State Report
UFO Sightings in Nebraska
1,107 sightings on record from 1943 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
1,107
Share of US total
0.52%
Peak year
2012
91 reports
Top shape
Light
231 reports
Years active
80
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-30 | Denton | unknown | 5 minutes | I observed an aircraft with two bright lights to be stagnant and hovering over my pasture approximately 100' in the air. |
| 2023-11-26 | Thedford | circle | 30-hour plus | 3 lighted objects circling at high altitude that were both bright and dim |
| 2023-11-07 | Firth | other | 12:20 am to 2:00 am | Extremely bright white curved object hovering in SE night sky. |
| 2023-10-21 | Beatrice | light | 1- 3 minutes | 20 to 30 balls of light |
| 2023-09-21 | We were airborne heading East at 39000 feet | light | At least 2 hours | Up to 4 UFO outside earths atmosphere |
| 2023-09-07 | omaha | fireball | watched for 15 minutes | Intense red ball slowly passing over my yard..Very bright and fiery.At first I thought it was going to touch my tree and... |
| 2023-08-15 | Elkhorn | circle | 30 mins (before dark) | Spotted large white weather balloon at airplane height |
| 2023-08-15 | West Point | triangle | Less then 20 seconds | It was a triangle with greenish gray lights in every corner this craft was flipping like crazy |
| 2023-07-10 | Lincoln | egg | 1 | Silver object flying in a westward direction off in a distace. |
| 2023-07-03 | Lincoln | chevron | 30sec | Was the coolest technology I’ve ever seen it was translucent & reflected the smoke above it from fireworks on the bttm... |
| 2023-05-12 | Lincoln | light | 5-7minutes | Following severe weather storms I was looking at the clouds and saw approx. 6 or 7 different lights in the sky behaving... |
| 2023-05-04 | Panama | other | ~45min | Bright stationary object prior to dusk that was a hollow ring through telescope. |
| 2023-05-04 | Lincoln | oval | 7:35-8:45 | Watched it for over an hour it did not move much. |
| 2023-05-02 | Grand Island | chevron | 15 - 30 seconds | Seemed to be cloaked-no lights, no sound, simply movement in sky, it glided by heading SE. |
| 2023-04-25 | Omaha | cylinder | 1 minute | I saw a black pill like object moving across the sky from the south going north while looking to the west. |
| 2023-03-05 | Lincoln | orb | 90mins | Two bright hovering lights for about 90 minutes |
| 2023-02-13 | Hastings | other | Observed for approx. 1 ho | Very large half circle overlapping the moon. Object was brighter than the moon. White with a thin bright green outline. |
| 2023-02-11 | Lincoln | sphere | Half hour at a time | Up to 3 lights in the sky, every morning at 4am, 3 locations, 200 miles apart. Fade in, fade out. Sometimes overlaying... |
| 2023-02-11 | Lincoln | teardrop | 3-4 mins | Boyfriend and I saw 3 tear shaped lights... |
| 2023-01-31 | Gothenburg | fireball | 3 seconds | Saw trailblazer that moves very rapid and moved with sparkling tail behind and then when it disappears, sparkling tail... |