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)
Madisonville · KY, USA
Bright light /object in the Eastern sky.
Danville · KY, USA
Bright org flys by me.
Goshen/Prospect · KY, USA
Triangular hovering aircraft over goshen/prospect. sighting lasted 15-20 minutes.
Owensboro · KY, USA
Very long and shiny cylinder shaped object across owensboro ky sky 04-12-2012
Harlan · KY, USA
Dark Triangle Object with Alternating Red and White lights Over Harlan KY
Symsonia · KY, USA
Silent , extremely bright , blueish hue and trail . No shape
Russell Springs · KY, USA
Old music box started playing and not been wind up in years
Paducah · KY, USA
Blue, long rectangle, silent, fast, bigger than a bus.
Covington · KY, USA
I seen seven triangular shaped aircraft moving at impossibly slow speeds ,one of them ejected another craft.
Morehead · KY, USA
Bright pulsating light in the sky with strange flight patterns. Faded out completely when plane flew close to it.
Louisville · KY, USA
Orange colored light with aura zig zagging in a westwardly fashion
Fairdealing · KY, USA
Single object with 4 white lights flashing in right to left sequence in somewhat straight line
Louisville · KY, USA
Large pale yellow ball of light seen over Louisville Kentucky.
Dry Ridge · KY, USA
Triangular with many light
Louisville · KY, USA
Red/Orange fireballs over Louisville, KY, USA on New Year's 2012
Louisa · KY, USA
2 lghts hovering over house
Richmond · KY, USA
Encounter of the third kind. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Barbourville · KY, USA
Star looking object over ky!
Louisville · KY, USA
Bright UFO lights over louisville sky
Flat Lick · KY, USA
My electricity had went out roughly around a quarter til midnight last night and i sat around for a few minutes and went to look outsid
Lexingtob · KY, USA
"Fireball" spotted over University of Kentucky campus
Hazard · KY, USA
IMPACT AND EXPLOSION IN EASTERN KY WITH CRASH SITE UNEXPLAINED BY AND AUTHORITIES FOR DAYS
Hazard · KY, USA
X shape of smoke and light
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Odd ship seen, with 3 lights formed into a triangle shape.
Richmond · KY, USA
Two solid lights about 100 feet in the air over a field.