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Nevada UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 95 UFO sighting reports in Nevada from 2020 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (29 reports, 30.53% of total).
- April is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (20 reports, 21.05% of total).
- Wednesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (23 reports, 24.21% of total).
- 04/14/20 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (3 reports, 3.16% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (36 reports, 37.89% of total).
Nevada UFO Sighting Reports in 2020
This is a sampling of 20 Nevada UFO reports from 2020, 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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3 low flying circular objects with flashing orange lights At 20:50 I observed 3 circular objects moving through the sky. They had Orange flashing lights. 2 of the objects were very,very close together.
The 3rd trailed behind. The object's altitude was about 1500 feet. The 2 objects that were together moved further away from the 3rd.
Once they had moved about 5000 feet from 3rd they flashed their orange light brighter 1 time then they were no longer visible. The 3rd object contined flying toward their last location. It suddenly was not visible, no bright flash.
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We were observing the Great Conjunction with a telescope. After Jupiter/Saturn had set below the horizon, we turned to Mars, just south of the zenith. Between kids looking into the scope, I looked into the eyepiece to verify that Mars was centered in the view and saw what looked like a satellite pass through the field of view - not too unusual but rare.
The little girl asked me "which one are we looking at?" I looked up from the scope to show her Mars but there were two VERY bright lights south of Mars by about 2 degrees and separated by about 1 arc minute. They persisted about 20 to 25 seconds and faded out. There was no discernible motion to them.
I pointed the scope to where they had been and searched but saw nothing but stars. No planes in that area, no other unusual lights. We watched that area for about 10 more minutes but nothing else was observed.
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Carson City, 12/10/20: Just after dusk looking at sky. In a split second 2 blue/white lights, streaked very high above me as fast as snap of fingers, side by side, simultaneously, then disappeared and no sound.
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A single file line of lights in the night sky with the exception of one light set slightly off to the side. Estimated altitude of 10,000 to 25,000 feet. Heading East to Northeast.
I can only guess that it was a military formation.
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We were driving on 5th St coming off of Fairview just as we got over the bridge just right after the old barn in the big field in the right of us there was a strange light in the sky just sort of hovering. It was not very big that we could tell and it seemed to be darker in color in the middle of it and then a sort of glow surrounding the glowing middle part. The middle was a sort of darkish orange yellow color and the soft glow on the outside was a bit lighter in color more of a yellowish tint.
It just kind of hung there almost thought it was a street light, but no it wasn't because it just was hanging there kind of floating or hovering like moving slightly side to side but still remaining in one spot above the field. Unfortunately since we were driving, we could not say how long it had been there before we saw it, nor could we say how long it remained there either. It was a very beautiful soft glowing light.
Hopefully will see it again one day!.
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I personally witnessed and took 15 crystal clear photos of a Green Glowing Spaceship and a Robot-Alien-Angel = Being ? Sunday morning November 22nd 2020 at 6:45 AM I noticed the Sun was starting to come through the sliding glass doors facing to the South in my home.When I was about to close the blinds an extremely bright green orb looking light way up in the sky miles away caught my attention.It was very unique and like nothing I had ever seen before it was so far-- yet I could still clearly see it , so I decided to grab my cell phone and run outside to see if I could get a photo or two.
I walked to the the property next door = the YMCA parking lot to get a better look since the parking lot is so large and it's a perfect spot to view the open sky , arriving there shortly later almost simultaneously at 6:50AM I began taking photos of the beautiful extremely bright green orb looking light as it went through a large cloud miles away about it's size (I have a photo of this happening !) and started getting larger almost instantly as I snapped the photos frantically as fast as I co! uld physically take them.Suddenly a large Glowing green flying saucer had descended and appeared in the open sky crystal clear above me so I snapped numerous photos of the LARGE GREEN SPACESHIP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD ---it was unbelievable ! It then moved all over the sky making extraordinary lightning fast movements ascending back up into the sky , then off to the right --- then moving back to my left etc. then back down in front of me blocking the Sun even in 1 photo which was mind blowing and even appearing through trees the Green Flying saucer !--- it also changed into different shapes looking like a completely different craft amazingly , it had a few windows caught in some of the photos!At one point during all which was going on a Robot - Alien- Angel ? like Being appeared 148 Ft.
from me---(I went back and measured later).It is very hard to describe what it is --- to my left looking directly at me communicating with me somehow levitating around 6 to 12 inc! hes off the ground with lights coming out of it as well and th! e body p arts were there but not connected at the joints which was so strange and bizarre--- like nothing you've ever seen before even in a movie.I ran away after taking 6 great up close photos of the Being ? by itself.
