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)
Brownsville · KY, USA
I saw 3 lights in the form a triangle and it was flying very low and slow,
Burlington · KY, USA
I saw it late at night with a couple of my friends while driving it kept flying around low to the ground and flashing lights.
Lexington · KY, USA
orange light
Ashland · KY, USA
I walked out to smoke and seen a red triangler red light with white lights circling the outside of it. Both blinking very fast.
Florence · KY, USA
very bright very fast object moving west to east
Campbellsville · KY, USA
Three spheres in shape of triangle going slow at first then going extremely fast and disappearing.
Pikeville · KY, USA
Object seen in sky above Pikeville. Appeared to change shape several times
Lexington · KY, USA
Orange orbs flying at 500 feet elevation in a formation. Three in a line and a fourth trailing behind
Lexington · KY, USA
Four orange balls flying very low with three in a line and a fourth behind moved slowly across sky with absloutely no noise.
Versailles · KY, USA
Hovering object over trees that disappeared with video evidence that was gone next day
Falls of Rough · KY, USA
Two hypotenuse-shaped triange craft, joind by a cylinder, traveling in broad daylight with no sound.
Richmond · KY, USA
UFO spotted in Richmond,Ky near The Bluegrass Army Depot..??Is this Aliens or Government cover up
Shepherdsville · KY, USA
moving light comes to dead stop and gets super bright ((NUFORC Note: Possible flare from Iridium satellite. PD))
Olive Hill · KY, USA
Bright, slow moving orange craft over Olive Hill Kentucky.
louisville · KY, USA
"shoe"?? shaped silent extremely fast chasing smaller unknown shaped object t moving even faster
Alpine · KY, USA
Hovering, glowing spheres
Paducah · KY, USA
Two lighted objects streaked across the sky.
Murray · KY, USA
UFO sighting in my neighbors field across the street.
Lexington · KY, USA
Unidentified Red Glowing Object over south Lexington, KY
Louisville · KY, USA
leaving work at the city's airport when i observed a bright white sphere traveling at high rate of speed moving north to south at appro
Owensboro · KY, USA
slow moving ball of light (almost white with a little yellow) 10 feet off ground flew over my shoulder at night
Louisville · KY, USA
Red flashing light headed south/southwest over Louisville, KY, clear sky, no clouds.
Stanford · KY, USA
3 red triangle shaped pulsating lights.
Elkton · KY, USA
Bright colors,shape changing,flying UFO
Dwarf · KY, USA
3 red lights spotted over Dwarf, Kentucky