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Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 698 UFO sighting reports in Las Vegas, Nevada to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (145 reports, 20.77% of total).
- October is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (72 reports, 10.32% of total).
- Tuesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (112 reports, 16.05% of total).
- 2012 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (46 reports, 6.59% of total).
- 12/22/15 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (4 reports, 0.57% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (273 reports, 39.11% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Las Vegas, Nevada
These Las Vegas, Nevada UFO reports are 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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Hovered in air for far too long to be falling space junk. Not a weather balloon Was leaving the area and heading west when I saw a black object floating in sky. Moving too slowly to be falling.
Did not appear to be weather balloons or bunch of balloons. There are two Air Force bases in the vicinity so we see a lot in the sky but nothing like this over civilization.
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Watched orb hover for 20 minutes I walked outside and saw an orb. I used a flight application to verify any aircraft in the area and there were none, it was also located away from normal air traffic. I used the enigma app, and it detected nothing naturally occurring.
I also used an app to see if any satellites, stars, or planets were supposed to be there, but still nothing. I recorded video, but it was very far away. I sat and watched it hover about 20 minutes until it quickly traveled downward and then vanished.
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UAP buzzed our military aircraft at the nascar fly over 3.3.24 While watching the Fox Network TV coverage of the Las Vegas motor speedway Sunday 3.
3.24 (Est .12:30pm) during the national anthem & our military aircraft fly over (Nelles Air Force base) we observed what looked to be a singular UFO that “buzzed” (flew over) in the opposite direction & at tremendous speed above the planes.
We watched it live and it was clearly visible again when reviewing the recored video back, both at regular speed as well as slow motion. It appear to look like a white line against the blue sky above the four airplanes : A-10, F-16, F-15E, F-22 ! Again , This Video was taped by our DVR and should have been caught on & by the Network Television as they broadcast the race !.
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Rectangular object in the sky Rectangular pitch black object in the sky above NLV that did not move was sighted by a passenger and I. Possibly rotated because at some points it was barely visible, after coming back to full visibility in rectangle shape, It disappeared completely. The sighting when on for about 5 minutes approximately and the picture was taken when I was able to get to a red light.
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Keeps wiggling around in a tight little area and does not leave the same location next to the moon I thought the was the ISS . But it keeps passe with the moons path and does not leave .
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While operating an airline flight at 37,000’ both pilots witnessed three lights at very high altitude moving in random patterns. While operating a B777 from HNL-DEN at 37,000’ both the Captain and I witnessed what appeared to be stars moving at a very high altitude and distance. We were approximately 50 miles SW of Las Vegas at about 0300 local time.
The lights appeared to be SE of our position. All three lights were observed to be moving independently in some type of pattern. The lights were the approximate size and brightness of the stars in the background and were steady with no flashing that we typically observe on aircraft.
They would each move relatively quickly in one direction for about one minute and then reverse course and move in another direction. We observed this phenomenon for about one hour. We questioned Los Angeles Center about high altitude military activity but they were not aware of any.
After about one hour two of the lights continued northbound until they were out of sight. The third light remained for about 20 more minutes before heading southwest bound and disappearing. Over the course of the hour we travelled approximately 500 nautical miles but the lights never appeared to get any closer to us.
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It was hovering with flashing lights goin from the left to the right repeatedly Sometimes the sparkly lights would slow down the they would go fast.
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A distant orb makes several different changes of direction, and then speeds off. It was approximately 5:17 a.m.
on 9/15/2023 when I was outside my house taking my morning stretch. As I leaned back and looked into the sky, I saw a distant light/orb moving across the sky (it was still quite dark out). At first I dismissed it as the ISS drifting along its orbit, but then the orb started to make turns and moves.
I dashed inside and grabbed my phone and was able to take one video of the orb (I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max). The uncut video is about 40 seconds long, but the orb can only be seen in the first 15 or so seconds. As you can see from the video, the orb really starts to make some moves at around the :03 second mark, and then it does several turns before zooming off and vanishing.
I have attached the uncut original iPhone clip. I also retained a professional video editor to enhance and cleaned up. I attach two of those clips provided by the video editor.
The enhanced version really shows the details of the moves the orb makes. This is not a hoax and I provide the raw, untouched video.
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Teal colored teardrop shape bright light ascending upward in sky Bright teardrop shape object rising in the sky very swiftly that was teal color and moving very quickly.
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bright erratically flashing object that left a strange line in the sky with one of its flashes A bright flash in the sky caught my eyes. I looked and saw a white light silently travelling across the sky from west to east. It was blinking erratically sometimes barely visible and then sometimes flashing very brightly.
One particular flash actually left what looked like a relatively-large slightly-erratic solid illuminated yellowish-orange line in the sky. It looked like long exposure photography. It was visible for the time the light was lit during that flash, perhaps a second.
The line was the length of maybe a quarter of the diameter the moon appears in the sky. I've never seen anything before like that in real life. The light continued moving in a straight line toward the East, blinking erratically with mostly dim blinking which made it hard to see as it traveled away.