The 15 photos in the collection are amazing they change the world because finally proof of Spaceships and Beings from who knows where but these photos were a miracle , the perfect storm to get the best evidence in history and believe me we have searched vigorously online etc. myself and law enforcement friends one a seasoned detective with 27 years experience we all agree my photos are the best available ever better than Roswell we even viewed my photos on a large HI Definition big screen TV at one of our buddy's homes and about fainted--- it was astonishing.The photos also prove Bob Lazar who I didn't know anything about until the last few days is telling the truth and we found a YouTube video from October 2010 New York several Green orbs or balloon appearing UFO's re! leased by our Govt.
that move lightning fast and appear exactly like what I saw.A UFO investigator reviewed a few of my 15 photos for 10 days and said it's the best evidence in over 23 years investigating UFO's !Also even though the spaceship is crystal clear in most of the 15 photos a few people questioned if the images might just be common green flare's which was ridiculous with our evidence but just to appease them we went out there 7 straight days and took hundreds of photos at the same time in the morning including adjustments made for the changing daily rising of the Sun.NOT EVEN 1 OF THOSE PHOTOS HAS A GREEN FLARE OR ANYTHING IN THEM MUCH LESS WHAT I SAW ! Understand all 15 photos are time stamped authentic photos taking at such a quick time we also know how fast our Spaceship can move by the time stamps !.
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I just saw something that I can only describe as a UFO. I've lived in Las Vegas for 3 years. I live not far from the airport and am accustomed to watching aircraft of all sorts flying over, landing, etc.
I've never seen nor experienced anything like what I just saw. I went out to smoke a cigarette and from my third story balcony I saw three orange lights in the sky to the direct north. The lights were in a weirdly perfect triangular pattern but moving away from each other.
The top and brightest light was moving northeast, the bottom right was moving due east, and the left bottom light appeared stationary. The bottom left light disappeared just as I was taking my first picture. The other two lights kept moving for several seconds until the bottom right disappeared.
After about thirty seconds longer, the top light also disappeared leaving no indication they'd ever been there. This happened around 6:40 PT. Weather conditions were clear sky, nothing unusual weather wise.
Address of sighting was Boulder highway and east Tropicana, Las Vegas 89122. Photos I could snap are attached but it all happened in less than 90 seconds so I couldn't get better ones.
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Driving, entering freeway, and for a brief moment I witnessed a glowing diamond shaped light hovering almost touching the pavement floor directly in front of me, it disappeared instantly as fast as it appeared. This happened during sunlight, daytime. I was praying as I normally do prior to entering freeways, and this appeared.
Never seen anything like it. Dont know if anyone else saw it, as I was driving. It measured approximately 3 ft height x 2 ft width.
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Black w red accent, a shape changing object that captured the attention of a military jet plane. Watching the sunrise I saw what appeared to be a large piece of trash or similar drifting NW. it appeared to be 1-3 miles away.
I grabbed my quality binoculars to look closer. When I returned it had the shape of a human and with a Viking-like helmet (horns?), all black. At this point I still assumed trash as it continued to change shape.
Just above this object a saw a military jet fly towards it and past it. It appeared to be investigating, perhaps from Nellis AFB?? It began to move quicker, still changing and at last resembling a pod or an almond, black with red accent., it moved out of my line of sight, so I ran to my front window to follow it, camera and binoculars in hand, but it as no where to be seen.
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Saw a white orb floating across the sky while driving.
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Craft was gliding South to North toward Sheep Mountains. Craft was changing from silvery bright to darker black and back to silvery continuous as it glided toward the North.
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Light Above Plane Following Flight After Takeoff - Stops and Suspends In Air Before Vanishing I am a satellite imagery analyst and have a background in remote sensing/drone flight and collection . I was walking in the evening when I two lights moving in the sky at approximately 19:19 on Oct 9, 2020. I did a double-take because I live a few miles from the Las Vegas commercial airport and frequently see planes multiple times a minute during take-off and landing.
I also am familiar with the light pattern planes flash when in the sky. This caught my eye because a plane had just taken off and looked relatively large due to the proximity as it had lifted off the ground maybe 10 seconds prior. I stopped because there was a bright circular white light I instinctively thought it was a star, but it was directly above the plane moving at the same angle and speed which I have never seen before and instinctively raised an alarm in my head.
I know planes take off somewhere between 130 to 150 mph due to my background and based on the size of the light. From where I was standing the light looked to be roughly 3x higher on the horizon as I couldn't make a reasonable guess on its height. The plane was approx.
the size of a fingernail from where I was standing while the light was the size of a star in the sky so the scale and speed to which it was moving is a conundrum to me. My biggest question is how and why two objects(plane and one unknown) were on top of each other. Basic calculations from where I was and the airport takeoff are approx.
6.5 to 7 miles to the east of me for the plane. Approx.
