UFO Sightings in Arkansas
1,197 UFO sightings reported in Arkansas since 1950, peaking in 2020 (92 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,197
- Span
- 1950–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (92 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1950–2022 · peak 2020 (92 reports)
Top cities in Arkansas
Jonesboro
1966–2022 · peak 2021 (23 reports)
Little Rock
1967–2021 · peak 2018 (6 reports)
Fayetteville
1981–2021 · peak 2020 (13 reports)
Fort Smith
1966–2022 · peak 2003 (6 reports)
Conway
1965–2020 · peak 2011 (5 reports)
Russellville
1957–2022 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Hot Springs
1997–2021 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Springdale
1962–2022 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Rogers
1993–2019 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Bentonville
1970–2019 · peak 2001 (2 reports)
Mountain Home
2000–2020 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
North Little Rock
1968–2019 · peak 1998 (2 reports)
Paragould
1990–2020 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Camden
1968–2022 · peak 1981 (2 reports)
Mena
1997–2019 · peak 2018 (3 reports)
Cabot
2001–2020 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
El Dorado
1997–2015 · peak 2003 (2 reports)
Van Buren
1999–2020 · peak 2016 (2 reports)
Clarksville
2001–2021 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Littlerock
2006–2021 · peak 2020 (4 reports)
Black Rock · AR, USA
Orange light in field above treetops. Moved across State Highway 63 Witnessed by 2 and an Arkansa State Trooper.
Horseshoe Lake · AR, USA
Bright light in the sky
Walnut Ridge · AR, USA
Orange like ball of light came across western sky slow then dissapeared in to the sky
Mountain Home · AR, USA
Three bright glowing orange objects passed from South to North over Arkansas disappearing over Missouri on the night of July 6.
Bryant · AR, USA
7 orange lights appeared from above.
Hot Springs · AR, USA
Unidentifiable craft photographed over Hot Springs, AR. ((NUFORC Note: Object is Monarch butterfly. PD))
Booneville · AR, USA
We saw a quick whitish/orange orb in the sky.
Rogers · AR, USA
I saw 30 bright white lights hovering in the sky over my neighborhood. I went and got my fiance out of bed to witness the lights. Aft
Mountain Home · AR, USA
Orange Red Fireball traveling west then north.
Pocahontas · AR, USA
Orange light hovering above tree line then disappearing upwards
Bryant/Benton · AR, USA
Six orange colered moving lights above Bryant, Arkansas on 5 July 2013 at approximently 21:00
Bryant · AR, USA
Unexplainable!
Rudy · AR, USA
Three round flat lights in a perfect triangle.
Little Rock · AR, USA
THE CRAFT WAS A SAUCER SHAPE WITH THE OUTER CIRCLE BEING LIT WITH A PROMINENT LIGHTING. THERE WAS A WHISTLE NOISE WHICH CAUGHT MY REA
Hartman · AR, USA
Speeding ball of light slows way down changes direction and disappears in clear sky. ((NUFORC Note: ISS sighting. PD))
Springdale · AR, USA
Fleet of orange lights
Greenwood · AR, USA
Four of us saw 2 or more pulsating light flashes spinning in the same spot for a period of 45 minutes. Then several very bright flashes
Little Rock · AR, USA
Floating orange dianganol rows of lights
Briggsville · AR, USA
A LINE OF LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, THEN THEY STARTED DRIFTING AWAY MAKING A TRIANGLE THEN AN OVULAR PATTERN AS IT DRIFTED AWAY.
Conway · AR, USA
Circle of steady, white light seen near Conway, AR.
Gilbert · AR, USA
Orange light heads South over smallest town in Arkansas.
Springdale · AR, USA
Triangle very weird odd buzzing humming sound and solid lights
Greenbrier · AR, USA
20-30 bright orange circles in the sky.
Mount Vernon · AR, USA
Extremely large with large bright strobe lights hovering just above the horizon, disappearing instantly.
Little Rock · AR, USA
Cigar shaped light bulbs in the sky.