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)
Benton · AR, USA
Round object, appearing the undeside of a suacer, hovered near me, then silently "whisked"off across the sky at an amazing speed.
Little Rock · AR, USA
Triangular arrangements of lights appearing to begin to land on freeway, miltary-ish cars mobilze around it
Prescott · AR, USA
Un like other incounters I have read about, The ship I saw was landed
Greenbrier · AR, USA
Orange or amber balls or orbs of light multiplying and maneuvering beyond known and current aircraft abilities
Helena · AR, USA
I was outside of the police station with my dog when I got this sudden urge to look up. I saw a black triangle flying really low and ma
Paragould · AR, USA
My freind and I seen a circular craft land. It was there for at least a minute. When it took off again, it made a loud howling noise.
Petit Jean Mountain · AR, USA
Unexplained low-flying white light moving through night air.
Batesville · AR, USA
It didn't seem harmful, it was like it was observing.
Avilla · AR, USA
large triangle with three red lights and made no sound hovered in place, then escorted off by approaching military jet.
Malvern · AR, USA
Disc shaped craft :escorted" by and followed by jet planes over apartment complex.
Malvern · AR, USA
Observed bright light approaching from west, drawing closer proved to be 3 separate lights on triangular craft, which passed directly o
Hickory Plains · AR, USA
UFO encounter or high-tech military aircraft?
Greers Ferry (Greers Ferry Lake) · AR, USA
Three moon sized objects appeared in the form of lights and lite the intire lake up and I could see a mountain about 10 miles from me,j
Harrison · AR, USA
Numerous Lifelong Sightings.
Little Rock (northwest of) · AR, USA
On this evening I saw what I thought was a halogen search light from a hovering helicopter. Something about the light did not seem righ
Omaha (near) · AR, USA
Silent huge triangular ship flies right over highway 65 North.
Conway · AR, USA
Heard a rumbling in the sky and then saw a yellow streak just above the treeline.Looked to have a yellowish color. With either red writ
Little Rock · AR, USA
Never have seen anything like it before...or since.
Cherokee Village · AR, USA
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: This object passed directly overhead, diagonally, back to front, horizon
Arkansas (location unknown) · AR, USA
small,craft very high flying a square wave pattern from horizon to horizon east to west
Little Rock (outside of) · AR, USA
I saw a triangular 'star' formation with fourth moving 'star'.
Stamps · AR, USA
It floated over highway 53 right over me.
Pocahontas · AR, USA
What appears to be 2 comets suddenly shoots overhead and turns into red, pulsating lights in a random formation; hovers 2-3 minutes.
Jonesboro · AR, USA
disk shape ufo up close I saw every detail of the ship
Hardy · AR, USA
it shaped like a tryangle an it zig zaged across the sky at mindboggling speed stoping on a dime .