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Nebraska UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 14 UFO sighting reports in Nebraska from 2022 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "other" (2 reports, 14.29% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 21.43% of total).
- Friday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 28.57% of total).
- 01/28/22 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 7.14% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (9 reports, 64.29% of total).
Nebraska UFO Sighting Reports in 2022
This is a sampling of 20 Nebraska UFO reports from 2022, 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).
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Saw solid white lights with blinking light's hovering First object was seen in front of us hovering with lights for only a near minute and then all of a sudden disappeared! The second object was an object with solid white lights and blinking red and green lights hovering for what seemed like a few minutes before moving while recording video of object I would zoom in and would take shape of a ball and it would start blinking red and white!.
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Bright light hovering south and west of Norfolk, Nebraska. It then withdrew, but maintained roughly the same position in the sky. Late in the evening of October 21, 2022, I was soaking in my hot tub on the deck on the east side of my home at 1000 Park Way, Norfolk, NE.
As the fifteen minute jet cycle ended, I was preparing to go into the house about 11:30 p.m. I then noticed a bright light to the southwest of my home.
My home is roughly a half mile north of our local hospital. In the 16 years that we have had the hot tub, I often see helicopters coming and going from the hospital. My first thought was that this was an incoming helicopter with its landing lights lit.
I was a bit surprised that it was quite a bit higher than other helicopters I have seen coming and going. Further, I did not see any of the flashing red lights found on aircraft. I just guessed that the positioning in the sky blocked my view of the same.
I believed it to be a helicopter because it was virtually motionless in the sky. There was no doubt in my mind that it was not a part of the celestial bodies that I regularly see while in my hot tub. Soon, I became perplexed at why the craft was parked in the sky.
From my perspective (and assuming an object the size of a helicopter), it was my belief that it might be 1500-2000 feet in the air and maybe 5+ miles distant from me. As I was wondering why it remained aloft, I thought that possibly there was another helicopter on the ground and that it needed to clear the area so I decided to wait and watch the transfer of helicopters. As I was watching and waiting for it to land, I did observe a small plane pass through the area about midnight going from northwest to southeast at quite a low altitude.
The plane went right between me and the lighted craft. After about another 15-20 minutes I concluded that a second copter was not likely as the one aloft would be headed to another hospital for its patient. At about this same time, it did seem to me that the craft was becoming less bright due to moving away.
At that point I went to get my phone to capture some pictures. When I started taking pictures, the craft was about 1/3 the size that had first appeared to me. I was disappointed that I only had a 10x zoom on my phone, but got some pictures.
As I prepared to retire for the evening, I remembered that I had a digital camera with 40x zoom capability. I gathered the camera and returned for more pictures. By now the image was only about 1/5 of its original size, but I got what I got.
With no tripod, it was difficult holding the camera on target. I also discovered that video captured better images in this low light environment. Lastly, I want to clearly state that the image was not moving in space.
All of the movement was on my end. All in all, I observed my object for about 1 ½ hours. I had thought about calling local authorities, but by that time the object was nearly blending into the celestial background.
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Caught my eye just above me, picture wouldn't pick it up so I took a video still blurry but it was very loud and seemed fast It is in the video, looks strange, no wings out like an airplane bigger than a helicopter. It looked like something in a movie It had a red light and 4 white lights not blinking just solid on. It was heading north west, mostly north.
It was dark so it looked black but was going fast.
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Watched 20 or more bright star like objects shapeshift, zig zag while looked at was night fishing. Saw them all night and many since Watched 20 or more bright star like objects through the whole night display these behaviors. While gazing the stars we would notice one always moving no matter the direction of sky or an airplaine could be passing by wouldnt change its behavior.
Was out late night fishing planning to be up late and ended up not sleeping because of the awe of seeing so many of these. Saw them all night and many since have some decent video on my YouTube openmindclearskies if ud like to see.
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Cigar-ish object traveled first SE to SW then returned and went SW to SE five minutes later. Was lying in my hammock on the deck behind my house facing north. A silver-white object traveled SE to SW.
It soon returned and went SW to SE. There were no wings, it was silent and traveled at a consistent rate of speed. My son looked at it through cheap binoculars and couldn’t tell what it was.
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Massive/close row of non blinking lights gliding slowly and disappearing into Big Dipper this wasn’t the satellites we’ve seen those We were outside at a holistic retreat house where a lot of mediums connect people to spirit and a lot of cosmic chatter happens. As we were sitting outside listening to hours of screech owls talking to us all around we all looked up and there was a MASSIVE row of 7-10 lights radiating perfectly aligned. It was up there for 1-2 mins until it started to rotate away from us and disappeared into the Big Dipper.
No more than a few minutes later there was a response from the air force or airport near by as they zipped over there and checked it out. Our phones quit working. We went inside and pulled cards to see what the archetype of that thing was… we pulled the “mentor” and it had a picture of a screech owl.
