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)
El Dorado · AR, USA
Six egg shaped or actually appeared like they had two parts appeared in the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial bodies?? PD))
Lonoke · AR, USA
Glowing star-like object grows large and then vanishes.
Hope (Exit 30 · Highway 30), AR, USA
((HOAX??)) An aircraft just appeared and stood still.
Washington (near) · AR, USA
A bright, flashing, possibly immobile object that seemed large and whose flashing obscured the emitting object.
Mountain Home · AR, USA
Brilliant white object moving to Northeast at high altitude
Fayetteville · AR, USA
Bright light moving West to East in Northwest Arkansas...Then vanished into thin air!
Alma · AR, USA
Triangular pattern of lights hovering above Alma, Arkansas
Gentry · AR, USA
3 people witness a strange bright flash of light near the ground in my backyard.
Russellville · AR, USA
Large red/orange sphere sighted flying east for about five seconds.
Kingston · AR, USA
three lights moving in unison with no sound
Gravette · AR, USA
Red, blue and white flashing light hovering hundreds of feet in the air.
Fayetteville · AR, USA
2 Bright Red lights moving in opposite directions (South and North) very slowly just below the clouds. No sound.
Fayetteville · AR, USA
A bright object that I identified to my boss incorrectly as the I.S.S. She stated it was moving to fast to be the I.S.S. and that it co
Berryville · AR, USA
A dark gray giant boomerang shaped UFO with 8 dim lights spotted at Berryville pond.
Van Buren/Alma · AR, USA
Strange green lights over Van Buren and Alma Arkansas? Not sub station explosion.
Gravette · AR, USA
Two moving objects in space
Greenwood · AR, USA
Three orange fireballs in the sky forming a triangle. Two disappeared after 20 minutes but one stay for 45 minutes.
Fayetteville · AR, USA
a object fell, then two hours pased. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Mountain Home · AR, USA
just a bright red fireball stopped at treetop level then slowley moved on west
Dardanelle · AR, USA
Bright, yellow light traveling next to a jet over Arkansas
Jonesboro · AR, USA
Mysterious light growing brighter then ascending then dissapearing.
El Dorado · AR, USA
narrow silver object moving rapidly south
Ward · AR, USA
Small silver object over Ward Arkansas.
Russellville · AR, USA
Russellville, AR, triangle lights west of nuclear power plant. ((NUFORC Note: See addenda from reader, and source of report!! PD))
Russellville · AR, USA
Sighting Dated 2/12/09 near Russellville, Arkansas