Record for Most UFO Sightings in Nebraska: Omaha and Nebraska City, Nebraska (iHeart/Stacker)

📍 Location

📝 Description

A May 12, 2025 update from Stacker shows Omaha, Nebraska leads the state in UFO sightings with 186 reports since 1995, followed by Lincoln (113), Bellevue (23), North Platte (19), Papillion (15), Grand Island (12), and smaller counts in other Nebraska cities. Nebraska City is not listed in the top 10 of this ranking. An earlier iHeart article (Jan 3, 2025) claimed Nebraska City held a state record, but the latest Stacker data contradicts that headline by showing Omaha as the top location. The Omaha figure increased from 182 sightings cited by iHeart/Stacker earlier in 2025 to 186 by May 2025.

🔍 Circumstances

Compilation of sightings data from NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) and contemporaneous republishers (Stacker); no single incident, but a state-wide ranking of cities by total reported UFO sightings since 1995.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Stacker's May 2025 article provides the latest city-by-city counts (e.g., Omaha 186, Lincoln 113, Bellevue 23, North Platte 19, Papillion 15, Grand Island 12, Kearney/Ogallala 11, Scottsbluff 8, Beatrice 7). Nebraska City does not appear in the top 10, contrary to the January 2025 iHeart headline which attributed the record to Nebraska City; the discrepancy appears to stem from how the headline framed Stacker's data. Data sources include NUFORC records as presented by Stacker and later republications.

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