I’ve been told since that owls and UFOs have a connection. This experience has us all shook and there’s no doubt in my mind that it was a UFO. My body filled with the feeling of static.
I was vibrating like crazy so it felt. I feel changed as if my awareness of my consciousness has expanded after that.
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We saw a bright diamond shape fly across the sky. We both noticed a diamond shaped white craft with a red haze around it appear high in the sky at 10:05 pm, hover for a few seconds then fly southwest away from town. When I held my hand up to the sky, it appeared to be about the size of the palm of my hand.
Both witnesses (myself and one other person) are college students in Wayne, NE. I am a believer that we are not alone in this universe. The other witness is a hardcore skeptic who always has rational explanations for the unexplained.
He could not explain what he saw other than a possible UFO.
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I saw a rectangular craft with strobing lights fly silently from south to north of my location. Was not starlink satellites! This large craft moved quickly and silently across the night sky in front of me and was like nothing I've ever witnessed before. The horizon light offered back light to the object when it passed.
I could clearly see the shape of the object which was a large, dark, long, rectangle with moving strobing lights that moved freely withing the boundary of the rectangle shape. It also seemed to be a bright spot or orb behind this object. I was able to take a short video after as the object hoovered out of my site.
I have a few sisters with families who also observed this object except they live south of my location about 15 miles, and 30 miles.
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My uncle sent me video footage from his phone from the truck stop he was at as well as a picture from his phone I have video footage from my uncle as well as a picture he took, if you zoom in on the picture you can clearly see the white lights, and one video clearly shows the objects moving around and there were many objects.
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A lighted, fast moving object that appeared to have small wings and a circular center moving in random motions. I was laying down when I saw a light out of my window moving just above the tree line. Didn’t think anything of it at first, but watching for a few minutes, it would change direction so fast it couldn’t be a plane or helicopter.
Didn’t have lights like a drone, it was bright white and appeared to have 2 “wings”, looked like they were moving too. A plane was heading towards the airport at one point, I saw this object in the sky dart out well in front of the plane, match its velocity, then disappear only to pop up a few seconds later where I had been observing it. I sat up for 30 minutes watching it, I have never seen anything like it.
I imagine it kept going on after I went to bed. I was a little scared. I have 2 decent videos of it, see attachments.
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Was discussing My take on how UFO or UAP's work to my Neighbor and i said they would probably cause a light show from High energy to create some sort of Polarization of a vacuum, just thinking outside the box I suppose based off of Salvatore Pais's Patent if they were any true. He then grabs his phone and shows me this video and says he has more video's like this. I'm not sure of what to think of this object it looks like it stretches when it moves at the 3 second mark and my neighbor is no software guru.
He's an average Nebraskan Mechanic so I believe it's beyond him to make this up.
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While waiting for a locksmith I observed an object in the sky above town. I took photographs of the object I was waiting for a locksmith to come and unlock a vehicle for some people. I was sitting in my patrol car and observed an object in the sky towards the southeast of me.
I stared at the object for a few seconds and realized it was not moving whatsoever. I took out my phone and began to take photographs of the object and zoomed in on the object. in the middle of taking photographs the object just vanished.
The object appeared dark in color and looked to be a cylinder with a smaller portion sticking out of the bottom of it. When looking at the photographs it appeared as though there was some type of glow around the object.
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The craft flew over, without sound, made a turn and disappeared into the clouds. The craft was dark gray with 3 round opaque lights on the bottom. One forward light and a light on each wing.
It flew over the General Dynamics building and turned above my hotel. And then it faded into the clouds. No sound at all.
I had time enough to observe it, but it was gone before I could video it. I wasn’t scared by it because I remembered that the US is working on a new aircraft but this was certainly different.
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2022 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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Other | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Star | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Cylinder | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2022 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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August | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
June | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
March | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
July | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2022 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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Friday | 4 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Wednesday | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Tuesday | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2022 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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01/28/22 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
08/20/22 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
08/21/22 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
03/09/22 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
09/20/22 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 2022 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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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 9 reported sightings | 64.29% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
All Nebraska Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2022
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Nebraska, in 2022
City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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Elkhorn | 2 UFO Reports | Elkhorn UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Lincoln | 2 UFO Reports | Lincoln UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Springfield | 1 UFO Reports | Springfield UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Beatrice | 1 UFO Reports | Beatrice UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Not sure | 1 UFO Reports | Not sure UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Lindsay | 1 UFO Reports | Lindsay UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Wayne | 1 UFO Reports | Wayne UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Gibbon | 1 UFO Reports | Gibbon UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Omaha | 1 UFO Reports | Omaha UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Northplatte | 1 UFO Reports | Northplatte UFO Sightings in 2022 |
lexington | 1 UFO Reports | lexington UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Norfolk | 1 UFO Reports | Norfolk UFO Sightings in 2022 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Nebraska
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Nebraska.