UFO Sightings in Kentucky
1,586 UFO sightings reported in Kentucky since 1943, peaking in 2013 (98 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,586
- Span
- 1943–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (98 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1943–2022 · peak 2013 (98 reports)
Top cities in Kentucky
Louisville
1950–2021 · peak 2020 (17 reports)
Lexington
1966–2021 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Bowling Green
1982–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Richmond
1995–2022 · peak 2011 (6 reports)
Owensboro
1943–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Florence
1999–2018 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Paducah
1993–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Morehead
1968–2020 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Elizabethtown
1995–2018 · peak 1995 (3 reports)
Ashland
1958–2020 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Frankfort
2007–2021 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Winchester
1967–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Hopkinsville
1956–2022 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Franklin
1974–2022 · peak 2021 (8 reports)
Bardstown
1974–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Nicholasville
1999–2020 · peak 1999 (4 reports)
Murray
2003–2016 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Hazard
1970–2011 · peak 1986 (2 reports)
Pikeville
1950–2019 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Scottsville
1965–2013 · peak 1965 (2 reports)
Willard · KY, USA
Multiple orbs of light seen nightly for over a month. ((NUFORC Note: We have urged the witness to get photos. PD))
Lexington · KY, USA
Last night 4-25-17 about 11:00 pm I was looking at the stars. I saw a round shaped object with white, yellow, red lights moving.
Beattyville · KY, USA
Weird, star shaped craft changing colors, beams of light coming from craft. Very little movement.
Lexington · KY, USA
White, shimmery, oval, very large, hovering object. ((anonymous report))
Florence · KY, USA
Bright white circle traveling over the house
Willard · KY, USA
Lights flashing and flew over top of me and acted as it was observations my body.
Louisville · KY, USA
Bright round orb in sky appeared to be moving slow. Carefully watched and the light dimmed and lowed in sky then brightened and rose b
Ludlow · KY, USA
Bright oval shaped object.
Lexington · KY, USA
Oval appeared out of nowhere, green lights in front orange back with tracer, darted across sky, lights off and black oval hoovered
Independence · KY, USA
My brother law and myself were in my driveway finishing up his truck when the neighbors dog started going crazy.we both stood up to see
Paducah · KY, USA
I noticed a chrome cigar shapes craft hovering about 3000' above the city. ((anonymous report))
Florence · KY, USA
Bright sphere was seeing over the Florence around 19:00 for less than .45 seconds. ((anonymous report))
Dabney · KY, USA
Two triangle-shaped aircraft with unusual lights seen flying very low to the ground.
Corbin · KY, USA
I seen a very brite streak through the air I have seen meteorites this was no meteor. ((anonymous report))
Louisville · KY, USA
Multiple craft ascending from north of Shelbyville road, very bright and very quiet in comparison to passenger planes seen in the sky a
Elizabeth · KY, USA
Around 5:00 est, My mother and sister were outside of kfc/taco bell in etown,ky when they decided to take pictures of the sky. In one p
Louisville · KY, USA
Perfect triangular formation of fireballs to a thirty degree angle.
Danville · KY, USA
Two unusual bright lights seen from passenger jet that just strangely winked out.
Louisville · KY, USA
Strange straight white light with V shape turned onit's side tail with a red light seen in the same spot not moving for about a hour .
Radcliff · KY, USA
As I was driving down Deckard School Rd. in Radcliff, KY I seen what looked like lights on a tower but realized there was no tow
Owenton · KY, USA
We seen 1 light that was making radical turns as if it was on a reckon mission. Then out of no where 2 more lights would leave the 1st
Prospect · KY, USA
Moving right to left on road in front of us was a perfect shaped rectangle of whitish gray color. ((anonymous report))
Alvaton · KY, USA
At 15:31 while watching the stars my dog gave an awful bark, then the neighbors dogs started barking. I went to the front of the house
Bowling Green · KY, USA
We seen it fly over the road we was driving on then it hovered above a field. It was so bright. It just sat still for a minute.
Clarkson · KY, USA
I was walking out of front door and the door was shimming I could feel vibration and heard a loud humming noise ..I looked up and there