4 seconds after I noticed the plane and the other object in the sky, the unknown star looking object stopped completely and was isolated/suspended in the air while the plane continued on its path. After approx. 2 seconds after the light stopped it started to dim to the point where it was barely visible in the span of approx.
2 more seconds. Still suspended in the air the dim light sat for approx. another 5 sec and increased its brightness again for approx.
2 sec. after another approx. 2 seconds it dimmed again and I looked away to search for any context as to what, where, how it could be, I looked away for less than a second, and when I looked back the object had vanished.
Given the speed and rate of the object’s path earlier and that it was somewhat easy to spot in the sky, I can not fathom how an object can completely disappear in the matter of a second after being stationary for so long.
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We were headed from Las Vegas to Ryolite. We were run off the road by lice/ military vehicles at a high rate of speed carrying an aircraft of unidentified origin. They never slowed an literally came right at us until we yielded to the shoulder.
I have am immediately hand drawn sketch of the transported Oversized craft. We were headed in the opposite direction and litterally run off the road by police in both roadway lanes. This is bo joke.
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Saw at least 3 white lights moving at fairly high speeds high in the sky with no sound. my little daughter first saw them and pointed them out to me and thought they were shooting stars. Yet, they criss-crossed and disappeared.
No sound.
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Spotted while flying over Nevada. UFO was flying back and forth under right wing of plane. See above.
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Circle object with a beam of light, it just blinked off. It was just there I went to snap a pic of the scenery and that object was just there. Me and my wife saw it, it just disappeared.
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I took my dogs out for their evening walk. I looked up at the night sky and saw all these lights in the sky. Purple,orange,green, blue, pink and white.
Formation of 3 in a line and two then 3 again and so on. The lights were moving in such a pattern I knew it wasn't airplanes. No sound at all.
I got a picture but it only showed white lights. A few seconds of video one can see movement.
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Blue ziggzaging and sudden stops light that tirned redwhen red light was flashed at it Sitting out side saw a fast approaching blue light from my right side .thought it was a sattelight then it stopped froze and sat there with blue light then zipped really fast back to right and then left called my Fiance out and we watched it climb straight up and then zig zag and stop again. Still blue light.
I then shined a red bicycle light at it and after about 20 sec it turned to red very bright . Then blue and decended behined back to right.
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I saw 10 red bright light in the sky for several minutes then the disappeared I was walking my dogs with my wife and son when we saw 10 lights in the sky . I was looking west and they were flying north towards papoose lake They were solid red then became red rings then back to solid over and over.then one by one they disappeared.
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It was as big as the mountain with light at angle pointed towards lone mountain.
Nevada UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 29 reported sightings | 30.53% of all reports |
Circle | 16 reported sightings | 16.84% of all reports |
Oval | 10 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
Sphere | 6 reported sightings | 6.32% of all reports |
Formation | 5 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
Changing | 3 reported sightings | 3.16% of all reports |
Flash | 3 reported sightings | 3.16% of all reports |
Other | 3 reported sightings | 3.16% of all reports |
Disk | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Teardrop | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Unknown | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 1.05% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 1.05% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 1.05% of all reports |
Chevron | 1 reported sightings | 1.05% of all reports |
Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 1.05% of all reports |
Nevada UFO Sightings From 2020 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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April | 20 reported sightings | 21.05% of all reports |
March | 12 reported sightings | 12.63% of all reports |
May | 10 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
January | 9 reported sightings | 9.47% of all reports |
February | 9 reported sightings | 9.47% of all reports |
July | 8 reported sightings | 8.42% of all reports |
September | 6 reported sightings | 6.32% of all reports |
October | 6 reported sightings | 6.32% of all reports |
August | 5 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
December | 4 reported sightings | 4.21% of all reports |
June | 4 reported sightings | 4.21% of all reports |
November | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Nevada UFO Sightings From 2020 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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Wednesday | 23 reported sightings | 24.21% of all reports |
Friday | 18 reported sightings | 18.95% of all reports |
Tuesday | 13 reported sightings | 13.68% of all reports |
Thursday | 12 reported sightings | 12.63% of all reports |
Saturday | 12 reported sightings | 12.63% of all reports |
Sunday | 9 reported sightings | 9.47% of all reports |
Monday | 8 reported sightings | 8.42% of all reports |
Nevada UFO Sightings From 2020 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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04/14/20 | 3 reported sightings | 3.16% of all reports |
02/07/20 | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
07/03/20 | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
05/01/20 | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
03/05/20 | 2 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Nevada UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 36 reported sightings | 37.89% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 18 reported sightings | 18.95% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 11 reported sightings | 11.58% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 11 reported sightings | 11.58% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 10 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 9 reported sightings | 9.47% of all reports |
All Nevada Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2020
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Nevada, in 2020
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Nevada
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Nevada.