I often watch the sky at night and see many planes and satellites at night and this definitely wasn't a plane. The flashing was irregular and I can almost always see the red light on planes and distinguish the different lights. It did not appear to be a satellite due to the blinking and the strange line artifact.
Afterwards, just to be sure, I thoroughly checked my glasses' lenses for scratches, thinking perhaps it was reflection in a scratch, but I didn't find one and I've been wearing glasses for decades and I've never seen anything like that. Maybe ball lighting? I have no idea what this was.
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Ring camera captured 2.5 hour video of bright triangle moving across the sky Backyard Ring camera captured 2.5 hours of video footage of a bright triangle moving across the sky from 6:30pm to 9:10pm when it traveled out of sight behind my neighbors house.
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Going very fast. White pill traveling E to W North of Vegas 12:30 PM.
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Square shaped light that moved across sky When reviewing pictures I noticed in a series of 3 pictures taken in one location one right after another that a glowing light form shows up in two pictures and has moved from one location to another.
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Bright Orb observed at Bill Briare Park I began walking the track at Bill Briare Park at 11:00 PM. Weather was scattered clouds, no wind, no moon in the horizon. The park lights were off.
The park was slightly illuminated by highway lights from I-95 and Summerlin Pkwy. At approximately 11:25 PM, while I was at northside of the track (at 36°10'45.6"N 115°14'51.
0"W ), I noticed a large bright orb moving south quickly below the cloud cover. I estimate that the obect was between 100 and 300 feet above my head, and it entered and left my line of sight in two to three seconds. The orb was larg, possibly the size of a small car.
It emitted a constant bright orange-white light. It did not blink. It left no tail which is why I've dismissed the possibility of the orb being a falling star.
It made no sound. It moved to quickly for me to take any video or pictures.
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I noticed the lights in a picture , I saw a half circle of yellow lights Up in the sky. Yellow lights . In a row , circle shape but only half of the circle were clear.
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View from bedroom window of 4 lights My sister who lives in Las Vegas took these photos from her bedroom window. She sees 4 lights hovering in the distance. Two moved left and disappeared but came back to their original position within several seconds.
The orb on the right glowed yellow for a short time and then went white again. This spanned from around 9:00pm till10:30 pm.
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Was outside& noticed a red/orange glow way above Luxor, as we were watching it it started to fade& disappear b4 photo taken I met my spouse outside after my niece ran to tell me something was in the sky, a UFO, I came out front to see there was an orange-ish red-ish craft in the sky above the Las Vegas Strip, it was staying in one place, Hoovering. Thecraft looked like it was surrounded by a fog and halo of red/orange light. It was a circular in shape.
The craft faded dim fairly quick and disappeared, after less than a minute, it showed back up more towards the lower left. After the photos were taken it disappeared. We did not see it again.
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Light moved like a balloon, and not a plane/ drone, and the light turned off after 5-10 seconds of view. I was facing South at 172 degree(s) and also facing toward the moon when I saw a light appear under the moon and while it was moving in a NW pattern, I noticed it seemed to move like a balloon, rather than a plane or a drone. After about 3-5 seconds, I grabbed my phone, but before I could open up the camera, I saw the light disappear.
It seemed fairly high up in the sky, but I couldn’t see that well due to the dark sky, and there were no other aircraft present nearby.
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Seen And Spoken To I'll Not Even Ask You To Believe This, As I'm Not So Sure I Do, Myself. I THINK I Spoke With A Grey Alien, As I Was Leaving The Doctors Office After My C.O.
P.D. Appointment: Actually With His Assistant.
, Daniel Hering, APRN Appt. Date: 04-19-2023 ~9:15 AM. At OPTUM Care, Lung & Allergy 2300 W Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas 89102 (702)724-8844 (option 3, if you wish to confirm) Because I'm Physically Disabled, And Use A Wheel Chair When Having To Travel Anywhere; ~ Disabilities Due To Multiple Medical Errors At Our Local VA, ~ I Use Transportation Provided By My Insurance Company. Upon Leaving The Medical Appointment, I Was Sitting In The Wheel Chair At The Exit Door & Chatting With Individuals As They Entered & Exited The Building While Waiting For My Ride Home To Arrive. As One Lady Was Passing By, With Her COVID Mask On, I Notice How Pretty Her Hair Was & Mentioned It To Her.
As She Turned To Say "Thank You", She Was Removing Her Face Mask. Here's What I Saw. #1.
Her Skin Was Nearly White #2.Not A Flaw In Site. ZERO #3.
Her Skin APPEARED To Be Made From Smooth, Formed White Plastic. #4. As She Spoke, And Said "Thank You", Her Lips Moved, But There Was No Motion At The Sides Of Her Mouth, Nor Any Wrinkles, Which Normally Appear When Someone Speaks.
#5. The Shape Of The Face, Cheek Bones, Appeared To Be High On Her Face; They Were Round, Smooth, And About The Size Of 1/3rd Of A Golf Ball. #6.
