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)
Shepherdsville · KY, USA
Large Amber light, no other light to tell what it was
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Two formations of lights.
Lawrenceburg · KY, USA
I saw four slow moving bright objects with bright red running through each one moving across the sky in pairs.
Paris · KY, USA
Red And Blue Orb Ufos.
Clarkson · KY, USA
3 crafts seen hovering over my home
Louisville · KY, USA
Approximately 21:04 on Tuesday 9/20/2016 two objects were observed approximately 224° southwest at approximately +38° the 2 silver whit
Pellville · KY, USA
2 diamond shaped orange green an yellow lights one SW from my location the other in W. ((NUFORC Note: Stars? PD))
Louisville · KY, USA
Approximately 20:44 on Wednesday 9/28/2016 one object observed moving from Approximately 224° SW toward 44° NE moving too slow to be a
Stanton · KY, USA
3 red lights moving in the sky over the trees
Cynthiana · KY, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness. PD))
Frankfort · KY, USA
Three orange lights flying from west to east over Frankfort, Kentucky on Forth of July, 2016
Erlanger · KY, USA
Small blue light observed over the Erlanger/Florence area. ((anonymous report))
McKee · KY, USA
Bright light in the sky east, southeast of mckee, ky.
Wickliffe · KY, USA
I was night swimming with my daughters and we talked about ufos. I remember seeing a guy pray on youtube and ufos appeared and as iv ha
Bowling Green · KY, USA
A low flying matchstick with a flame moving east! ((anonymous report))
Richmond · KY, USA
This was not like anything I have seen in sky.
Williamsburg · KY, USA
Encounter of the third kind.
Florence · KY, USA
Possibly two UFOs over Florence, KY. ((anonymous report))
Richmond · KY, USA
Clear, bright morning, 11:05 am, saw a pure white cylinder-shaped object in the sky above the tree lines, sailing fast. No wings.
Willisburg · KY, USA
Kentucky fireball.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
((HOAX??)) Large fireball reddish/orange color flying obj. going very slow, maybe about 250' up in air going NE. ((anonymous report))
Louisville · KY, USA
((HOAX??)) Triangular aircraft off side of I-264. ((anonymous report))
Symsonia · KY, USA
Flying orange disk/ball objects side by side flying fast but a visible speed as an airplane for example.
Owensboro · KY, USA
Large, silent fireball speeding toward earth, until I lose sight of it when it went behind some distant trees.
McQuady · KY, USA
Metallic Sphere flying in front of our car. ((anonymous report))