could clearly see the bones, fingers, wrist, part of the forearm. So I hit the goddamn brake, and slid onto the shoulder. Only, before I could determine what was going on, the light, the most intense thing I’ve ever witnessed.
I mean just a total white-out, asphalt, trees, everything evaporated in front of me, and then the damn thing goes out. So I couldn’t get the gear into park fast enough, and then, using my left shoulder, pushed against the driver’s door, and managed to step from the car, and that’s when I looked up; and this was after dark, skies were cloudy, the temperature below zero, -11 Fahrenheit, and there is this goddamn ball, circular ball, and it’s five or six hundred feet in diameter. I suppose this thing was about nine hundred feet, hung up above me, like a Christmas ornament, and dark as night, in silhouette, and a couple of rows of lights, dim yellow lights, around the middle.
As far as I could tell, it didn’t make a sound. Now I’m thinking that no one is going to believe me, but someone up there sure as hell is looking over the place.
Full Report Text:
Multicolor object that seemed to change colors green red blue i have video of it a metal ball that changed colors.
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2021 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 5 reported sightings | 35.71% of all reports |
Sphere | 4 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Cylinder | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2021 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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February | 5 reported sightings | 35.71% of all reports |
May | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
August | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2021 By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Thursday | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Tuesday | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Monday | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2021 By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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02/16/21 | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
01/11/21 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
11/04/21 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
09/07/21 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
05/31/21 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2021 By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 5 reported sightings | 35.71% of all reports |
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 4 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
All Nebraska Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2021
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Nebraska, in 2021
City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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Bellevue | 2 UFO Reports | Bellevue UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Arnold | 1 UFO Reports | Arnold UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Omaha | 1 UFO Reports | Omaha UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Lincoln | 1 UFO Reports | Lincoln UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Papillion | 1 UFO Reports | Papillion UFO Sightings in 2021 |
York | 1 UFO Reports | York UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Saint Paul | 1 UFO Reports | Saint Paul UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Bennington | 1 UFO Reports | Bennington UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Ogallala | 1 UFO Reports | Ogallala UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Alliance | 1 UFO Reports | Alliance UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Hyannis | 1 UFO Reports | Hyannis UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Arthur | 1 UFO Reports | Arthur UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Bridgeport | 1 UFO Reports | Bridgeport UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Nebraska
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Nebraska.