From Her Cheeks To Her Chin, The Slope Was Rather Sharp, And Led Down To Her Chin, Which Was About 2 - 2 1/2" Wide.(Unusually Small). ~Then She Turned Back Around And Left The Building~ ~ As She Walked Away, Although Her Steps Were Deliberate, They Made Unusual Movements.
~ I Guess I'd Describe Her As Somewhat "Robotic". ~ That's All I Have.~ I Was Thinking; "Perhaps There Are Security Cameras Near The Double, Automatic Doors, And You May Be Allowed To View Them".
Sincerely, (contact info deleted).
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Saw two organic appearing UAPs above my house On April 20, 2023 I was in my backyard with my mom and we saw what first appeared to be a plastic bag floating in the air above us. However it was large and very high up in the sky. For a moment we thought it was a spy balloon but it moved in a very strange way and was shaped more like a jellyfish.
We watched while a 2nd object flew in extremely fast right above my head and they both moved to the same area of sky. Both objects stayed above my house for 10+minutes moving, twisting, almost dancing around. One was shaped like a worm and was doing flips almost.
We watched both for over 10 minutes and have video and images. While reviewing the videos we noticed there appears to be multiple other objects flying it at different rates and speeds throughout the event. Small black shapes coming from one of the objects.
At another point they sort of “glitch” and pull away from each other. They also appear to have a glow around them. After about 10-12 minutes they both just went away, slowly.
We noticed our Ring camera stopped working during that time even though we were moving around the yard constantly to watch. We have never been able to find a place to report our sighting until this website which is why there is a delay in reporting. Not sure if these were organic but they definitely were unidentified and flying objects.
I will upload photos but hold off on sending my videos unless someone contacts me and wants to know further info. Thank you.
Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sightings 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 | 145 reported sightings | 20.77% of all reports |
Circle | 75 reported sightings | 10.74% of all reports |
Other | 58 reported sightings | 8.31% of all reports |
Unknown | 51 reported sightings | 7.31% of all reports |
Triangle | 50 reported sightings | 7.16% of all reports |
Sphere | 44 reported sightings | 6.30% of all reports |
Oval | 40 reported sightings | 5.73% of all reports |
Fireball | 33 reported sightings | 4.73% of all reports |
Disk | 28 reported sightings | 4.01% of all reports |
Changing | 25 reported sightings | 3.58% of all reports |
Formation | 24 reported sightings | 3.44% of all reports |
Rectangle | 17 reported sightings | 2.44% of all reports |
Teardrop | 13 reported sightings | 1.86% of all reports |
Flash | 12 reported sightings | 1.72% of all reports |
Cylinder | 12 reported sightings | 1.72% of all reports |
Cigar | 12 reported sightings | 1.72% of all reports |
Chevron | 10 reported sightings | 1.43% of all reports |
Orb | 6 reported sightings | 0.86% of all reports |
Diamond | 5 reported sightings | 0.72% of all reports |
Cone | 4 reported sightings | 0.57% of all reports |
Egg | 4 reported sightings | 0.57% of all reports |
Star | 3 reported sightings | 0.43% of all reports |
Cube | 2 reported sightings | 0.29% of all reports |
Cross | 1 reported sightings | 0.14% of all reports |
Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sightings 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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October | 72 reported sightings | 10.32% of all reports |
April | 71 reported sightings | 10.17% of all reports |
September | 69 reported sightings | 9.89% of all reports |
March | 66 reported sightings | 9.46% of all reports |
June | 64 reported sightings | 9.17% of all reports |
August | 61 reported sightings | 8.74% of all reports |
July | 60 reported sightings | 8.60% of all reports |
February | 50 reported sightings | 7.16% of all reports |
May | 46 reported sightings | 6.59% of all reports |
January | 45 reported sightings | 6.45% of all reports |
December | 43 reported sightings | 6.16% of all reports |
November | 43 reported sightings | 6.16% of all reports |
Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sightings 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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Tuesday | 112 reported sightings | 16.05% of all reports |
Saturday | 111 reported sightings | 15.90% of all reports |
Sunday | 111 reported sightings | 15.90% of all reports |
Friday | 104 reported sightings | 14.90% of all reports |
Thursday | 89 reported sightings | 12.75% of all reports |
Monday | 85 reported sightings | 12.18% of all reports |
Wednesday | 78 reported sightings | 11.17% of all reports |
Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sightings 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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12/22/15 | 4 reported sightings | 0.57% of all reports |
11/07/15 | 4 reported sightings | 0.57% of all reports |
12/03/21 | 3 reported sightings | 0.43% of all reports |
09/14/11 | 3 reported sightings | 0.43% of all reports |
06/06/02 | 3 reported sightings | 0.43% of all reports |
Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sightings 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 | 273 reported sightings | 39.11% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 150 reported sightings | 21.49% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 105 reported sightings | 15.04% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 77 reported sightings | 11.03% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 48 reported sightings | 6.88% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 37 reported sightings | 5.30% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Las Vegas, Nevada
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