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Reno, NV
Nevada · Storey County · Reno Metro
Reno is a large city in Nevada with a population of 268,959. Residents earn $78,448 per year, which is 4% above the national average.
3.0
/5.0
B
Good
268,959
Population
2,468/sq mi density
$78,448
Median Income
$45,180 per capita
$498,600
Home Value
$559,591 Zillow
$1,453
Median Rent
30.5% income on rent
52°F
Avg Temperature
333 sunny days/yr
558
Violent Crime/100K
2,101 property/100K
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Overall
3.0 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.2 / 5.0
$78,448 median income, 3.4% unemployment
B
Affordability
3.1 / 5.0
$498,600 home value, $1,453/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
558 violent crimes/100K (47% above avg)
B+
Education
3.9 / 5.0
35.7% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Reno
UFO Sightings
120
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
16
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
3
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Reno, NV
120 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Reno, NV.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reno, NV | 2014 | Bright cicularobject/light moving slowly in center of sky, then slowly eastward |
| Reno, NV | 2013 | 2 small, silvery spheres over Reno, NV, 3 times faster than jet,, appear and disappear out of clear blue sky. |
| Reno, NV | 2013 | Consumed the surrounding light like a vampire. distant benevolence?...... none. |
| Reno, NV | 2013 | s meadows ufo sighting. |
| Reno, NV | 2013 | 7+ spherical craft south/southwest of Reno, NV. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius, which is located below Orion. PD)) |
| Reno, NV | 2013 | Bright Oval object moving slowly over Reno area Early December 2013 |
| Reno, NV | 2013 | Lights seen hovering over rural Nevada community, witnessed by nearly a dozen residents. |
| Reno/fernley, NV | 2013 | I saw two ufo's with three triangular white lights on fat boomerang shaped craft on i80 east west at 19:15 on 01/16/2013. |
| Reno, NV | 2012 | A fireball fell over south Reno, NV, on 3/10/2012 at 7:00PM. Lasted 4-5 sec. |
| Reno, NV | 2012 | Unusual object over Reno/Stead NV |
| Reno, NV | 2012 | Craft changing color and direction over Reno,NV. |
| Reno, NV | 2012 | Figure 8 atmosphere highth bright light |
| Reno, NV | 2012 | The object was a bright light, light blue in color, and much brighter than a star or planet. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD)) |
| Reno, NV | 2011 | Reno area fast traveling object |
| Reno, NV | 2011 | green circular object traveling over reno extremely fast. |
| Reno/carson city, NV | 2011 | Blue/green semi-circle light object near Washoe lake NV along 395 |
| South reno, NV | 2011 | Blue light with green "contrail." |
| Reno, NV | 2010 | two light formations moving across reno, nevada |
| Reno, NV | 2010 | bright beam of light may have landed in reno, nevada |
| Reno, NV | 2010 | Small plane size rectangular shape with triangular nose, looked to be investigating a small cloud while walking along Offenhauser Dr. |
| Reno, NV | 2010 | 12/26/2010 17:08 Reno Nevada circle 5 seconds moved across sky from west to east |
| Reno, NV | 2010 | Strange lights over Reno on Christmas eve |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | Brite light seen over reno,nv. This is the 2nd time I have seen this light and it's not a shooting star. |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | Mysterious Bright Light moving very fast across the sky. |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | Faint object seen shooting over Cold Springs Valley in Reno, Nevada |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | Bright light observed over Reno, Nevada. Disappears suddenly. ((NUFORC Note: ISS sighting. PD)) |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | A shimmering dot like object seen thru binoculars at approx 45 degrees moving right-left eradically in field. |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | flight from las vegas to reno - southwest airlines--made plane pitch, drop, and shutter for a few minutes ((Turbulence?? PD)) |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | Disk-shaped object sighted with rotating lights, only a few hundred feet away. |
| Reno, NV | 2009 | LARGE CIRCULAR DISK APPEARS FROM NOWHERE, THEN MOVES EAST AND FLAMES OUT |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | A turquoise light appeared and then there seemed to be a creature appearing from the spacecraft |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | they been traveling quickly around peavine mountain to quick to be any plane jet or helicopter, same type of thing i saw the last few y |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | Black Sphere moving silently west against wind currents |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | My friend and I encountered an object in the sky that at first we thought was a plastic bag. Then we noticed this thing was roughly 8Ƹ |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | One bright light moving silently east of Reno Nevada |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | Large round glowing yellow fireball traveling at a high rate of speed, then suddenly stopping and disappearing |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | Diamond, Spherical UFOS over Reno |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | From flock of birds, to plane crash, to WTF is that! |
