UFO Sightings in Alabama
1,275 UFO sightings reported in Alabama since 1939, peaking in 2014 (130 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,275
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (130 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (130 reports)
Top cities in Alabama
Huntsville
1961–2022 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Birmingham
1951–2022 · peak 2006 (9 reports)
Mobile
1979–2022 · peak 2019 (8 reports)
Melbourne (Australia)
1960–2021 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Madison
1973–2020 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Montgomery
1962–2020 · peak 1994 (4 reports)
Dothan
2003–2022 · peak 2022 (7 reports)
Gulf Shores
1997–2022 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Tuscaloosa
1996–2021 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Florence
1964–2019 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Hoover
2001–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Australia
1987–2014 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Cullman
2000–2019 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Gadsden
1965–2019 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Anniston
1975–2020 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Auburn
1972–2017 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Orange Beach
2002–2019 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Phenix City
2009–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Fort Payne
1973–2022 · peak 2022 (4 reports)
Gardendale
1968–2022 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Wicksburg · AL, USA
While on the interstate, I saw a bright light that resembled a planet.
Florence · AL, USA
Bright multi-color flashing orb saw in the sky making slow and fast maneuvers from left-right horizontal too vertical maneuvers easily.
Florence · AL, USA
Blue circle stopped approximately two minutes and moved rapidly.
Centre · AL, USA
Watched for 4 minutes from 68 bypass to the old Big-E parking lot. ((NUFORC Note: No information provided. PD))
Rogersville · AL, USA
White ball light about the size of basket ball saw just before it went below the tree line. my location was 5 miles east of Rogersville
Florence · AL, USA
Too big, too fast; may land and crashed, or continued passing.
Hamilton · AL, USA
Going up a steep hill, I saw a green light that divided, just as it went out of sight
Vandiver · AL, USA
I observed one very bright round shaped orb that seemed to hover over the treeline. It was fairly low in the sky and after hovering for
Fort Payne · AL, USA
Red light seen moving slowly left,right and rapidly vertically up and down.
Eastaboba · AL, USA
((HOAX??)) We seen big black triangle craft.
Red Hill · AL, USA
Saw large orb in night sky..started to watch and could see it moving in a triangle formation. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star? PD))
Hollywood · AL, USA
Very bright star or light, it was stationary, it would go out and then reappear.
Dothan · AL, USA
I see this craft a few times a week while outside smoking. Triangle shaped, low flying and no noise at all.
Florence · AL, USA
Saw 3 seperate light orbs brighten up above us in the air,hovered & then travel southward
Thorsby · AL, USA
Five silent bright red non blinking lights moved as a group slowly across the sky before disappearing.
Mobile · AL, USA
V-shaped flying object.
Waverly · AL, USA
glowing orb trailed by jet in waverly
Valley · AL, USA
Two white clear rear lights and one single red on bottom farward section (it looked to be round.) Low rumble heard, and saw flying.
Crane Hill · AL, USA
As I filled the dogs water bowl this morning I saw a bright violet flash in the the northern sky. The light was constant from sky…
Stapleton · AL, USA
Two bright lights, resembling stars, flickering and moving in a slow scatter like motion. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter?? PD))
Kentucky · AL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides only minimal information; elects to remain anonymous. PD))
Woodland · AL, USA
There was a light in north eastern sky that would get brighter then change to red,it would jump around a little bit then just kind of h
Tuscumbia · AL, USA
Big green light going toward the ground.
Tuscumbia · AL, USA
The blinking lights in the sky. It caught my attention in 2013 but there were only a few. 2014 there were dozens of them. Now it's 9/14
Dothan · AL, USA
The lights looked like flying stars in a circular pattern, moving at a high rate of speed. Hard to estimate, but there appeared to be a