Artistic depiction of Roswell Incident — silver flying saucer with porthole windows

Nevada & the Southwest

Area 51, Skinwalker Ranch, and the heart of American UFO secrecy

296 Documented Events
111 Verified Cases
UFO Most Common
1940s Peak Decade

No region on earth concentrates UAP secrecy more densely than the American Southwest. The Nevada Test and Training Range encompasses hundreds of restricted square miles including the Groom Lake facility (Area 51) and the alleged S-4 site described by Bob Lazar. Skinwalker Ranch in northeastern Utah sits within the Utah Test and Training Range corridor. The 1947 Roswell crash in New Mexico remains the most investigated UAP incident in history. The region's geography — vast, remote, federally controlled — makes it the natural home for classified aerospace programmes and, consequently, for the most credible government-adjacent UAP accounts.

Activity by Type

UFO 223
Other 32
Haunting 20
Cryptid 16
Apparition 2
Possession 2
Poltergeist 1

Location Map (144 pinned)

Featured Cases

Artistic depiction of Roswell Incident — silver flying saucer with porthole windows
UFO July 1947

The Roswell Incident

Roswell, New Mexico, USA

The most famous UFO case in history—a crashed object, recovered debris, and allegations of alien bodies. The military changed their story, witnesses were silenced, and the truth remains classified.

Artistic depiction of Area 51 — mothership flanked by smaller escort craft
UFO 1955 - Present

Area 51

Nevada, United States

America's most secretive military base, synonymous with UFO conspiracy theories, alleged extraterrestrial technology, and decades of government secrecy.

Other 1994 - Present

Skinwalker Ranch

Uintah Basin, Utah, USA

A 512-acre ranch plagued by UFOs, cattle mutilations, poltergeist activity, cryptids, and portals. Studied by billionaire Robert Bigelow and now featured on TV.

Other 1994 - Present

Skinwalker Ranch: The Uinta Basin Enigma

Uinta Basin, Utah, USA

A Utah ranch became the site of extraordinary paranormal activity including UFOs, cryptids, cattle mutilations, and poltergeist phenomena, prompting scientific investigation that continues today.

Other 1989 - Present

Bob Lazar: The Man Who Claimed to Reverse-Engineer UFOs at Area 51

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Bob Lazar's extraordinary claims about reverse-engineering alien spacecraft at a secret facility near Area 51 remain hotly debated.

Artistic depiction of Battle of Los Angeles — classic chrome flying saucer
UFO 1942

Battle of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, USA

On February 25, 1942, just months after Pearl Harbor, anti-aircraft batteries across Los Angeles fired 1,400 rounds at an unknown aerial object. Air raid sirens wailed, searchlights converged on a target, and the city went dark. Three people died from friendly fire. The target was never identified.

Recent Activity (2000–present)

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