| Reno, NV | 2008 | Normally you can't see bright stars in downtown Reno but when i was looking up at the sky i saw a bright sphere dance around for a se |
| Current, NV | 2007 | Amber light observed in rural Nevada very far away from military test range |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | A white light dropped slowly from the sky & shifted to a level flight and faided out. |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | White spherical object over Reno Nevada at 18:00 starting just above tree level, over airport then over mountains. |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | UFO flutters, makes right angle turn and accelerates to impossible speed. |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | A purple sphere jetted left...and then right.and the left ..and then right again VERY fast and dissapeared |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | Large rectangle, invisible apart from its outline |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | On our vacation my husband and myself were outside on the hotel balcony, where we saw 4 objects rise from a distant mountain. They had |
| Reno, NV | 2007 | Triangular object above freeway |
| Reno, NV | 2006 | Group of four points of light moving in a deliberate and manner unconventional for aircraft or satellites |
| Reno, NV | 2006 | Reno, NV Green Spherical Luminous Object over Reno |
| Reno, NV | 2006 | Cluster of nine satellites flying together, two veering around others. |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | White, oval shaped object, disappeard suddenly. Another sighting more recently, same kind of object. |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | Lights north over Reno |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | A color-changing, spark-like migrating light in the western sky -- seen in Reno, NV ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Sirius. PD)) |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | I saw three strange lights moving erratically over the foothills behind my house, departing in different directions at different times. |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | Blue-white fireball comes down on Reno, Nevada |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | Dimly lighted chevron object moving quickly over NW Reno. |
| Reno, NV | 2005 | Fireball seen in sky over SE Reno. |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | Possibly huge craft, two red lights, flying over Reno. |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | White snake -like plume with objects on either end |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | two bright lights were fading in and out and sped off at incredible speeds |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | there was colored lights crossing back and forth across the navada mountains and a bright blue flame in a field |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | At about 12:45pm on July 21st this year, two close friends and I were on my back patio smoking when one of my friends spotted something |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | Satellite looking object making right angle turn |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | Orange pulsating light that faded out and was gone |
| Reno, NV | 2004 | the sky looked to me, to be alive with fireants. |
| Reno (southwest), NV | 2003 | Star-like Object |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | Lights appear over football game in Northwest Reno |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | ME AND MY BUDDY GOT OFF WORK AT 11:00 PM WE DROVE DOWN RED ROCK ROAD BEHIND THE AIRPORT WE CAME TO A CANYON AREA WHERE WE NOTICED A LI |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | Bright light over rual Reno Area far from airports, changed colors and appeared to be following at a rapid speed |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | Multiple objects over Reno |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | 6:30pm/star like object moved straight down from high in the sky and appeared to change speed. |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | Moving star-like object seen in daytime sky. |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | Four of us were driving on Reno streets trying to find a hotel, I noticed a big pie shaped object hanging above the Circus Circus parki |
| Reno, NV | 2003 | Bright white disc of light the size of a full moon approximately shot straight up into the sky & disapeared in less than 1 sec. |
| Reno, NV | 2002 | A small white sphere which stopped, hovered for 5 minutes, then took off and disapeared. |
| Reno, NV | 2002 | I was on my way home from work. I was coming up over a small pass about 12 miles North of Reno on Hwy 395, just before the Cold Spring |
| Reno, NV | 2001 | Balck Diamond UFO over my house!! |
| Reno, NV | 2001 | An object with lights blinking in succession moving very slowly over Reno Nevada Saturday night, January 27, 2001. |
| Reno, NV | 2001 | Large fireball spotted over Nevada |
| Reno, NV | 2001 | I'em a warehouse worker. |
| Reno, NV | 2001 | black unmarked helicopter |
| Reno, NV | 2000 | Large triangular craft with lights along the leading edge of the wing, silently traveling at a high velocity. |
