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)
Murray · KY, USA
The object was vary slow and slient
Lexington · KY, USA
cigar shapped object with red/orange glow underneath moving width way not length way from SW to NE
Covington · KY, USA
2 strange objects in the sky over the interstate that disappeared.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
3 lights
Glasgow · KY, USA
Early summer evening. While riding my bike, I noticed three green lights at about cloud level in a triangle. ((anonymous report))
Pendleton · KY, USA
Four lights came together and made a cresent moon with sparkling lights.
Louisville · KY, USA
3 friends watched by a bluish light that moved with incredible speed 100 ft away.
Grayson · KY, USA
Three non-blinking lights in sky, moving in unison with no noise.
Independence · KY, USA
stationary disk-like object seen near I-75/Independence, KY
Fort Knox · KY, USA
Flash of light made me look up to see a dark craft with three lights hovering above me.
Louisville · KY, USA
objest appearig over small lake with beams entering water then assendind into sky
Hellier · KY, USA
My two sister's wife, grandson,and myself saw three objects looking like stars, but flying south to north at a steady rate of speed the
Covington · KY, USA
Experimental Stealth craft over CVG airport?
Elizabethtown · KY, USA
4-15-05 small star-like object (not jet/plane/satellite) seen Elizabethtown, Ky. in daylight around 3:15pm which made a 45 degree turn
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Black Oval Object Observed Over City
Lexington · KY, USA
Disk-shaped object hovering up in the sky and traveling slowly for about 20 minutes with a brief flash of light coming out of it.
Murray (near) · KY, USA
An unidentified object
Ledbetter · KY, USA
bright white light and craft hovering over the road
Millstone · KY, USA
Solid black rectangle with rounded edges, no lights, with a very loud noise, moving very slow.
South Portsmouth · KY, USA
Five lights appear in Sky
Burna · KY, USA
I noticed what I thought was a "shooting star".
Stanford · KY, USA
My son and I witnessed a circle of pale green lights drop from one point in the sky to another and disappear.
New Hope · KY, USA
Bright multicolored light in Nelson/LaRue County
Louisville · KY, USA
The cloud in the sky observed for aproximately 5 to 6 minutes suddenly disappeared with a minute.
Lexington · KY, USA
Heavy vibration over house, not attributable to aircraft of any kind.