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)
Lexington · KY, USA
It was one light then many, and then one again.
Elizabethtown · KY, USA
Flickering objects in stationary formation.
Elizabethtown/Louisville (travelling between) · KY, USA
Two 3-legged/pronged shaped UFO seen flying along interstate between Elizabethtown and Louisville
Lexington · KY, USA
Saw several orange balls of light in the sky as I was driving down Limestone and turning onto Loudon Ave.Lights seem to be surround
Richmond · KY, USA
Around 21:58 I noticed a flying object above Road KY25 at 2324 Lexington Road in Richmond, KY. The object slowly traveled in the same e
Winchester · KY, USA
((HOAX??)) Three lights side by side flyinging very low with no sound!!!
Princeton · KY, USA
Extremely bright objects flying at high speed.
Frankfort · KY, USA
I saw a bright fireball moving in the sky for 10 minutes at a constant speed and path.
Louisville St Mathewes · KY, USA
Seen two red lights moving east to west fast no sound then just disappeared.
Elizabethtown · KY, USA
Zig-zagging set of four lights, one red and two white, that repeatedly conformed into one bright red object above the interstate.
Glasgow · KY, USA
Dark, neon-colored saucer descends into trees.
Walton · KY, USA
I was lying on my deck looking up at the sky when I noticed a really high flying object. At first I thought it was a plane, but it was
Lexington · KY, USA
One circle shaped light in the sky, sat still for several seconds and then darted across the sky.
Pikeville · KY, USA
Witnessed an non-flashing orange object in the sky larger than a star move from west to east for ten seconds before vanishing.
Salyersville · KY, USA
Nearly every night for the past two weeks, there are strange lights in the sky, always at least two, that travel in parallel lines to o
Hyden · KY, USA
Strange low flying craft no sound VERY high detail visible in night sky.
Hyden · KY, USA
Strange objects moving as one in a triangle type formation but the noticeable features looked like individual items
Owensboro · KY, USA
Orange fireballs over Owensboro, KY
Louisville · KY, USA
We were out watching some fireworks and they had stopped when we noticed a large red object moving north to south across a totally clea
Louisville · KY, USA
Silent black triangle over Louisville, KY.
Flatwoods · KY, USA
Spheres, reddish orange shapes underneath, glowing then disapearing.
Owensboro · KY, USA
Numerous orange fireballs spotted
Frankfort · KY, USA
Small round orange flying object just north of Frankfort on Rt. 127.
Middlesboro · KY, USA
It was dark and they just started shooting the fireworks, when to the right of the sky they was a circular ball of fire appeared to be
Ashland · KY, USA
Single bright orange light moving in a straight line across the sky for about 3 minutes.