| Reno, NV | 2000 | At 22:43 Jan 03, 2000 I observed in the night sky, a bright white object traveling at a very high rate of speed from north to south. It |
| Reno/carson city (between), NV | 2000 | Fuzzy circle of light with blue and yellow tinges, about 25% the size of a full moon. Sighted in the SSE, stationary, 1/2 way between |
| Reno, NV | 1999 | object moved west-northwest for about 10 sec. very white color, sparks flew from behind |
| Reno, NV | 1999 | Sphere with Spikes |
| Reno, NV | 1999 | Saucer visible from University of Nevada, Reno looking to the east. Color was silver with golden glow, possibly reflected sunlight. A |
| Reno, NV | 1999 | I saw some kind of craft about the size of a foot-ball field for about 10 seconds before it disappeared before my eyes. It was moving v |
| Reno, NV | 1999 | I have been an aiviation enthusiast 20+years passing my FAA exam at 97%.I am no expert but am aware of most aircraft type and capabilit |
| Reno, NV | 1999 | A Meteor with a Difference. |
| Reno, NV | 1998 | My wife and I were on our way to Reno. I was looking at a large cloud formation that was pouring out an unbelievable amount of rain. Wh |
| Reno, NV | 1998 | We were driving down the road late at night when we saw a neon green light shoot across the sky and then it stopped on a dime. It hover |
| Reno, NV | 1998 | objects appeared stationary at first, some floated like a hang glider. after about 15 minutes objects began to dart around sky and disa |
| Reno, NV | 1998 | SOMETHING WHICH LOOKED LIKE A HUGE WING IN THE DARKNES, BUT NO BRIGHT LIGHTS |
| Reno, NV | 1998 | WE ATTENDED THE RENO AIR RACES FROM THURSDAY SEPT. 17 TO 20TH. RENO ALSO WAS HOSTING THE NORTHERN CALIF. HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALER SPONSOR |
| Reno (north of), NV | 1997 | When first seen, it was a huge, brilliant white, "bow-tie" shaped object which exploded into a much larger sphere filled with red, gree |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | Listened to radio on the way from San Jose to Reno, NV. We listened to Artbell on his AM talk radio. We just viewed what we thought w |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | Couple in hotel room witness a very bright, white light streak from E sky to N. VASTLY faster than any aircraft. Unblinking. |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | We saw several objects performing naneuvers that not possible for present day aircraft to accomplish. This sighting is indescribable th |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | Bright red light over Reno, NV |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | I was driving home on freeway going north and looked out drivers side window when i see a bright red round object in the sky right over |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | Stationary bright red light, simular to jupiter in brightness but red eventuily moved to the south of reno and dimed.and Flashed Three |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | I was driving home on the freeway going north and i looked out the drivers side window and i saw a bright red light over down town Reno |
| Reno, NV | 1997 | U.F.O.s sighted from commercial airplane. |
| Reno to dallas (aboard jetliner enroute between), TX | 1996 | Even though I am a private pilot, I spend every hour of jet flight viewing the earth below. COvered window allowed spotting overtaking |
| Reno, NV | 1996 | Young man sees a very brigh "ball of blue light" out his window. It looked like a "single bubble of light, w/ 3-dimensional depth." |
| Reno, NV | 1996 | At 3:19 am, bright light seen outside window and then one small tugboat triangular shaped aircraft seen over the house and then both oc |
| Reno, NV | 1996 | I saw a HUGE ball like flash grow and then'erupt' while looking out of my windowfacing SE. It was not lightening. I love towatch the we |
| Reno, NV | 1995 | Man, wife, 3 relatives witness "rounded, saucer-shape" obj. overhead. Flashing white & colored lights. Moved like "bouncing ball." |
| Reno, NV | 1995 | Man reports up to nine bizarre, white objects flying strangely overhead. (Calls 2nd time to report they are birds.) |
| Reno, NV | 1995 | dull orange group of craft maneuvering and rotating arround each other in the sky over reno |
| Reno, NV | 1993 | Daytime sighting over Reno airport of formation consisting of three aqua spheres and two bronze elliptoids |
| Reno, NV | 1993 | looking directly east, saw object slowly moving north from south, stop, drop 3 fireballs, slowly moved south and with no hesitation, to |
| Reno, NV | 1985 | A silver Ball hovering over McCarran Blvd near Idewild park |
| Reno, NV | 1983 | square green flourscent light projecting a control beam of light by speed and depth from the sky to ground |
| West reno (out on old hwy 40), NV | 1982 | Loud boom, so loud shook house. Went outside to see what happened. Saw hole in sky cover perfect circle. Moon in center of circle,full |
| Reno, NV | 1981 | "shooting star" does a 180, and makes off axis shifts over reno. |
| Reno, NV | 1975 | A cigar-shaped craft about 100-200 feet, hovering, yellowish-orange with red and white lights. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes |
| Reno, NV | 1975 | A disk shape hovering over my apartment building in broad daylight in a busy city. |
| Reno, NV | 1964 | I saw a luminous object which I can only desribe as a UFO... |