State Report
UFO Sightings in Kansas
1,868 sightings on record from 1931 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
1,868
Share of US total
0.87%
Peak year
2012
115 reports
Top shape
Light
414 reports
Years active
92
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-08 | Lawrence | orb | 15 minutes | I’ve seen it before but never recorded it. Pulsing orb with “solar flares” coming from it. Hovers for 15-20 mins then... |
| 2023-12-05 | Saint Paul | orb | My house | This was the earliest I've seen one out. Sun was still setting. It was before 5:30,only star out was Venus or mercury. |
| 2023-11-30 | Sterling | orb | 30 minutes | 3 stationary larger lights in triangle shape with 5 smaller lights on the bottom |
| 2023-11-28 | Merriam | triangle | 3 min | On tape no aircraft but very large |
| 2023-11-09 | Topeka | disk | 4-5 minutes | There was a black but yet reflective basic saucer shaped UAP. |
| 2023-10-30 | Garden City | light | 5-10 minutes | A light moving southwest to the east then changing to a southeast heading |
| 2023-10-13 | Hays | other | 1-5 minutes | I saw multiple ufos. |
| 2023-10-13 | Wichita | light | 2 minutes | A bright light seemed to be descending with a plume constantly around it and then a large halo plume emitted before... |
| 2023-10-08 | Wichita | orb | 15-20 seconds | 15-20 clear, metallic orbs gathered at tree line, pulsed light in unison, left together, totally silent and disappeared. |
| 2023-10-05 | Topeka | chevron | 20 seconds or so. | Somewhat low to the ground, silent, black, with many reflective points. |
| 2023-10-05 | lawrence | light | 3 seconds | 6 lights flying west to east then 2 lights split off and went in a different direction and the other 4 went in a eastern... |
| 2023-09-26 | Atchison | orb | Approximately 2 minutes | Small orange orb gaining very fast diagonal altitude and pausing for a second about 5 times before speeding west over... |
| 2023-09-19 | Strong City | rectangle | 3 minutes | Bright white dots (4 pin heads) coming up in a vertical line from ground level northwest approximately 3/4" apart... |
| 2023-09-09 | A few miles north of Osawatomie | cylinder | About 5 minutes | White tic-tac shaped object that hovered and didn't move. |
| 2023-09-03 | Louisburg | cigar | 30 seconds to a minute | I spotted two objects flying fast in the same direction minutes apart. |
| 2023-08-29 | Topeka | formation | 30 seconds | String of 3 brite white lights with the outline highlight of the surrounding area of the light. |
| 2023-08-19 | Kensington | orb | 10 seconds maybe | Bright bluish-white orb seen for several seconds in sky, then disappears suddenly in a cloudless blue sky. |
| 2023-08-17 | Topeka | circle | 2-3 min | Single solid bright ball of light. |
| 2023-08-10 | Clifton | egg | Security camera pictures | Morning security camera pictures |
| 2023-07-28 | Olathe | unknown | 20 seconds | Was in hot tub looking at sky, observed a sattellite moving west to east then saw what looked like a contrail. |